Okay, so at the suggestion of a reader I’ve recently taken to deep frying enchiladas with my electric fryer.  I’ve chosen this model from Amazon, the 5466 model dual bin Presto profry for this task for several reasons.

First off, this electric fryer has a very deep body which means that there is enough oil to cover whatever foods I’m going to be frying.  Another thing I really like is that because there are two frying baskets I can deep fry in batches and not have to pause and go which makes it really easy to whip up large batches of food for my large family and for dinner parties.

I don’t know how many of you have experienced this, but I buy my enchiladas frozen either from my regular grocery store or from Trader Joes and such and they tend to come frozen.  A very big problem I often face is that my Electric Deep Fryer does not cook up each piece evenly so the outsides will be burnt while the inside with the filling is still frozen and under cooked. Fortunately, the 5466 has enough room for the oil to circulate while the food is cooking and this helps maintain an even cooking temperature.  I am proud to say that my enchiladas came out perfectly cooked this time both inside and out!  However, even though this fryer pretty much makes deep frying any food idiot proof you still have to use some common sense and not overload it…

I also like the cover that comes with the ProFry as it has air vents so you can use it to cover the unit and reduce oil splatter while you are cooking.  The wire baskets are also collapsible and easy to store which is a very important design since leaving the baskets in the oil when they are not being used will lead to rancid oil build up which is very difficult to clean.

My one gripe with this fryer is that you might need to have a meat thermometer unless you are used to deep frying foods and know what to look for to make sure that they are fully cooked.  However this should not be a big problem as meat and fryer thermometers are pretty cheap and only cost a couple bucks at the grocery store.

So even though I only tried to cook enchiladas with the ProFry, this is a good sized fryer for a variety of deep fried foods especially if you have to cook in large batches.

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