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You don't have to drive over to your favorite fast food restaurant to enjoy the taste of deep-fried onion rings, as they're easy to make and will make an impressive side dish to your next barbecue meal. The secret to fried zucchini is two-fold, in that you must keep the zucchini cold before frying them, and you must use fresh oil in your deep fat fryer. Oh yes, and then there's the beer... Special
tools: Deep fryer
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large zucchini squash, cut; see text Cut both ends off zucchini. You can cut the zucchini into round slices, each slice about 3/8" thick, or several long slices, each about 3" by 3/8". It all depends on the size of your zucchini and whatever style you prefer. As for me, I go both ways, as I mix and match. Meanwhile, heat the deep fryer to operating temperature, which should be about 375 degrees.
Left: All components are assembled in order, and ready to go. Right: I'm dipping the zucchini, coated with egg, Bisquick into the beer batter before placing it into the deep fryer. While the deep fryer is heating, in a medium mixing bowl add one half cup of Bisquick. Add beer, a little at a time to the Bisquick mix, and stir with large mixing spoon, ensuring that mixture is blended well and that there are no lumps. The mixture should be blended to the consistency of pancake batter, without any lumps. If you get carried away with the beer and the mixture is too thin, add more Bisquick until the mixture is the correct consistency. It is very important to get the consistency correct. You need to have enough batter to thouroghly coat the zucchini slices, so more beer and Bisquick might be necessary. This recipe is not an exact science! Place the remaining 1/2 cup Bisquick mix into another mixing bowl. Reserve.
Left: Round battered zucchini slices are cooking to a golden brown in the deep fryer. Right: I have placed slices at the top, and round sections near the bottom of the photo, as the fried zucchini drains on a paper towl. The sequence for battering and frying the zucchini slices sounds complicated, but it really isn't. The trick is to use your left hand for the "dirty" work which is all of the dipping, and keep your right hand clean and dry. Using your left hand, dip a slice in the egg mixture, coating evenly. Place slice in "dry" Bisquick, roll it around in the dry mixture to coat zucchini slice evenly. Now dip into batter and coat onion ring evenly with wet batter. Carefully place battered onion zucchini slices into deep fryer. Fry until slice starts to turn golden in color, which is about 2 or 3 minutes. Repeat the process until all slices are cooked, but do not put too many slices in your deep fryer at one time, as they will fuse together and not cook properly. Remove from deep fat fryer and drain on paper towels. Serve immediately. Copyright(c) 2006 eRench Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. This site has been on the web since December 22, 2002. Web page design has been created by eRench Productions, Inc., custom photography for any occasion..
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