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Once the food is done, carefully lift the basket out of the oil and allow oil to drain from food. Then empty the food onto paper towels.
Season to taste.
16. Repeat steps 10 through 15 for additional servings. For best results, wait 3 to 4 minutes between batches to allow oil temperature
recovery.
Care and Cleaning
1. Remove plug from wall outlet and then from fryer. Allow oil and fryer to cool completely with
cover closed.
2. After unit has cooled completely, remove cover before emptying oil. Rotate cover to the vertical
position and lift it straight up off the fryer (Fig. G). If cover does not come off easily, tilt it forward
slightly and lift it off.
When removing the oil, first rotate the fryer so the hinge is toward you. Then tilt the fryer away
from you and pour the oil from the area between the handle and temperature control knob.
Immediately wipe the exterior of the fryer with a damp, soapy cloth to clean.
Never immerse the
fryer body in water or other liquid, or wash in a dishwasher.
Clean the interior with hot, soapy
water. Rinse and dry thoroughly.
3. Discard or strain oil. Refer to the section “Handling Oil after Frying” below.
4. Wash the basket and the cover in hot, soapy water. Use a plastic scouring pad, such as Scotch-Brite* Dobie* Cleaning Pad, if neces-
sary. Rinse and dry thoroughly. Do not wash the basket or cover in the dishwasher. In addition, do not use bleaching agents on these
parts.
5. Once the cover is thoroughly dry, reattach it to the fryer hinge. Place the cover in a vertical position. Align the two tabs on the cover
with the two slots in the hinge (Fig. G). Push the cover all the way down until the tabs are seated firmly in the slots. When properly
assembled, the cover will rotate easily to open and close.
6. If necessary, the interior of the unit can be cleaned with an abrasive cleaner, such as Bar Keepers Friend* cleanser and polish or
Cameo* copper, brass, & porcelain cleaner and a nylon mesh cleaning pad such as Scotch-Brite* Multi-Purpose Scrub Sponge*.
7. If needed, the exterior of the unit can be cleaned with a non-abrasive cleaner, such as Soft Scrub* Cleanser. Do not use steel wool
scouring pads, oven cleaners, liquid bleach, baking soda, or other caustic cleaners on the interior or exterior of the unit.
8. Store the cord in a clean, dry location away from metal objects. Always check the magnetic plug before use to assure metal items
have not become attached.
Handling Oil after Frying
After frying foods, allow oil to cool. To strain oil for reuse, place a funnel into the original oil container or other airtight container and
line the funnel with a filter or a double thickness of cheesecloth. Slowly pour oil into funnel. Store the oil in a cool, dark area.
The number of times the oil can be reused will depend on the type of oil used and the food that is fried in it. For example, the oil will
need to be replaced more often if fish or food coated with bread or cracker crumbs is fried frequently.
Replace the oil if it is dark in color, has an unpleasant odor, smokes when it is heated, or foams excessively during frying.
Helpful Hints
♦ Fry foods of equal size and thickness as they will fry more evenly and at the same speed.
♦ Before deep frying, always remove excess moisture or ice crystals from food by patting it dry with paper towels. Moist foods may
cause excess foaming, spattering, and crackling.
♦ Do not fill the basket more than ¾ full for most foods. For homemade fries, only fill the basket with a single layer of uncooked potatoes.
If too much food is fried at the same time, the food will not get crisp.
♦ When breading food, use any type of flour, corn meal, fine bread or cracker crumbs, or commercial breading to coat the food. To get
the breading to adhere better to the food, dip the food first in a mixture of egg and milk (see Crispy Coating recipe on page 5).
♦ Foods that are battered may stick to the basket; therefore, you may wish to fry these types of foods without the basket. If, however,
you want to use the basket, lower the basket into the oil before placing battered foods in the oil. Coated or breaded foods can be fried
with or without the basket. When using the fryer without the basket, a heat-resistant scoop should be used to add and/or remove foods.
These heat-resistant scoops may be purchased on the web at www.GoPresto.com.
♦ For crisper foods, fry with the cover open.
* Bar Keepers Friend is a registered trademark of SerVaas Laboratories, Inc. Cameo is a registered trademark of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Scotch-Brite is a
registered trademark of 3M Company. Soft Scrub is a registered trademark of Henkel Consumer Goods, Inc. Presto is not affiliated with these companies.
Fig. G
Hinge
Tabs
Slots
