I settled on a DeLonghi Deep Fryer and started frying! Today I’ll show you the results of some of the obvious frys such as Chicken Wings and some cooler ideas like almond bun coated jalapeno balls. Here is the beast in action. As I mentioned above, I read all the reviews on Amazon, and finally settled on the DeLonghi D677UX Deep Fryer.
I feel so liberated that there are all sorts of keto friendly fried foods like nuggets, wings and brussels sprouts! To keep your frying oil clean, you really need to filter it on a regular basis. Fryers will come with one or two filters in the kit but they run out fast.
The issue is that lard is a solid at room temperature so many of the “higher” end models of fryers use immersion heating elements to heat up the oil. Basically it is a large coil of metal that gets really hot and heats the oil. If you use lard with one of these, the solid lard will burn out the heating elements.
Back in college I used to own a deep fryer. I remember it fondly; we would bring it out, fry some tater tots, fry some chicken tenders, coat candy in pancake batter and fry that, etc. Basically the most unhealthy thing imaginable.