Fried Foods Around the World
People can never resist the craving for the crunch of fried foods.
We have been enjoying delicious food, and we are convinced that this food practice will be inherited and carried forward in the years to come.
The following are the most famous fried foods in the world. See if you are familiar with any of them or are lucky enough to taste them.
Tempura (Japan)
Vegetable tempura is known for its thin and crispy batter made from soft flour, eggs and ice or soda water. While shrimp tempura is also popular, vegetable tempura contains a variety of ingredients, including mushrooms, lotus root and burdock, seaweed, and leafy greens such as shallots, mung beans, pumpkin and other hard squash, Okra and green pepper. Portuguese missionaries introduced it to Japan in the 16th century as a vegetarian option for holy fasting days.
Churros (Spain, Portugal and Latin America)
Delicious churros are fried and topped with powdered sugar.
These ridged pastries, originally popular in bars in Spain and Portugal, are also a breakfast or snack favorite in Latin America.
The batter is piped into the hot oil through a star-shaped tip, giving the dough bar its signature shape. Churros are often sprinkled with cinnamon sugar and dipped in Cherokee coffee, hot chocolate or Cherokee liqueur.
Zucchini Flowers (Italy)
These zucchini flowers are stuffed with ricotta cheese and parsley.
Fried zucchini flowers are a gastronomic invention of botany: Squash flowers bloom in the spring, but only female flowers will grow into zucchini in late summer.
Male flowers are picked and turned into a delicacy, dipped in a light batter and fried until fluffy and golden. The flowers can also be filled with ingredients such as cheese, ham, rice and herbs.
Fried Bread ( Native American )
Fried bread, or Fry bread, is a byproduct of colonial migration and has evolved into a sophisticated symbol for many tribes.
When the U.S. government forced Native Americans from their farmlands into reservations in the mid-1800s, they used ingredients provided to them—like flour, sugar, and lard—to make these large, fluffy rounds. Dough.
Today, many local chefs adapt their family recipes with ingredients such as locally milled corn and whole wheat flour .
Fried Green Tomatoes (USA)
Although fried green tomatoes are a favorite food in the South, they originated in the Midwest. This recipe for making unripe tomatoes into a dessert appears in Ohio community cookbooks and in the cookbooks of Jewish immigrants in the late 19th century.
No matter how you prepare them, fried tomatoes are a staple in America. They can be dipped in a cornmeal batter or coated with flour, cornmeal or cracker crumbs before frying.
French fries ( Belgium and France)
French fries originated in France and Belgium and are popular all over the world.
Belgium and France have long fought over the history and birthplace of French fries, but their production has transformed from a high-end food to the world's favorite symbol of fast food.
According to legend, the name refers to the French cooking technique of slicing vegetables (in this case, potatoes) so that all parts cook evenly. Serve with steak or burgers, ketchup or mayonnaise , or cheese and gravy. French fries go with just about anything.
arancini (Italy)
These breaded and fried rice balls are another Sicilian delicacy.
Since the 10th century, Sicily's alansini has been delighting Italians with its combination of rice and delicious fillings. While these breaded and fried rice balls are traditional for Saint Lucia’s December feast, arancini are eaten year-round.
They can be stuffed with a variety of fillings such as meat sauce, mozzarella , eggplant, mushrooms and even pistachios. Arancini, also called arancine, can be round or tapered. In memory of the Sicilian volcano Mount Etna.
Banh cam ( Vietnamese )
Banh cam is a fried Vietnamese dessert.
Although the name translates to "orange cake," don't think the taste of this food has anything to do with oranges because they look like oranges. So it is famous in southern Vietnam. The food is made of tender glutinous rice flour, filled with mung bean paste, and then rolled in sesame seeds and stir-fried.
Banh-Ran is a similar food found in northern Vietnam. It is soaked in syrup and slightly hollow inside, making it easy to fill with various ingredients that people like to eat.
Fried chicken (Korean and American)
Delicious Korean Fried chicken wings Served with garlic sauce, kimchi and kimchi.
There are many ways to cook chicken, but the two most popular methods are American fried chicken and Korean fried chicken.
American fried chicken is known for its thick, gritty crust, which is the result of marinating the chicken pieces in seasoned flour with buttermilk. The Korean fried chicken has a thin, crispy batter coating that is double fried for extra crispiness and then coated with gochujang honey sauce.
Chele Fritta (Spain)
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Chela is a favorite street food in northern Spain. Milk is boiled with flour and sugar into a thick custard and then refrigerated until firm. Dice the custard, add flour and eggs and fry. Sprinkle Cherokee tortillas with cinnamon and sugar to make them sweeter.
Prawn Toast (Hong Kong)
Shrimp toast (or shrimp toast) is a simple and delicious snack. It is made by spreading shrimp sauce on white bread and frying it until golden brown.
This dish is popular in Hong Kong, and there is speculation that the bread ingredients in the dish come from British colonial rule and have spread to snack menus around the world. Sesame seeds are sprinkled on shrimp toast and then fried, as is the British and Australian way.
Fried Mars Chocolate Bar (UK)
"Will it explode during the frying process?" Many people have this question. Fried Mars Bar is a strange food in Scotland , which has inspired many imitators. Inspiration, from fried Oreos to stuffed bread.
Originally made in a chip shop in Scotland, Mars Chocolate (a type of chocolate, nougat and caramel sugar cubes) is said to be soaked in a thick batter and frozen until the chocolate thickens and slightly melts , which is a challenge.
Fried Pizza (Italy)
Naples, Italy is famous for its soft, thin-crust Neapolitan pizza , but pizza pancakes are a lesser-known staple in the city's pizza tradition. This pizza has long been a snack in the poorer parts of Naples. It is said that it became popular during World War . At that time, many of the wood-burning stoves used to make Neapolitan pizza were damaged due to a lack of raw materials. So people figured out how to make fried food.
These fluffy doughs are refreshing, especially when topped with toppings like ricotta cheese, chopped tomatoes, and pork puff pastry. The flavor is so enticing
Chimichangas (Southwestern United States)
Arizona claims to be the birthplace of the tortilla that is now a staple in Texas Mexican cuisine.
While two restaurants in Phoenix and Tucson offer competing origin stories, as with many Texas Mexican food, most people throughout the Southwest agree on the concept. The tortillas can be filled with rice, beans, cheese and meat, such as ground beef, ground beef, pork or chicken, and then fried until the tortillas brown into a crispy shell.
Chinese fried dough sticks ( 馃子, fried ghost, fried fruit, big fruit, fried steamed bun )
I personally think that fried dough sticks are well-deserved as the finale food , Chinese fried dough sticks are made with flour and salt as the main ingredients An ancient Chinese noodle dish, a long, hollow fried food with golden color, crispy texture and tough texture. It is the main star of traditional Chinese breakfast. Now many new ways of eating have emerged.
