When making brownies and you're out of cooking oil, don't think you're clever by using some of the oil out of the deep fryer. Unless you want those brownies to taste like everything you deep fried last week. #LFMF
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The biggest question here is why you own a deep fryer and where can I get one
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Also, don’t use olive oil. It’ll be so bad you have to toss it out. You’re better off melting down a stick of butter or some margarine.
Actually if you want real brownies, not the boxed powdered garbage, you need to use butter or margarine. Plus bakers chocolate (both semi-sweet and unsweetened), eggs, sugar, flour, salt and vanilla.
Just try making Maggie’s decadent brownies or marbled brownies. You’ll never want to eat that boxed filth again. You can find both at foodtv.com.
Ew, well duh, what did you think would happen?
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Why does the OP have one? Likely, to deep fry food.
Where can you get one? Any store that sells kitchen appliances.
^ this.
I got mine at target, it holds about 8-10 taquitos or 4 good sized potatoes cut into french fries. Not all deep fryers are the huge vats you see at fast food places.
luckily, mine is a huge vat you see at a fast food place =D only bring it out for special occasions…. like when i get hungry for chicken nuggets and french fries >.> (forever alone?)
Who the hell puts cooking oil in brownies in the first place? You’re supposed to use butter or margarine.
OP was probably using that boxed brownie mix crap.
Double fail. You should be deep frying with peanut oil. Higher smoke point.
…It doesn’t say what type of cooking oil they used.
And it depends on what you’re trying to deep fry and whether or not you’re one of the MILLIONS that’s allergic to peanuts. Plus, olive oil is the healthiest of cooking oils and IMO, peanut oil leaves things with a strange chinese-foodish taste to them.
Olive oil has a low smoke point, though. Not good for deep-frying. Avocado oil, if I remember correctly, is a good alternative to peanut oil for deep-frying.
I have a peanut allergy, after much research I have found that peanut oil does not contain the allergens and is OK to fry with or use in recipes that call for it.
By the way M@c D’s milk shakes contain peanut oil.
I’ve read that on Chik-fil-A’s website, too. IIRC, it basically said that only the SUPER SUPER sensitive ones are the ones who have a reaction to their stuff fried in peanut oil. But I don’t blame anyone for not taking chances, either way.
Bingo, ClariPossum. Olive oil will either lead to a burnt flavour, to a kitchen full of acrid smoke, or a fire. The severity will depend on oil temperature.
Olive oil is the healthiest of *liquid* cooking oils. Although sesame oil has several benefits too.
Sesame oil is AMAZING, but it’s so stinkin’ expensive that I wouldn’t dream of sauteeing anything in it. I use it purely as a flavoring.
Not to mention it has a VERY strong flavor. A tiny bit is all you need, usually, and I think using it to cook with would probably overpower the flavor of the food. Though you could mix a little of it in with other oils…
I think EVOO is usually a bit stronger. Either that or we’re getting oils of different quality. I remember using a few tablespoons of sesame oil for fried rice way back in 2009 and the sesame flavour was quite subtle.
My only other exposure to sesame oil comes from two Chinese dishes that feature it – sesame oil chicken and three-cup chicken, to translate the recipe names literally, but even then, the flavour was pleasant and not nauseating to any degree. (Those two dishes call for a lot of sesame oil!)
I have a different reason for not using it exclusively in cooking. Even though it’s rich in vitamin E and the antioxidants in it are heat-stable (unlike those in olive oil) and even heat-activated, there’s too much omega-6 and, as a guy, too much of the estrogens produced by sesamin metabolism is *probably* not desirable in the long run. ;P
For fried rice I can see it working well, but notsomuch for cooking something like chicken. Of course I’d probably eat it anyway since I LOVE the flavor of sesame.
But the kind I’ve bought, a little goes a VERY long way.
Out of curiosity, what brand is it? I’ve only used Kadoya so far.
Imperial Dragon. Usually I put about a teaspoon or two in a bowl of ramen and that’s plenty.
I don’t think I’ve seen that before in the stores I usually go to, but I’ll keep it in mind in case I do. Thanks!
Sure.
It has a yellow cap and label if that helps.
my favorite is hazelnut oil, don’t know why but it is delicious with some things (ESPECIALLY wilted spinach =3 yummers.)
Deep… fried… brownies… oh-em-gee… BRILLIANT
Yup, you’re an American, lol.
Don’t knock it ’til you try it.
I personally haven’t yet, but I have had deep-fried oreos, and those WERE tasty. Not something I’d eat every day, of course, but still delicious.
We used to do similar stuff when I lived in Belarus quite often, most sweets are delicious when deep fried.
Well, when making brownies with cocoa powder you need to add a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil. This is probably where the OP ran into trouble.
I get the feeling the person asking the headline question was under the mistaken assumption that the only “deep fryers” in existence are the giant ones at fast food places. Guess this person has never lived in the South; I don’t know if I’ve been in a home that DOESN’T have a deep fryer, down here. You can get them anywhere you can get kitchen appliances, generally. It’s basically just a big vat for boiling oil.
For that matter, you can just use a large pot to deep fry stuff. Don’t even need a deep fryer, though it is much easier to control the temperature if you have one.
Actually, if you’re using a box mix, you can substitute all of the wet ingredients with soda (/pop/coke/whichever generic name you use for soft drinks). Brownies I imagine you’d use cola, and for lighter mixes (like yellow cake) you’d use a clearer soda like Sprite. I was skeptical, but it works pretty well! The only difference is that the final product comes out fluffier.
mmm, salmon fried chocolate.
i have this one and its been good to me for over a year now
http://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Beach-Liter-Fryer-Digital/dp/B0016NQ49Q/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1325629266&sr=8-8
But you can find others that are similar on amazon
I feel fat for saying this; but Deep Fried Bread in 1 week oil doesn’t sound bad…
Tastes like EVERYTHING but has NOTHING! (except for, you know… the Oily fatty fat…)
What really strikes me is the “like everything you deep fried last week”
But then again I may be some uppity diet-aware European ^_^
Applesauce works the best