Fried Shallots using Microwave

No, you didn't see it wrongly... this recipe is for making fried shallots with a microwave. It's very easy and convenient, and best of all, no splatters or oily kitchen!

Recipe adapted from Blessed Homemaker.

Ingredients

Sliced shallots

Cooking oil

Salt

Directions

1. Put the sliced shallots in a Corelle microwavable bowl.
2. Pour cooking oil and make sure the oil covers the shallots. Give the shallots a good stir to make sure the oil coats all.
3. Put the shallots and oil mixture into the microwave, microwave on high for 5 minutes if using about 20 shallots. Open the microwave and check the shallots. Give it a stir, and microwave for another 3 minutes. Keep checking and decrease the microwave timing gradually until the shallots are a light golden brown. Usually 5 minutes, 3 minutes, 2 minutes, 1 minute, 30 sec.
4. Once the shallots look light golden brown, take out from the microwave, put 2-3 pinches of salt and give the mixture a good stir. The shallots will continue frying in the hot oil. Be careful not to scald yourself.
5. Once it reaches a nice golden brown, drain using a strainer.
6. Use scotts towel to absort the excess oil from the fried shallots. Once cooled down, store in a airtight glass container.
7. Put the cooled down oil into a glass bottle. This can be used for stir-frying.

Oil just covering the shallots.

After microwaving for 5mins.

After another 4mins - I split into 2mins each and check.

After another 2 minutes, light golden brown. I split into 1min, 30sec and 10sec.

Golden brown.

Sieve and drain.


Put the fried shallots on scotts towel to get rid of excess oil. Once cool, store in a glass air-tight bottle.

Shallots infused oil... very fragrant.

Kept in a glass bottle for stir-frying. :)