Posted By: Cook Chatty Cathy
May 13 # 1 of 20
Hey ya' all,
Well it's almost that time of the year when our gardens will be bursting with fresh produce!!! And I would like to ask everyone who has a fried vegetable recipe of any description to please post them here!
This is especially dedicated to our own dear member Janie...as some of you may know she has broadened Jon's horizon's in his consumption of vegetables by introdducing him to some delicious fried versions of vegetables he formerly could not eat. I once again would like to help her out this summer and give her as many more recipes as we possibly can! Who knows what she may accomplish by the end of summer this year with expanding his love of vegetables;)
May 13 # 2 of 20
I like making vegetable tempura. The range of veggies this works with is awesome. It's especially good made with summer squashes, eggplant, and okra.
The secret of a light tempura batter is to use rice flour and club soda as the liquid.
Posted By: Cook Chatty Cathy
May 13 # 3 of 20
Thanks for the hint on the club soda I never heard of that before! Should I have the club soda ice cold?
Posted By: The Ironic Chef
May 13 # 4 of 20
I also make a tempura but use egg whites, cornstarch and beer. I really enjoy the blossoms from zucchini. I also enjoy green tomato slices and mushrooms coated and fried. I do dredge my pieces into flour first before I dip into the tempura batter. The tempura batter tends to hold a better shape.
My kids actually want me to make their favorite kabobs this week end. I Dice chicken into 1" cubes, dredge and dip into the tempura and then fry. I put them on skewers with red and green pepper chunks and pineapple. Onto the grill they go. I glaze them with a pineapple juice based bbq sauce. I make a bbq sauce that is like a sweet and sour sauce but starts by reducing pineapple juice down to a syrup before adding the rest of the ingredients.
Posted By: The Ironic Chef
May 13 # 5 of 20
I'm wondering if frying egg plant for Eggplant Parmesan would be considered frying vegetables? It's one of my favorites.