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when heated. Also, oils containing a lot of highly unsaturated fatty acids (e.g. some
high-quality salad oils) are prone to premature degradation when heated.
We strongly recommend avoiding the usage of solid frying fat (e.g. Palmin, coconut
butter), because you will have to melt the fat before applying it to the appliance and
cleaning after use could be difficulty.
To avoid early degradation of the oil, do not add salt or spices to the oil. Additional-
ly, if possible, salt and spices should be added to your food after frying. Otherwise,
you should change the oil more frequently.
As a rule of thumb, you should change the frying oil after frying 8 to 12 times; but this
depends on the quality of the oil and the types of food, you have fried. If required,
store the oil in the refrigerator. Do NOT leave oil in the appliance.
Do not cook food with wet batter using the basket. The basket will trap the batter and
prevent successful circulation of oil because the batter will form a shell on the basket.
It is also quite hard to clean the net of the basket. To cook battered food, open the lid
and remove the basket. Carefully cook only a few pieces per batch. Do not cook the
food completely, only harden the batter shell. Beware of oil spattering when adding
batter to the oil. Cook until desired consistency with the basket. Thereafter you can
try to spin your food with speed setting LOW.
Always try LOW spinning speed and shorter time for fragile or soft food to see
whether it can withstand HIGH spinning speed.
This holds also for any heavy food (e.g. large pieces of beef), which may lead to
excessive vibration of the appliance. Cut too large pieces before cooking. Try to get
an even distribution in the basket, when filling in.
Excessive vibration of whole appliance may be caused by
• un-balance distribution
• overloading with food
• or too large pieces (e.g. whole chicken legs; huge piece of chicken breast).
Cut the food into 2 or 3 pieces before frying. Always cook and spin food according
to recommended weight in the following table. Spinning of overloaded or unbalance
distribution of food could lead to hazard due to spilled hot oil.
Dry damp food before frying. You can cook frozen food in the fryer. However, remo-
ve any loose ice first. Do not let the air get to frozen food for a long time period
before cooking. Otherwise, a layer of ice will coat the food, causing the oil to extre-
mely froth and splash, when lowering the food into the oil.
The frying time and temperature table below is for reference only and should be adju-
sted for different quantity of food and your own taste.
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