Deep frying is a cooking method that involves submerging food in deep oils or fats at high temperatures. There are several reasons why someone would want to use this method of cooking. First, it seals in the flavor and tenderness of the food to help it retain its flavor and moisture. You can also quickly cook food in a deep fryer. The consensus on fried food is that it can be one of the most delicious and tender foods you can eat. Restaurants love to fry because their customers love food and they can quickly prepare dishes. Let’s look at the most common advantages of deep frying compared to other cooking methods.
1. Cooking speed
You can eat much faster with frying than with other methods. The basic laws of thermodynamics state that heat transfer between a hot liquid and solid food occurs much faster than between hot air and solid food. The larger and denser the food you are cooking, the more you will notice this effect. Take a large thirty-pound Thanksgiving turkey, for example. To cook that in an oven, it would take eight hours. In a deep fryer, you can reduce the cooking time to an hour or less. So the difference in time it takes to cook something in a deep fryer versus conventional methods is significant.
2. Food flavor improvement
Food cooked in a deep fryer always tastes better than food cooked on a stovetop or in the oven. This is because the surrounding fats or oils do a better job of sealing in the flavor during deep cooking. Oils and fats often add a delicious flavor to foods during the cooking process.
3. More tenderness of food
I think this is the main reason why people love to fry their food. Food that is overcooked in the oven tends to dry out, and eating dry and overcooked food is certainly an unpleasant experience, especially when you are expecting a tasty meal. With a fryer you don’t have to worry about this happening. If you cook food in a deep fryer longer than necessary, it will still retain its moisture. You can be sure of having a tender meal when cooking in the air fryer.
4. Makes great appetizers and desserts
Deep frying is ideal for preparing a variety of foods in a style that is more appealing. When you go to a restaurant and order an appetizer, you know what I’m talking about. Appetizers are what I look forward to the most when I go out to eat. Most likely, the appetizers that you crave the most are fried. At home, you can cook a variety of foods and delicacies with deep frying that you can’t with other methods. Here are some foods that are ideal for frying:
- fries friends
- onion rings
- cheese fritters
- mozzarella sticks
- fried fish sticks
- Fried chicken fillets or chops
- scotch eggs
- Fried courgette discs
- chips
- donuts
- Banana or pineapple fritters
- fried mexican ice cream
- cakes friends
These are the main advantages of using your air fryer for cooking. If you want to cook foods faster that are more tender and have more flavor, then you need to break out the old fryer or invest in a new one. Once you experience food cooked in the air fryer, it’s hard to go back to other conventional ways of cooking.