I like to fry yellow squash. Slice into poker-chip thick pieces. Dip it in a milk/egg mixture, then dredge in Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix. Fly until crispy…
Also known as the Icarus method of cooking.
Heh, good one
I stopped by the store on the way home and got some squash, just typing the recipe made me crave it.
Ok no veggies you say, well then how about deep fried pears. When my boyfriend gets back from work I will get the recipe from him. All I remember was canned pears dipped in batter, fried and then rolled in suger and cinnamon.
mmmmm suger
Rocky Mountain Oysters.
If you’ve got the balls
Ol’ Fashioned WisCONsin Fish fry.
Frozen cod( or cod subsitute, pollock etc) Cut into pieces(your choice) DRAKES deep fried batter mix. Mix batter with beer instead of water. Dip into batter, until coated. Deep fry. Serve with Fried Potatoes and creamy cole slaw.(Dark rye bread)
I do intend to make apple fritters (basically just apple slices battered and fried) so pears can go on the list too. Maybe served with some of that fried ice cream … oh yeah.
Heart attack be damned. Here is my favorite use of my fryer.
Hard boil 6 large eggs
Peel and dampen the eggs
Dip eggs in sugar
Dip eggs in bisquick
Fry for 2mins
For best results, don’t use any wimpy vegtable oil. I use real lard. Great breakfast eating.
Get a package of Pillsbury biscuits. Take each chunk of biscuit dough and poke your thumbs through the center and pull, making a hole, so that it looks like a doughnut. Drop them into the deep fryer. They’ll float on the surface – once the first side browns, flip them over and brown the 2nd side, then remove to a plate with a paper towel for draining and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Best damn doughnuts you’ll ever have.
We made these in Home Ec in 8th grade. They were excellent!
And deep fried eggs, huh? Who knew? How can I NOT try that?!
This makes a thin, crispy coating. Good for mushrooms, too.
1 cup flour
1 cup beer
pinch of salt
pinch of ground black pepper
Fry at 365 degrees until golden brown.
Does your veggie ban extend to the chile family?
Chile Rellenos and Jalapeno poppers are among the finest uses of hot oil available on earth.
A couple of variations on popular recipes.
Try salmon in fried fish recipes. It’s amazingly good.
And slice up a green pepper and substitute it for onion rings.
Note that these taste far more like french fries than like fried bananas. But not exactly like french fries. I second a vote for trying these.
But of course, if heart attack be damned, then it’s obviously deep fried batter dipped Twinkies. Wrapped in bacon.
A dusted with confectioner’s sugar. MMMM good.
Seriously though, the fried Twinkies I’ve seen at the fair scare even me a little. They also have fried Snickers bars now.
And dusted with confectioner’s sugar. MMMM good.
Seriously though, the fried Twinkies I’ve seen at the fair scare even me a little. They also have fried Snickers bars now.
On the deep fried egg theme, it’s hard to go past scotch eggs - hard boiled eggs, peeled, wrapped in raw sausage meat, rolled until thickly covered in breadcrumbs, then fried.
Holy cholesterol. Extremely tasty.
Thanks, AllShookDown, I’ll give it a try.
The other day at work we were discussing “healthy” items to bring to our monthly birthday potluck, and I suggested bacon-wrapped fried cheese. I meant it as a joke, but then I started wondering how best to make those. If I wrap a cheese stick in bacon, secure with toothpicks, then dunk in some sort of batter, will the bacon cook quickly enough before everything else gets soggy? Or am I going about this all wrong?
If your deep fryer is large enough, you might try deep frying a turkey. Though the fire department suggests doing it outdoors with a fire axtinguisher nearby.
Deep fried turkey is mmm good, but my fryer isn’t big enough for anything more than a basket of fries, fortunately (or else I’d have to fry a turkey every other week for the DH, who is a turkasaurus). Turkey legs might work though.