Frying may require a lot of oil, but you can reuse it if you know how to clean it properly.
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Thank you for this!
Can anyone tell me what happens to the water in this mixture? I mean, once you strain the oil, is it just oil minus the debris or is it oil and some water?? Can I reuse it without worrying the water will start spitting out hot oil off my skillet??
It was a cluster F&#K. I followed the directions to the "t," and ended up with ("cloudy" <–that's a joke,) a combination of previously deep fried particles and deep fried cornstarch slurry. And NO, I did not let it reach the simmer point. Don't waste your time or cornstarch money on this BS.
This didn't work right as shown in the video. I mean it did remove most food particles but it didn't form up like in the video and the oil looks orange not clear like in video and the starch got in the oil even when I used the same strainer like in video. The oil itself looks no different then if I just used a strainer and not the starch. The oil was also completely cooled down to 0° before I did anything to it
Can arrowroot be used instead for gluten intolerant people?
quarter cup of water and 1 tablespoon of starch? did i hear wrong? 1 tablespoon starch is enough to do that?
Does this method work with animal fats like bacon grease and beef tallow? You can't let them cool off to much as they solidify.
Thanks! When I lived down south my neighbor/friend showed me this. when I moved away, I couldn't remember how to do this, asked everyone & no one had any idea. It's been 30yrs ive been looking 4 how to do this! Thank you!
Strain through mesh and re-bottle
How much oil do I need to pour over the kitchen worktop for it to work?
How is all that faster than just straining it in the first place!?
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Waste of time and results are limited save your corn starch.
This will give u an awful taste next time you fry lol
I tried this and it did absolutely nothing 😢
As long as it isnt burnt you can re use it for a long time. I worked in a restaurant. The fryers werent changed more than once a week.
So recycle your oil but all the greenies will cry about all the energy being wasted to reheat it
HOW THE HELL do people figure this stuff out???
Thank you
I needed this info so bad, I’m a poor boy so reusing oil whenever I can is optimal
That's awesome especially with today's prices
I don’t have corn starch, can I use tapioca starch?
Just strain it folks, don't waste cornstarch >.<
If you've fried fish you can cut potatoes up to draw out the fish taste thank me later ❤️
I tried this mine turned into gravy. The second try was better, but the starch did not solidify like what you did here.
why can't you do this if you've cooked fish in it?
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Good tip. I do re-use my cooking oil* sometimes,but only when cooking just for myself and not in summer** – and definitely not after using some to cook fish! And never more than once or twice,depending on the condition of the oil after its previous use.
* most commonly olive oil,but others at times as well.
** for this purpose I count that as the warmer months of May to September.
Sad I took so long to look into this. If you wanna use a coffee filter, you better have a lot of time on your hands, or a huge filter.
I'm curious, does this work just as well with lard?
"Boo hoo, my oil tastes like whatever I cooked after I filtered it" What do you expect? Oil to magically appear out of nowhere? You and your refined taste buds need to calm down
did I hear correct. fish that been cooked in oil can't be cleaned?
Couldn't find corn starch specifically here in pakistan..
I tried it with cornflour and worked like a charm…
Saved a lot of oil…
Tried this today and it worked great. I did use a cheese cloth with the strainer just to make sure nothing was in it.
For every cup of frying oil that's left over, whisk in one tablespoon of cornstarch with a quarter cup of water. Jump to that part of the video: https://youtu.be/qgADlZClDAE?t=28