I’ve been debating on buying a deep fryer for years. I finally decided to pull the trigger and I figured Kenji’s fried chicken would be a good place to start. The recipe has been a staple in our house for a while.
https://www.seriouseats.com/the-food-lab-southern-fried-chicken-recipe
The results weren’t perfect, but I’ll chalk that up to not knowing my way around the deep fryer yet. Regardless, a bunch got eaten and the rest will go in lunches this week. Everything I didn’t like about the results, I know how to fix for next time.
One of the reasons I wasn’t going to get a deep fryer was I didn’t want to bother with the cleanup and discarding old oil.
Then, I discovered this technique from Kenji: https://www.seriouseats.com/clean-cooking-oil-with-gelatin-technique
I tried it last night, but the results weren’t what I expected. I had about a 3/4 inch layer of jello at the bottom of my bucket. You can see there are plenty of particles trapped in it. I was surprised at how many particles weren’t trapped though.
I bought this funnel/strainer for insurance: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08SGNCXKP?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title I’m glad I did. It trapped a bunch of stuff as well.
For anyone that has tried cleaning their oil this way, did it still have a bunch of leftovers floating around, or was everything trapped in the goo at the bottom?
by derrick36