RECIPES
Apple Fritters
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
4 tablespoons cooking oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
juice of 1 orange (1/3 cup)
1 cup chopped apple
Preheat oil to 375°F. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar: set aside.
Combine egg, cooking oil and vanilla. Combine dry and liquid ingredients, stir
to blend thoroughly. Add orange juice and apple, mix well. Drop from
teaspoon into hot oil.(Basket should be lowered into oil so drop carefully -
avoiding splattering oil). Fry approximately 2 minutes or until crisp and very
brown. Remove from oil and drain. Dust with powered sugar or a mixture of
granulated sugar and cinnamon. Serve warm for best results.
Try topping with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for an added treat.
Beer Batter for Fish or Chicken
2 eggs(separated
1 tablespoon oil or butter
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup flat beer
Boneless chicken breasts (optional)
Fish fillets or frying fish (optional)
Preheat oil to 360°F. Beat egg yolks with oil or butter,salt and pepper.
Alternately add the beer and flour to the mixture. Beat ingredients well,
refrigerate for 3 to 12 hours. When you are ready to use mixture, gently fold in
2 stiffly beaten egg whites. Pat fish or boneless chicken breasts to remove
excess liquid. Coat lightly with flour then dip into beer batter. Place fish in hot
carefully(basket should already be lowered into oil) and fry for 3 to 5 minutes
or until golden brown. Fry chicken 5 to 10 minutes(depending on thickness) or
until brown and fully cooked.
Deep Fried Chicken
1 fryer chicken (2 to 3 lbs.)
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon seasoned salt
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder (optional)
1/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning(optional)
1 1/2 cup milk)
Preheat oil to 360°F. Combine flour and seasonings, mixing well. Dip or roll
chicken in seasoned flour, dip into milk, and then flour again. Place into
Frying Basket, lower basket into preheated oil. Fry for 15 to 20 minutes or
until golden brown and fully cooked.
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Chicken Kiev
4 whole boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 tablespoon chopped onion
1 tablespoon parsley
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
Preheat oil to 360°F. Place chicken breast between two pieces of plastic
wrap. Pound with wooden mallet to flatten chicken to 1/4 inch thick. Remove
plastic.Combine onion, parsley and salt. Sprinkle chicken with mixture.Cut
butter into 8 pieces. Place a piece of butter on seasoned chicken toward one
end. Roll as jelly roll, starting at end with butter, tucking in sides of meat.
Press to seal well. (No butter should be seen on the sides or coming from the
chicken)Secure with toothpicks. Dust with flour, dip into beaten egg. Then roll
in bread crumbs. Chill rolls of chicken for at least one hour or until it has set.
Place rolled chicken in a single layer in Frying Basket. Lower basket into
preheated oil. Cook 5 to 7 minutes or until brown. To test for doneness,
remove a piece of chicken from cooking oil. When a fork can be inserted with
ease, chicken is done.
Hush Puppies
1 3/4 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt (or 1/4 teaspoon
garlic powder )
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 cup buttermilk
1 egg
Preheat oil to 375°F. Sift together cornmeal, flour, baking soda,salt, sugar
and garlic salt (or powder). Combine egg and buttermilk, add to dry
ingredients gradually, stirring until mixture is moist. Drop batter by
teaspoonfuls into preheated oil(basket should already be lowered) frying a
few at a time. Turn hush puppies once - if needed to evenly brown and cook
until golden brown. Remove and drain on paper towels or food draining rack.
Quick Doughnuts
1 10 count can of refrigerated can biscuits
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1/2 cup sugar
Preheat oil to 375°F. Remove biscuits from can. Take each biscuit and flatten
slightly with palm of hand. Punch holes in center of each biscuit with your
finger to shape into doughnuts. Fry 2 minutes - turning once or until brown.
Remove from basket and drain on paper towels or food draining rack. Roll
doughnut in mixture of cinnamon and sugar. Serve warm.
Try rolling doughnut in a mixture of 1 cup Ten X powdered sugar, 1/2
teaspoon vanilla and 4 tablespoon milk for a different treat. You may add
more milk to achieve your desired consistency.
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