Deep Fried Brussels Sprouts Recipe (video) - More Thanksgiving Dishes

[Saviolo]

Another deep fryer experiment and another Thanksgiving dish! This time we're tackling brussels sprouts, and we're deep frying them! Part of the trick is that you've got to quarter them, which really helps them bloom and open up in the hot oil, so you get lots of those delicious little crispy bits on the outside leaves from the fryer. Also, in the video, we cut the shallot in half before we added it to the oil, but if you keep it whole and cut it into rings, it works a little better to get those nice crispy shallot bits intertwined with the crispy brussels sprouts.

Altogether, this one is an amazing flavour bomb. The brussels sprouts come out nice and crispy with lots of caramelization, and the shallots come out extremely sweet with that typical bulbiness that nicely browned shallots bring. The cheese adds richness and saltiness, and the lemon juice brightens everything up and brings the whole dish together. Remember not to oversalt these, because the cheese will do a lot of that work for you! If you want a bit of heat, a couple of dashes of Tabasco wouldn't go awry in these, but keep it balanced with the lemon juice.

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[Warpy]

1. Looks good

The secret to cooking sprouts any way is quartering them first. Yes, the "baby cabbage" thing might be cute, but it invariably gives you slime on the outside and bitter, uncooked stuff on the inside. I thought I hated them until I tried cutting them up.

If I had a Fryolator I'd be doing these tomorrow.

[Saviolo]

2. You don't necessarily need a deep fryer.

You can do this in a cast iron dutch oven with the right amount of oil. The really important thing is making sure the oil is the right temperature! You can get a fry oil/candy thermometer that will keep track of your oil temp for you. You also want to make sure you've got a fine enough strainer or spider that you can pull all of the bits out of your oil.

[Kali]

3. looks pretty damn good

you guy are giving that deep fryer a good workout...you may need to do the same LOL

[Saviolo]

4. Don't worry!

I get my steps in!

But since we got a deep fryer, you just wanna try everything in it, y'know?

[Kali]

5. heh

did you see the video Warpy posted about deep fried coffee beans?

[Saviolo]

6. I did not!

But I'm not a fan of the flavour of coffee in general, so not something I'd try XD