Deep fried ice cream 🍨

Deep Fried Ice Cream:

Serves: 4
Prep time: 30 mins + freezing
Cook time: 1 min

Ingredients
5 cups cornflakes
2 tbsp caster sugar
3 tsp ground cinnamon
1L vanilla ice cream
2 eggs, beaten
Peanut oil for deep frying
chocolate sauce, whipped cream, Maraschino cherries, to serve

Method
Crush cornflakes in a food processor, then transfer to a large bowl with sugar and cinnamon.
Roll 4 large scoops of ice cream into balls and roll in cornflake mix, using hands to shape into a tight ball.
Place balls on a lined tray and freeze for 30 minutes, until firm.
Reserve remaining cornflake mixture.
Place eggs in a shallow bowl.
Dip the coated balls in egg, turning to completely coat, then into cornflake mixture again, tossing to coat in the crumbs.
Return to the tray and freeze for a further 30 mins. For best results, repeat this coating a second time then freeze for at least an hour to become very firm.
Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high to 180°C (356°F).
Working with 1 ball at a time, gently lower into hot oil and cook for 10-15 seconds, until the coating is golden and crisp.
Remove with a slotted spoon and transfer to a chilled serving plate.
Drizzle with chocolate sauce, then top with whipped cream and a cherry. Serve immediately!

[lonk]

nice of andy to share some health food recipes for those of us on a diet

[jimmyjams]

In Australia it’s Definitely a Chinese restaurant classic.

[lancelindlelee]

For those asking. The double layer of crust is basically insulation from the hot oil. You make the out super hot, hotter than normal frying. That way, you brown the crust faster while giving less time for the ice cream to melt.

[scraverX]

I understand the trick to getting best results is to form your ice cream balls and put them back into the freezer - ideally overnight - and don't take them out until just before you are ready to fry them.

[briantaylor]

You can't just defy physics like this and expect me to not panic

[MiaMoretti]

I just finished reading Forbidden Chef Secrets and honestly, it's packed with stuff I’ve never seen in regular cookbooks. The way it explains everything changed how I cook at home.

[larry]

Oh the memories are flooding back! This was a treat for us as kids when we went to the local Chinese for a special occasion.

[poshweevil]

It was always sold at mexican restaurants in the US Maybe it's another fortune cooking situation

[GIM--JC]

Basically, it’s credited to America, but it does have a lot of Asian and Mexican thought. I am an older American and in the early days the only time I ever saw it on a menu generally was a Mexican restaurant although it was around esp State fairs. I did live in Asia for almost 25 years and never saw it, but it was said to be there. It is good.

[ddsmitty]

your music choices are always on point

[johnmcdonald-]

I didn’t know I needed cooking shorts with a Wu-Tang sound clip, but here we are.

[Tikuros]

It is interesting, because the first and last time I had this here, in Budapest, was sometimes around the late 90s in a Chinese restaurant as well

[armanhansda]

Exactly. It’s as American as you can get.

[bgorski]

Man, when I was a kid going to Chi-Chi's and getting to have fried ice cream after dinner was the best thing in the whole world. I'm going to have to try this at home. Also, you might be the channel that has the best background music, and the fact that you can just hear it and it's not making everything you say inaudible is great.👍✌

[kiana]

I had this for my 13th birthday in a Mexican restaurant. That was over a decade ago and I still remember it clearly, because we didn't even ask for anything. the staff overheard us talking about going to eat ice cream after this for my birthday and God help me they suddenly brought out this deep fried ice cream for me with a little firework attached. I cried happy tears that day, best birthday ever!

[dannyelson]

Saved!!! That looks bloody incredible!!! Wow god i want to try that badly!!

[kittlen]

Chinese? I always had it in Mexican restaurants.

[snowdropsheep]

You mainly find it at tex mex restaurants in the USA, but we sure love it here

[bagel-gyatt]

Literally the best way to eat ice cream in this timeline and I'll die on that hill

[matthewterminesi]

Used to make these at a Mexican joint I worked at. Rolled em up, no double breading and put in the deep freezer for later use . Delish