Recipes for your Deep Fryer continued
Southern fried chicken
Makes 4 - 6 servings
750g chicken drumsticks
½cup plain flour
½teaspoon salt
½teaspoon hot paprika (optional) 1 egg, beaten with 2 tbsp water 1 cup dried breadcrumbs
1.Mix flour with salt and paprika. Dry drumsticks and coat in seasoned flour.
2.Dip each drumstick into egg mixture separately and coat in breadcrumbs.
3.Heat oil to setting
4.Place 3 - 4 drumsticks into the basket at a time and fry till cooked through and golden, about 15 to 20 minutes.
5.Drain well and keep hot while other pieces are cooking.
Potato dumplings
Makes approx. 25-30
4 medium potatoes, peeled, cooked, mashed.
60g butter, softened
1 ¼ cups water
1 cup plain flour
3 eggs
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1.Place butter and water into a saucepan and bring to the boil.
2.Add flour and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon over a low to medium heat, until the dough forms and pulls away from the edges of the pan. Remove from heat and set aside to cool for 5 minutes.
3.Add eggs one at a time to the dough, beating well between additions. The dough should look smooth and shiny.
4.Add mash to dough and beat mixture until smooth.
5.Heat fryer to settings
6.Using two spoons scoop heaped balls of mixture into the fryer basket. Deep fry about 8 at a time for
Salt and chilli Chicken wings
500g Chicken wings, cut into pieces
½cup rice or cornflour 1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon ground chilli
1.Dry wing pieces and make small incisions into the thickest parts of each piece.
2.Coat pieces lightly in flour. Shake off excess.
3.Heat oil to settings
4.Mix salt pepper and chilli in a large bowl. Drain wings and toss through salt mix. Serve straight away.
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