I think the picture says it all...Lesson learnt: don't ever attempt to deep fry stuff without the proper equipment. Even though when it is possible to use a normal pot filled with oil, and achieve the same visual effect seen on youtube videos on deep-frying...
Once the meat is dropped into the hot oil, you can see it being fried. The bubbles... the familiar sounds... the meat floating... the smell... the smoke... lots of smoke...
All it takes is less than 20 seconds to achieve those oh-so-deliciously-looking little black balls. Nothing like the picture on the packet. Maybe the “酸” character is there to 酸 me... At this point I would like to apologise to my wife for wasting such a nice present sent all the way from Singapore. Gomenasai.
I did finish the rest of the pork frying in the pan. Not as nice. Oh well, lesson learnt. And maybe one more lesson: don't follow the cooking instructions when they tell you to deep fry. :P
Spent the next few hours cleaning the kitchen stove... What a day...
Oh, can I still use that pot? Its just a few black stains... Hmm...
3 comments:
no no... you can't use that pot anymore. so now we've all the better reason to buy another pot set! :D
Errr actually you can deep fry in a pot. A deep-fat frier is just a glorified pot with a thermometer.
You just have to make sure your oil is not incineratingly hot when you do so. Clue: if you chopsticks come out chao tar when you test the temperature, it is too hot. :) What you want it the oil to be hot enough such that when you test with your wooden disposable chopsticks, there are small (tiny) bubbles coming out... maybe 3-6 mins heating time depending on whether you use fire or electric.
I am surprised that your oil was not smoking when you tried to put the food in; maybe pick one with a lower burning point!! Also from the picture it looks like an electric hob. I would turn it to max to heat the oil but turn it down before frying. At Uni (free electricity), I used to turn 2 hobs on at the same time: one on max to heat the oil. Another on medium for the frying process: so the oil remains hot enough to keep cooking but to stop it overheating.
Also you should be able to reuse your pot (unless your wife want a new pot set in which case disregard the following lest she kill me). To get out the burnt stains use white vinegar (from Home Depot not cooking stuff). It should sit sometime overnight and they should scrape off easily enough. If it does not come out after soaking overnight, throw out the pot. Also if it was a non-stick pot, then throw it out regardless but from the picture it looks like stainless steel.
Good luck :) Thanks for bringing a smile to my face.
Thanks for the tip, 'cos we never knew how 'hi' was 'hi'. We're definitely getting a new pot set anyways. Someone wanted. So this deep-fry experiment would actually be always successful - we either get good food or new pots.
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