How to Fry a Ham for the Holidays

Every Thanksgiving and Christmas lots of people try and even some actually do fry turkey. Frying turkey has become a new holiday tradition for many people. You can even find youtube videos online about how to and even how not to fry a turkey. But did you know you can also fry ham? Frying ham is even easier then frying a turkey. So why not start a new tradition this holiday season and leave the turkey alone and fry a ham instead.

Frying can be dangerous and each year lots of people start fires from frying incorrectly. You should always use common sense when working in the kitchen. Here are some tips that you will want to do to keep the frying experience safe this holiday season. Make sure you have something to take the food out of the fryer. This can be a metal catchers with holes like fro french fries, special hooks, or anything that you can safely get under the ham to pull it out. The second important thing to do is make sure you have something large enough to fry the food in. You do not want to fill a pot full of oil before the food is placed in the pot because when you put the food in the oil will get displaced and leak out and can start a fire. It is much safer to have to little oil and add in more then to much.

You will need to put some kind of breading over the ham. You can find all kinds of frying recipes online. Pick one that sounds good to you or even try a few on smaller foods first. Then make your batter and lather up the ham. To make it easier you can fry slices of ham instead of the whole thing at once. This is much easier, safer, and better tasting as it will cover a greater are of ham.

Frying is simple. Once you have any food ready to go with a batter you heat up the oil. When the oil gets hot you put the food in the oil. You take the food out before it gets burned and you have friend food. It is really easy. One other caution you should take is not to get the oil to hot. The oil will be hot long before it boils so do not bring to a boil or it will cook to fast and the oil may be more dangerous to work with. It is better to have the oil cooler and keep the food in the oil longer.

A whole ham will take a long time to properly cook. Slices will cook very fast and need only a simple pan and spatula making it much safer and easier. It may be good to try frying smaller foods first if you never have fried. Whatever method you use to fry a ham make sure to be safe. As long as you are safe while you fry you will end up with a yummy fried ham for the holidays. You can be the hit of the party and make Aunt Jane's pie look boring and Uncle Tom's fried turkey look boring.