After an eventful night of bocce playing, jukebox stuffing, and cheap beer drinking at a local bar, Amy and I dropped by a convenience store to pick up some crap to deep fry. We settled on a sweet potatoes and a plantain. All these require is a deep fryer (check) and the desire to see things submerged in hot oil (check).
Sweet potato fries are a staple of deep-frying. To start you'll want to heat your oil to 375 degrees. Peel your potato and cut it into slices of approximately a quarter-inch and gently lower into the hot oil. You'll know they're done when they're nicely browned and crisp. We seasoned our sweet potato fries with salt, cayenne pepper and cajun seasoning. Then we whipped up a simple garlic-mayo dipping sauce by adding garlic powder, basil flakes and lemon juice to the mayo, and a honey-Dijon.
Plantains are an equally simple but tasty late-night fried treat. Just be sure to chose a ripe plantain. For the plantains, we lowered the oil temperature to 325. You can season your plantains savory, but we chose to sweeten ours with a sprinkle of granulated sugar and a drizzle of chocolate syrup.
Then it's time to sit back, enjoy the deep-fried fruits of your labor, and take in a few episodes of classic Saved By the Bell -- but not before remembering the most important part of deep-frying: turning off your fryer dummy.
Sweet potato fries are a staple of deep-frying. To start you'll want to heat your oil to 375 degrees. Peel your potato and cut it into slices of approximately a quarter-inch and gently lower into the hot oil. You'll know they're done when they're nicely browned and crisp. We seasoned our sweet potato fries with salt, cayenne pepper and cajun seasoning. Then we whipped up a simple garlic-mayo dipping sauce by adding garlic powder, basil flakes and lemon juice to the mayo, and a honey-Dijon.
Plantains are an equally simple but tasty late-night fried treat. Just be sure to chose a ripe plantain. For the plantains, we lowered the oil temperature to 325. You can season your plantains savory, but we chose to sweeten ours with a sprinkle of granulated sugar and a drizzle of chocolate syrup.
Then it's time to sit back, enjoy the deep-fried fruits of your labor, and take in a few episodes of classic Saved By the Bell -- but not before remembering the most important part of deep-frying: turning off your fryer dummy.
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4 comments:
I absolutely love that "part of the show is not knowing where your own utensils are."
Even a honeybear could do it if it had opposable thumbs.
Love it and love this blog. Keep crankin them out and the more I can be involved the better.
And THANK YOU for the plug, guys. That's right, folks, Mario the Magician's way was indeed paved by Saved by the Bell's "Max." And you can see where that paving has led us at www.mariothemagician.com.
I second LaRosa's first comment.
And now I want some of that garlic mayo. Mmmmm...
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