Restaurant Recipe Reviews

Butterball Indoor Turkey Fryer

I swore the first time I had a fried turkey would be my last. Our son had one of these old fashioned fryers where you boiled the oil over an open flame. Of course, he set the fryer in the middle of the back yard so that if there was an explosion or fireball, he wouldn’t burn down the neighborhood. He did get burned though. When he put the turkey into the boiling oil, he hadn’t thoroughly dried it off, so he got burned with boiling oil splatter. After that, it was fairly uneventful. The finished turkey wasn’t real good as it was really greasy. When he said he was going to do it every Thanksgiving, I began to look for other alternatives.

Earlier this year, I heard about the Butterball Turkey Fryer on one of those As Seen On TV commercials. If you haven’t heard about it, it’s a flame-less, indoor countertop appliance that won’t help you celebrate the holidays by burning down your house. Because it uses less oil (2 gallons instead of 3), it’s far healthier as well as safer than the original outdoor fryer. Also, the temperature is controlled by a digital timer and thermostat so that you’re able to control the cooking time and get a perfect bird every time. It will fry up to a 14 pound turkey with predictable delicious results…every time. I know because I ordered one for my, son and he did this year’s Thanksgiving turkey with it in about 45 minutes cooking time. The Butterball Turkey Fryer is a great way to get a moist, perfectly cooked turkey every time.

The Chef Basket

As Seen On TV has some really useful and unique items. My wife first saw the Chef Basket advertised on one of their commercials. This is a really versatile cooking aide that’s really handy to have in the kitchen. It’s really and ingenious colander type basket that’s collapsible, reversible and folds flat when not in use. When you want to use it, just flip it open to the appropriate side and use for frying, steaming, boiling or par-boiling. What makes this basket so unique is that the handles stay cool to the touch while the basket’s in use. So, you can take the Chef Basket full of pasta right out of the boiling water, rinse, and then pour directly into the serving dish without having to use a strainer or oven mitts.

My wife used hers to do sweet potato fries to go with the Thanksgiving turkey. Boy, were they great. She just set the Chef Basket in the pot of boiling oil, dumped in the sweet potatoes, and fried them to a crisp golden brown. Makes your mouth water, doesn’t it!

If you’re looking for more time to socialize and less time spent in the kitchen, these two new cooking aides certainly will do the trick. They sure made our Thanksgiving more tasty than ever!

Learn more about the Butterball Turkey Fryer. Stop by the As Seen On TV Center site where you can find out all about it and the Chef Basket as well.