Deep frying is a cooking method that involves immersing food in deep oils or fats at high temperatures. There are several reasons why someone would want to use this method of cooking. First, it seals in the flavor and tenderness of the food to help it maintain its flavor and moisture. You can also cook food quickly in a deep fryer. The consensus on fried food is that it can be some of the most delicious and tender food you can eat. Restaurants love to fry because their customers love food and can quickly prepare dishes. Let’s look at the most common advantages of deep frying compared to other cooking methods.
1. Cooking speed
You can eat much faster with frying than with other methods. The basic laws of thermodynamics state that heat transfer between a hot liquid and solid food occurs much faster than between hot air and solid food. The larger and denser the food you are cooking, the more you will notice this effect. Take a large thirty-pound Thanksgiving turkey, for example. To cook that in an oven, it would take eight hours. In a deep fryer, you can reduce cooking time to an hour or less. So the difference in time it takes to cook something in a deep fryer versus conventional methods is significant.
2. Improving the taste of food
Food cooked in a deep fryer always tastes better than food cooked on a stove or in the oven. This is because the surrounding fats or oils do a better job of sealing in the flavor during deep cooking. Oils and fats often add delicious flavor to foods during the cooking process.
3. More tenderness of food
I think this is the main reason why people love to fry their food. Food that is overcooked in the oven tends to dry out, and eating dry and overcooked food is certainly an unpleasant experience, especially when you expect a tasty meal. With a deep fryer you don’t have to worry about this happening. If you cook food in a deep fryer longer than necessary, it will still retain its moisture. You can be sure of a tender meal when cooked in the deep fryer.
4. Makes great appetizers and desserts
Deep frying is ideal for preparing a variety of foods in a style that is most appealing. When you go to a restaurant and order an appetizer, you know what I’m talking about. Appetizers are what I look forward to the most when I go out to eat. Most likely, the appetizers you crave the most are deep-fried. At home, you can cook a variety of deep-fry foods and delicacies that you can’t with other methods. Here are some foods that are ideal for frying:
- friends fries
- onion rings
- cheese fritters
- mozzarella sticks
- fried fish sticks
- Chicken Fried Steaks or Cutlets
- scotch eggs
- fried zucchini discs
- chips
- donuts
- Banana or pineapple fritters
- fried mexican ice cream
- cakes friends
These are the main advantages of using your deep fryer for cooking. If you want to cook food faster that is more tender and flavorful, then you need to break out the old fryer or invest in a new one. Once you experience food cooked in the deep fryer, it’s hard to go back to the other conventional ways of cooking.
