Homemade Deep Fried Shallot

How many of you like fried shallot? I can tell you here that all of us in the family love fried shallot so much. We can eat it like a snack. We can use it for anything. We even can die for it. But~~~ all of us hate peeling it!... 

So, you want to ask me why not I just buy it from the store, it's much easier, no need to peel so hard until tears also drop!.. As I said, my whole family 4 of us, plus my mother and brother they are all super fans of fried shallot. Do you know how much it would cost for a pack or per gram? It is expensive wei...

I still remember once I peeled this shallot, my eldest son came and asked me..

Son : "Mummy, what are you doing there"? My tear keep coming out!

Me : I am making your favorite fried shallot, do you want to eat?

Son : Oh my favorite, by nothing to do with my eyes?

Me : Yes, got! It is not easy to make, so if you want to eat so you need to donate some tears first...

Then he walks away and keep going to the toilet to wash his eyes..

Ok, let me share the fried shallots here

Homemade Deep Fried Shallot
Recipe source from : Fiona Low

What you need :-
- Shallots
- Oil for frying

Method :-
1) Peel the shallot, do not touch water

 2) Slice the shallot by using machine or by hand using slicer (if small batch)

3) Prepared the oil for deep frying (I used canola oil)

4) Check the heat by throwing a piece of shallot in and if you can see the bubbles, it means that the oil is hot enough

 5) The shallot will slowly shrink and make sure you keep stirring them to prevent uneven colour.

 6) For my case, I fried in two batches. One batch around 30 mins to get them golden brown. Drain the oil before set them aside.

 7) Store them in the air tight container and keep in the fridge.

Our crunchy fried shallot is done! Total process took about half day! So you can imagine the son who donated his tears is worth it or not? (>‿◠)✌

The process of this fried shallot is quite long but I am happy that my family are not consuming those unhealthy snack/topping with the ingredient I use, the hygiene way to make it and of course free from repeating oil that I used. 

3 Kg of canola oil was use up just for this deep fried shallot. Meaning 1.5kg per batch and we kept the oil for our stir fry vegetables, drizzle some into our soup, when making wantan mee or steamed tofu. Those that you can find in Chinese dishes. You name it.

I really hope my step by step guide will help you with making homemade fried shallot.