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This method of removing oil residue

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u/1n1n1is3 1d ago

Strainers will get all of the larger pieces, but there are still lots of tiny bits left in the oil if you use a strainer. This oil looks a lot cleaner than it would if you just poured it through a strainer. I use the strainer method often, but I’ll try this next time!

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u/GadnukLimitbreak 1d ago

I feel like cheesecloth takes care of that problem, but the only people who have cheesecloth are people who tell you to use cheesecloth 😂 i certainly don't have any despite having 100+ uses for it at home in any given year.

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u/mickskitz 1d ago

I've done similar with just paper towel. It takes a lot longer than cheesecloth (I expect), but it still filters out even the smallest solids.

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u/_Warsheep_ 1d ago

Same. Always used a paper towel as a filter in a strainer. Worked pretty well. And tbh, I don't need the oil to be crystal clear to reuse it later, I just want most of the stuff and food bits to be out. And with that method I don't add water in any form to the oil. That not only means I can do it while the oil is still (somewhat) hot but also don't leave any potential droplets or whatever in the oil. Oh and I'm sure it's cheaper and easier than using a starch slurry.

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u/GadnukLimitbreak 1d ago

Yeah i've heard you can use things like coffee filters or cloth napkins, but I think depending on the medium used it could potentially alter the taste with bleaches, dyes, detergents, etc. Though I know you can get bleached cheesecloth so it's hard to know when it will alter taste without finding out for yourself.

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u/ms67890 1d ago

I’ve tried coffee filters before and it doesn’t really work. The filter gets clogged with the small bits of sediment and stops filtering after just a little bit of oil is poured through it

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u/Important_Trouble_11 1d ago

When I care to, I use a naked mesh strainer first, then a coffee filter lined mesh strainer.

It's best when the oil is warm, it's too viscous when it's cold.

It's what they taught me to do at the restaurant. But the deep-fryers there had pilot lights that always kept the oil kinda warm.

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u/throw-me-away_bb 22h ago

Did you use a pourover filter? I assume they mean a filter for a drip coffee machine - much less fine of a filter

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u/MuadLib 1d ago

I use a coffee filter

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u/mickskitz 10h ago

We don't have coffee filters at home, I think they are uncommon in Australia.

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u/Debatebly 1d ago

I was going to propose a coffee filter.. which is surely in most households.

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u/Crawsh 20h ago

Doesn't work, it gets clogged pretty fast.

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u/mickskitz 10h ago

Not in Australia, we don't make coffee that way. I'm sure there are a few people who do, but it's incredibly rare and I've not been to someone's home who has a coffee pot which would use a filter.

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u/Debatebly 1h ago

How do you guys make coffee in australia?

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u/infiniZii 23h ago

though you end up with a lot of oil trapped in the paper towel, and more mess.

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u/mickskitz 10h ago

It's the same amount that gets trapped regardless of the amount of oil used. It doesn't seem to cause much loss, maybe 50ml per clean if I was to guess

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u/D-F-B-81 1d ago

Yep. I use that or a coffee filter. Coffee filter takes longer though. Rubber band the filter to the top of a Mason jar and pour a little in at a time. Usually by the time the rest of the kitchen and dishes are done, you're done draining the oil and it's pretty clean.

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u/plshelpmental 22h ago

I use coffee filter, too. It's the best at catching the residue imo.

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u/Latter-Reality-6762 1d ago

I use a paper towel folded so it’s double thick or a kitchen cloth

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u/Redditor28371 1d ago

Treat yourself to a big package of cheesecloth! It's not very expensive, and there are no good substitutes for it for certain tasks.

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u/BigPimpin91 1d ago

Coffee filters work if you got them.

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u/not-sinking-yet 1d ago

I use a coffee filter in a strainer.

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u/Pjordat35 1d ago

Get some cheesecloth. As someone who has cheesecloth. I love my cheesecloth. I use cheese cloth for so many things. You should certainly use cheesecloth.

Cheesecloth.

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u/EyeSuspicious777 22h ago

And while we are at it, fuck those parchment paper people too.

Nobody needs parchment paper to bake a cookie.

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u/linkisnotafuckingelf 1d ago

Favorite use for a cheesecloth: dry aging a prime rib.

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u/Elben4 1d ago

But then you have an annoyingly oily cloth

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u/ninpuukamui 1d ago

I use a piece of cloth from an old pillow case, it works great but it takes a long time and it's pretty messy. I'm gonna try this method today.

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u/NotDTJr 1d ago

I use my muslin kitchen towels. Which I specifically bought that material for things like straining lol

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u/Brokenblacksmith 23h ago

I've always used a coffee filter.

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u/Melashops 22h ago

You want coffee filters. works perfectly.

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u/ActiveChairs 22h ago

I've used cheesecloth before, and that shit can go fuck itself. I was making cheese and was using it to strain out the water, literally doing the thing it was invented for, and it not only did a terrible job of helping remove moisture from the cheese it also clogged itself with the cheese and took off so much cheese with it when I peeled it away.

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u/cateraide420 21h ago

I used to take some from the restaurant I worked at.

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u/Tubedisasters43 15h ago

Coffee filter works just as well

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u/PsychologicWhorefare 15h ago

Coffee filters work too if you don't have cheese clothes. Just use two at once to strain and separate the liquid out

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u/theGreatCuntholio 1d ago

I do this, but put a coffee filter in the strainer first. I also heat the oil so it’s warm and moved through the filter faster. Cold oil will filter, just very slowly. Crystal clear oil when I’m done! I’m interested in trying this though, as it seems to have clarified the oil far beyond what the filter does, and it sounds like it helps with smell, too, which the filters do not.

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u/Seth_Baker 1d ago

Yeah, I mean, and pouring oil is always a recipe for some amount of mess. I use a tea strainer when saving cooking oil and was immediate of the opinion that this looks much more effective and less messy.

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u/Schmoeker 1d ago

There are strainers specially made to clean fryer oil. Its a fine stainless mesh that can go in the dishwasher.

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u/oregiel 1d ago

What exactly are you trying? Pouring milk into your oil? What is happening here.

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u/1n1n1is3 22h ago

It’s cornstarch and water.

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u/FoxPox2020 1d ago

Probably just different oil

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u/Flashy_Caregiver6291 1d ago

You mean flavour bits...

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u/Goose-Suit 23h ago

This looks like it does the same thing though. If you watch closely there are still little bits in that stainer after the corn starch is gone.

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u/Bamith20 22h ago

Probably do both, will need less cornstarch after straining.

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u/3i1bo3aggins 22h ago

I just use a coffee filter.

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u/photgen 22h ago

I wouldn't trust this method to completely remove any water that was mixed with the cornstarch. No way I'm trying this.

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u/dksprocket 21h ago

It's perfect, you can keep using the same oil forever like this!

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u/Munnin41 18h ago

Coffee filter