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16081630 No.16081630 [Reply] [Original]

how come my fish fingers are always mushy in the middle after frying them even though the outside is close to burning

>> No.16081644

>>16081630
Your oil is too hot.

>> No.16081668

What oil? Frozen aisle fingers? Batter or breaded? Give us more info. I’m only responding because I like crying cat memes

>> No.16081686

>>16081644
this

>> No.16081717

>>16081668
butter
frozen
breaded
>>16081644
should i fry them in medium-low heat

>> No.16081729
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16081729

>>16081717
Buy a cheap air-fryer' problem solved.

>> No.16081731

>>16081630
fish don't have fingers asshole

>> No.16081736

>>16081717
If you have a thermometer, your oil should be at 180 C / 350 F. If you don't, heat the oil over medium heat and stick the handle of a wooden spoon inside the pot; when bubbles start to gather around the wood, the oil is ready.

>> No.16081774

>>16081717
You're deep-frying them in butter or shallow frying?

>> No.16081781

>>16081774
shallow, i use very little of it. just enough to get them browned. which is why >>16081736 isnt really useful

>> No.16081788

>>16081781
Then do it on low heat. Or bake them.

>> No.16081794

>>16081731
fish cant finger their assholes because they have no fingers you fucktard

>> No.16081817

pyt them in the fucking oven you crazy person

>> No.16081904

>>16081717
>should i fry them in medium-low heat
this is how you learn. you suggested it yourself because you think it might work, try it. Should work better. I've had good luck with microwaving frozen stuff for like 30 seconds before frying too.

>> No.16082384

>>16081630
They come out better when cooked under the grill anyway.

>> No.16082416

>>16081630
Just microwave them

>> No.16082629

>>16081630
because you're supposed to do them in the oven, dickhead

>> No.16082635
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16082635

>>16081630
Throw about 3 cups of Crisco in a skillet let it liquify and deep fry those bastards for about 5 minutes

>> No.16082653

>>16081630
Explain your whole process. Do you throw them in the oil frozen or do you let them thaw for a while?

>> No.16082847

>>16081630
just do them on the pan with minimum amount of oil

>> No.16082915

>>16081781
>shallow
this is why they're mushy. If you drop them in a fryer full of hot oil, they cook through very quickly and the steam coming out of the fish actually prevents them from soaking up very much oil. cooking them in a pan with a little bit of oil is the worst possible way to cook them, they don't cook through properly and they're greasy af. that "mush inside" is probably half oil.

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>>16081736
do americans unironically have a deep dish of oil ready to deep fry things in, handy? Like don't you guys A.) worry about your health, B.) worry about the cost of buying all that oil and C.) annoyed at cleaning all that oil up after it's old and gone off.

>> No.16083022

>>16081630
Too much heat. Turn the heat down: they'll take a little longer to cook, giving the heat time to reach the centre before the outside burns.

This concept is the pons asinorum of basic cooking competence.

>> No.16083155

>>16082969
depends, does the person who you're asking own a deep fryer? then maybe. oil goes bad after a long enough period, i still have a little, i got a deep fryer and do fried chicken once in every few months. it's actually healthier than any restaurant's fried chicken because i can directly pick the ingredients i want to add.

but to further answer your question, i didn't own more than a little cooking oil for cakes and the like until i got myself a fryer. as far as the cleaning goes, it takes a while, but it's easy enough to do, i have a waste container i funnel the old oil into, and then give the insides of the fryer a good scrub with hot water and dish soap, it's a little time consuming, but since i am not frying stuff all the time it's not bothersome.

>> No.16083385

>>16082969
anon do you really think frying oil is expensive? i have a bottle of vegetable oil and pots that i can pour oil into whenever i want. it doesn't even have to be that deep for something like fishsticks.

>> No.16083687

>>16081630
Just pop them under the grill, that's how my mum used to cook them when I was a small child and therefore of acceptable age to eat fish fingers.

>> No.16083690

>>16081731
I think Americans call them fish dicks for some reason? Not sure.