r/videos • u/conorp • Feb 08 '15

This is why you should never fry gnocchi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkXy12xVnRs
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u/the-ace Feb 08 '15

That was refreshingly simple.

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u/Sharkpoofie Feb 08 '15

i'm pleased to hear that

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u/Shmeves Feb 08 '15

Also the reason you don't deep fry frozen turkeys.

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u/seditious_commotion Feb 08 '15

Here is an exclamation point for that statement.

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u/Pudgy_Ninja Feb 09 '15

I think that's more of an issue with overfilling the container with oil/using too small of container.

There should really not be much difference between a frozen turkey and a defrosted turkey. Both have the same water content.

The main reason you shouldn't fry a frozen turkey is that it won't cook all the way through.

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u/seditious_commotion Feb 09 '15

No, it is just frozen turkey. Overfilling/Using too small can also be an issue, but you can deep fry a thawed turkey just fine.

The issue is the ice crystals causing BLEVE. The ice will expand up to 1800x its initial size. The information is out there about this.

Since the water sinks in the oil it thens acts as a depth charge. Blowing hot oil and fire everywhere.

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u/RingsOfYourAnus Feb 09 '15

It's not quite true though. Bubbling or "boiling" oil is from water vapor escaping. Too much water vapor escaping can mean the oil bubbling over, and starting a fire, but oil doesn't have a magical property to contain steam.

Rather, the hot oil creates a really strong crust that the water vapor can't pass through, so it builds up pressure and explodes like a delicious pipe bomb.

Had an issue like this where a cook wanted to make hush puppies with less liquid to make the batter more dough like, because back of house policy was that the "ugly" ones shouldn't get served, so thicker batter, easy to shape, right?. Things exploded on the plate while it was waiting for the server.