No more trying to secure a candy thermometer to the edge of a pan or adding more oil than I need to the pan just so it will be high enough to reach the bulb on my candy thermometer. Just point and click!ĭisclaimer: I realize it doesn't measure the internal temps of things like meat but I have found that it is pretty acurate when it comes to gauging oil compared to a candy thermometer. One of the absolute most valuable tools in my kitchen now is this digital laser thermometer gun! It measures the surface temperature of hot oil and candy mixtures. How does a digital laser thermometer work? Medium high heat is a good average heat to start with, adjusting as needed. I probably could have added fewer squash to this batch and it wouldn't have dropped to 337 degrees. If the oil is too low, the coated squash starts to absorb more oil and the texture is soggy rather than crisp.Ĭheck the temperature right after adding the squash and adjust the heat to make sure it comes back to 375 as quickly as possible. I like to bring the temperature up to between 360 and 375 degrees because the squash browns quickly. Any more oil than that is wasted unless you are frying a large volume of squash. I recommend using just enough vegetable oil to reach a depth of 1/4 inch in the bottom of a high-sided skillet or large saucepan. The little bit of moisture produced on the cut sides of the squash is enough to make the cornmeal stick to the squash. It's as easy as slicing the squash and pressing the squash into the salted cornmeal immediately. That could have been the dappled sunlight and how I fried them because they tasted exactly the same and my family couldn't tell them apart. They looked almost exactly the same but the cornmeal-only slices were slightly darker. I did a side by side visual poll on my Instagram story a while back to see if anyone could tell the difference between fried squash coated in plain cornmeal and fried squash coated in a mixture of flour and cornmeal. With this recipe, it can be as simple as pressing the sliced squash into cornmeal and frying them! If you read my post on Perfect Every Time Fried Green Tomatoes, you saw that it took 3 plates to coat them in flour, milk/egg mixture, and cornmeal/flour mixture. So, a mess for us is about 4 squash- but we LOVE fried squash so we often cook extra!įrying cornmeal-coated squash is quick and easy. There are four in my family until if they are all home from college. How much squash is that? It depends on how many are in your family. In Southern speak, it means just enough for one meal. Summer cannot end until I have had at least one mess of fried yellow squash or summer squash as I've always called it. Whether you call it yellow squash or summer squash, I call it yummy! I'll show you how to fry yellow squash without a lot of oil. You don't have to "deep-fry" squash to call it Southern-Fried.
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