Patent ID: 8945648
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A23L,A47J

Abstract:
1. A method for making fried food products comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of food pieces; par-frying said food pieces by immersion in hot oil, wherein said hot oil comprises an initial par-fry oil temperature and a final par-fry oil temperature, to produce par-fried food pieces; removing said par-fried food pieces from said hot oil; and finish frying said par-fried food pieces by contact with hot oil at an initial finish-fry oil temperature, wherein said initial finish-fry oil temperature is higher than said final par-fry oil temperature, to produce said fried food pieces, wherein said par-fried food pieces are maintained at a temperature above 270° F. during said removing, and then through to said finish frying step, wherein said par-frying step comprises par-frying said food pieces to an intermediate moisture content of between 1.5% and about 15% by weight, wherein said finish frying step comprises finish frying said par-fried food pieces to a final moisture content of less than 2% by weight and less than said intermediate moisture content, and wherein said finish frying step is an immersion frying step with a residence time of less than about 10 seconds.