Usually, I just drain the grease off with paper towels, but I've noticed that there is still a lot of grease left over. Can anyone give me good ideas on how to drain the majority of excess grease off of fried foods?
2007-06-23 07:52:33 · 8 answers · asked by buttercream_ 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
The oil has to be hot enough so that the outward pressure of the boiling moisture in whatever you are frying prevents the oil from soaking into the crust. You need to be above the boiling point at all times, preferably the oil temp should be at least 350 degrees.
It is a misconception that fried food is always greasy. If it is cooked properly, it has less fat than many pan cooked items.
You can put your oven on "warm" and place your fried food on a pan above a cooking rack that is used for baking (a wire rack like one used for cooling down cookies) or above a roasting pan liner. I would still use a paper towel or paper bag.
Enjoy!
2007-06-23 08:41:10 · answer #1 · answered by Chef 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First, you have to cook the food on a high temperature so that the it doesn't absorb abd get all greasy. Next, when you take the food out of the grease to drain, don't pour out the extra grease out onto the paper towels. Just pick the food out with the tongs. I drain the food on paper towels in the steel mesh colindar with paper towels on top as well.
2007-06-23 07:59:32 · answer #2 · answered by annazzz1966 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off, make sure your oil is clean, hot enough, and that should reduce the chances of having a large amounts of fat on your fried foods. Then drain on a metal surface with holes. That seems to work best. Paper towels always cling.
2007-06-23 07:56:56 · answer #3 · answered by Diane T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try starting the draining in a strainer to get off most of the oil. - You can save it if you do a lot of frying.
Then go to the paper towels to finish up.
2007-06-23 08:05:45 · answer #4 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would use a cookie cooling rack to drain. I would put the rack on a cookie sheet that is lined with paper towels for easy cleaning then put the cooling rack on top and let it drain.
2007-06-23 07:59:25 · answer #5 · answered by Crystal G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can certainly get a rack with small holes and put that over a paper towel lined pan.
2007-06-23 07:56:05 · answer #6 · answered by BlueSea 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a colander and drain for a while,then put them on a paper towel....
2007-06-23 14:29:41 · answer #7 · answered by Maw-Maw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Set a metal colander in a metal pan, such as a pie pan. Works well.
2007-06-23 08:00:39 · answer #8 · answered by Gram 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋