About Deep Frying

Shallow frying is a type of pan frying using only enough fat to immerse approximately one-third to one half of each piece of food and the fat is normally used once.

Deep-frying on the other hand, involves total immersion of the food in the hot oil and the oil is normally topped up and used several times before rejection. This is a much heavier duty and special heavy duty frying oils are required for best results. Deep frying is now the basis of a very large and expanding industry world wide. Fried products have great consumer appeal in all age groups and the process is quick, can easily be made continuous for mass production and the food emerges sterile and dry, with relatively long shelf life. The end products can then be easily packaged for storage and distribution. Examples are potato crisps, French fries, nuts, doughnuts, instant noodles etc.

There is some criticism of fried food for their low nutritional value. Frying, especially deep frying, imbues the food with fat from the oil, lowering their nutrient density.

Authentic Deep-Frying Dishes

Almond Boneless Chicken (Wor Su Gai)
Aunt Florence's Mochi Chicken
Bow Ties
Butter Prawns
Candied Banana Fritters
Chicken Velvet
Chicken Wings with Oyster Sauce
Chicken with Green and Red Peppers
Chicken Wontons
Chinese Chicken Salad with Rice Sticks
Chinese Coq au Vin
Clam Sycee
Crab Rangoon
Crabmeat Ragoon - Reader Favorite
Crisp-fried Gow Gee
Deep-fried Crullers
Deep frying Tofu Triangles
Deep-fried Squid With Salt and Pepper Mix
Egg Fu Yung, Restaurant Style
Egg Rolls
Fried Mock Oyster
Fried Won Tons
General Tso's Chicken
Ginger Beef
Ginger Beef (Restaurant / Take Out Style)
Ginger Beef with Red Ginger (Szechuan dish)
Governors Chicken
Ham Stuffed Pastries
Honey Pear Ham
Hot Pepper Squid
Hunan Smoked Duck
Imperial Rolls
Kung Pao Chicken
Lobster Cantonese
Mini Spring Rolls
Paper-Wrapped Chicken
Pineapple Chicken with Sweet and Sour Sauce
Popped Rice with Shrimp
Pork and Shrimp Won Ton
Prawns With Hot Bean Sauce
Salt and Pepper Shrimp
Salt and Pepper Spareribs
Sate Beef
Sesame Chicken - deep-frying & stir-frying
Sesame Seed Balls
Sesame Seed Fried Custard
Shrimp Balls - Crispy
Shrimp Toast
Sizzling Rice Soup
Spring Rolls
Sweet and Sour Chicken
Sweet and Sour Fish
Sweet and Sour Pork, Cantonese Style
Sweet Red Bean Paste Pancakes
Szechuan Style Squid
Three Flavored Lo Mein
Vegetarian Stir-fried Mock Eel
Vegetarian Wontons, Crispy

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