Breville BEF460, Instruction Book

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Hints & Tips
STIR FRYING
Recommended temperature probe setting:
SEAR for vegetables, PAN FRY for sealing
meat.
• Preheat your frypan before adding any
ingredients, allowing the temperature light
to cycle “ON” and “OFF” several times.
This will allow the frypan to reach an even
higher temperature.
• Stir frying is a dry heat cooking method
and is best suited to tender cuts of meat.
Timing is a key factor when cooking them
as over cooking will give a tough, dry result.
Cooking times will depend on the size and
thickness of the cut, ie. the bigger the cut,
the more time is needed.
RECOMMENDED CUTS FOR STIR
FRYING
Beef
Lean beef strips prepared from topside, rump,
sirloin, rib eye, fillet.
Chicken
Lean chicken strips prepared from breast fillets,
tenderloins, thigh fillets.
Lamb
Lean lamb strips prepared from fillet, lamb leg
steaks, round or topside mini roasts, eye of loin.
Pork
Lean pork strips prepared from fillet or
medallion steaks.
Seafood
Whole peeled prawns, cleaned squid strips,
mussels and cracked crab.
STIR FRY TIPS
• Stir fry strips in small batches (approx
400-500g) to prevent overloading pan
and allowing the meat to “stew” in its juice,
resulting in tougher meat.
• When adding meat strips to the frypan, the
meat should sizzle.
• Stir fry strips for 1-2 minutes per batch.
Any longer will toughen the meat.
• Remove each batch once cooked and allow
the frypan to reheat before stir frying the
next. By cooking in small batches, the heat
of the frypan remains constant, ensuring the
meat doesn’t stew and toughen.
• Drain off the marinades from meat strips
before stir frying to prevent stewing and
splatter.
• Stir fry vegetables with a little oil or
sprinkling of water until vivid in colour.
COOKING TIME INGREDIENTS
3 minutes Quartered onion, broccoli
flowerets, sliced carrot,
green beans
2 minutes Snow peas, sliced capsicum,
sliced zucchini, sliced water
chestnuts, bamboo shoots
1 minute Chopped garlic, minced
chilli and ginger, sliced
green onions, bean sprouts
These brief cooking times will keep
vegetables crisp.
• Peanut oil is traditionally used for Asian
stir fry dishes. However, other oils such as
canola, rice bran oil and even light olive oils
may be used.
• Do not over fill the frypan. Always cook in
small batches and reheat at the end of stir
frying by returning the meat to the pan with
simmering sauce and vegetables.
• If using this method, remember to under
cook meat slightly so that reheating will not
spoil and toughen the finished dish.
• Serve stir fried foods immediately to retain
their crisp texture.