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Brilio.net - Fried onions are one of the toppings in various dishes. With its crunchy texture and fragrant aroma, fried onions can enhance the taste of various dishes. Whether on the menu with soup or not, including soup, soto, curry, fried rice, satay, pecel, noodles, and others.
There are also those who like to eat fried onions as a topping for warm rice and then add soy sauce. The taste is addictive and appetizing.
Fried onions themselves are made from sliced shallots that are fried crispy with plenty of oil. Even though it looks simple, apparently quite a few people still fail to make fried onions that are crispy and don't get soft quickly. Instead of being crispy, fried onions actually turn black, soft and a bit bitter. For this reason, some people add rice flour to make the fried onions even crispier.
However, apart from adding rice flour, there are other ways to make crispy fried onions, you know. This method was shared by Instagram user @jerrymci7. He chose to add other kitchen ingredients, namely salt and vinegar.
photo: Instagram/@jerrymci7
Reported by BrilioFood from the Instagram account @jerrymci7 on Tuesday (25/6), first prepare 250 grams of peeled shallots. Then thinly chop the red onion. After that, sprinkle the onions with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon vinegar. Then squeeze the onion and discard the water. Adding vinegar is one of the keys to making fried onions even crispier, you know.
photo: Instagram/@jerrymci7
"(Vinegar) helps neutralize the sulfur content in the onion so it's not so spicy and makes it crispier," said @jerrymci7.
photo: Instagram/@jerrymci7
Next, sprinkle the onion slices with 3-4 rice flour then mix well. Heat the fire then reduce it. Add the sliced red onion, fry until cooked. Stir, when it is golden brown, remove from heat and set aside.
photo: Instagram/@jerrymci7
The result is that the fried onions will be even crispier and not soggy. Uploaded on May 27, this video by @jerrymci7 has received the attention of netizens. The video has also been watched by more than 1.5 million people. Not a few netizens also commented on this upload.
"I always fail... I'm only appointed after 2 minutes and I'm immediately lethargic," said the account @takawuni
"Snack while watching Darkor chef," commented the account @ira323
"How come 1 server, the chef, just thought yesterday that I wanted to make fried onions, just stock up. Eh, I came up with a fun recipe for fried onions," concluded the account @maulida.inaya
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