Frying fish can be a big challenge for many people. Not only does it make the kitchen dirty, frying fish often produces hot oil splashes and can also cause burns to the skin. Many people feel anxious every time they have to fry fish, so they look for various ways to reduce or even avoid the splashes.
The main cause of oil splashes when frying fish is the water content on the surface of the fish. When water meets hot oil, a reaction occurs that causes the oil to explode and splash. Therefore, ensuring that the fish is dry before frying is the first step that can be taken.
Using kitchen paper towels to absorb excess water on the fish can greatly help reduce oil splashes. In addition to ensuring that the fish is dry, some people sometimes also add other ingredients such as flour or ginger to the oil. Both of these ingredients are considered to be able to absorb moisture in the fish, thus minimizing oil splashes. Therefore, these two ingredients are often relied on.
But besides using flour or ginger, you can also rely on other ingredients, you know. A TikTok user @ummu_balqis_haura once shared a way to reduce oil splashes when frying fish using one kitchen ingredient . As reported by BrilioFood on Monday (30/9), the kitchen ingredient in question is lime.
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So when you want to fry fish, you can heat the cooking oil first. When it is hot, take a slice of lime and squeeze the juice over the oil. At first, the lime juice will cause quite a lot of oil splashes, but after a while, the splashes will subside and the oil will be calmer.
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Once it's calm like that, immediately put in the fish to be fried. After that, fry as usual until cooked. According to TikTok user @ummu_balqis_haura, lime juice can reduce oil splashes when frying fish because of its acid content. "The acid content of lime helps remove excess water which causes explosions when water mixes with hot oil," explained TikTok @ummu_balqis_haura.
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Indeed, in the video, the oil used to fry the fish looks calmer. Therefore, TikTok user @ummu_balqis_haura flips it easily and fries the fish until it is perfectly cooked. In addition to making the oil calmer, this lime juice also prevents the oil from smelling fishy when used to fry fish. Using flour or other protective coatings can also help. Coating the fish with flour or batter before frying not only gives it a crispier texture, but also helps retain water in the fish, reducing oil splashes. Frying over medium heat is also recommended to avoid oil that is too hot and sloshing. With these few simple tricks, frying fish can be a safer and more enjoyable process. Having been watched more than 145 thousand times, this video on how to reduce oil splashes when frying has immediately attracted the attention of netizens. Who would have thought, many other TikTok users were interested and also gave their responses. Most of these netizens even shared other suggestions for frying fish to make it safer. "If there is no lime, sour keping is also okay. "I want to fry catfish again," said TikTok @mitsukifriday239. "If I sprinkle a little flour and add a thumb of ginger," said TikTok @custom967. "If my mother covered it, use a lid on a small pot so it doesn't come out," said TikTok @sanskuyy46. "First, heat it in oil until it's really hot, then dip it in the fish. After that, reduce the heat after making sure it's not sticky, then increase the heat a little, fry until Mateng, it's simple, I always use this method," wrote the TikTok account @sillage_xy.