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Fritters And Deep-Fried Foods

Fritters And Deep-Fried Foods is built on All Purpose Flour, Baking Powder, Salt, Milk, and Vegetable Oil. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

Ingredients

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Method (preview)

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   Prepare food to be fried (see suggested foods below).

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   Thaw frozen foods completely before frying.

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   Dry food completely before dipping into batter.

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   Use Fritter Batter with chopped or shredded foods; use Thin Batter when you want to retain shape of food.

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   Heat vegetable oil (2 to 3-inches) in deep-fat fryer or kettle to 375 degrees.

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   Beat batter ingredients in bowl with hand beater until smooth.

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   To prepare fritters: Stir about 1 cup suggested food into Fritter Batter; drop by level tablespoonfuls into hot oil and fry until completely cooked, about 5 minutes.

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   Drain.

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   To deep-fry foods: Coat suggested food with flour.

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    Dip food into Thin Batter with tongs or fork, allowing excess batter to drip into bowl; fry in hot oil until golden brown.

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    Drain.

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    Whole shrimp, scallops, oysters, fish fillets, chicken pieces (partially cooked

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    ), cutlets, eggplant slices, cauliflowerets, onion rings, zucchini slices, pineapple slices, bananas (cut into fourths), apple slices and apricot halves.

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    If using self-rising flour, omit baking powder and salt.

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    If adding salted foods to the batter, omit salt.