Does everyone know that avoiding fried foods is one of the most important recommendations for those seeking healthy eating? and also for those who want to avoid diseases such as obesity and heart problems.
However, we know that no one is iron and that, if it is good from time to time, eating a fried food will not do so badly. But is it sometimes even combined?
If this is your case, you may want to make your food as dry and crispy as possible, right? After all, nothing more discouraging than a withered potato chips that cooked in the oil and got completely soaked? besides being very harmful to health.
Therefore, to prepare a frying at home, it is necessary to know if the oil is already at the correct temperature. If you don't have a suitable thermometer for this, check out our tricks and get it right in the next fry:
1. Number 1 Bread Trick
This tip comes straight from Grandma: When you put the oil to heat, you already add a piece of bread or toast in the pan. By the time the oil around it starts to bubble, it will be hot to fry your food.
Read also: 13 Steps to Decrease Cooking Oil
2. Number 2 Bread Trick
Do you need to know the oil temperature more accurately? Alright, there is a second trick with bread that can help you: just put a piece inside the oil pan and watch what happens to it.
If the bread sinks and does not rise, the temperature will still be around 150 ° C, which is too low to fry and will leave the food soft and soggy.
If the bread sinks and rises very slowly, it means that the temperature is between 160ºC and 165ºC, recommended for frying foods such as vegetables, which are more delicate.
If the little piece of bread rises quickly to the surface, be aware that the oil temperature is between 175 and 180 ° C, ideal for making most fried foods and getting crispy and dry foods.
Now, beware: if the bread burns, the oil temperature is too high. You should turn off the heat and be very careful with the pan while you wait for the oil to cool slightly. Never let it get too hot as it burns above 200 degrees Celsius.
Also read: 9 foods that should not be prepared with olive oil
3. Match trick
This trick is also classic. In this case, when you put the oil pan on the fire, you already add a matchstick inside it. When it lights up, it means the oil is already at the correct temperature for frying the food.
Of course, be careful not to burn yourself and try not to be scared when the matchstick lights up.
4. Wooden Spoon Trick
Don't you use matches and don't have bread to throw in the frying pan? OK no problems. Simply place the handle of the wooden spoon (as long as it is wooden too) into the pan. When the oil around it starts to bubble, you can start frying.
It's never too much to warn: Pans should never be left unattended, especially if you have children or animals at home. A hot oil pan can cause home accidents with very serious consequences, so be very careful.
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