Raw flour can be used for deep-frying, raw flour is used to give the meat batter, can prevent excessive loss of water and nutrients, raw flour is generally used to hang the paste, such as the pot meat, you need to use raw flour, adjusted into a paste, wrapped in the meat, after frying to form a crispy shell, if it is a single put the flour, will be eaten very hard and not crunchy.

The difference between cornstarch and flour

1 Different raw materials

Cornstarch is actually starch, cornstarch raw materials are many, usually groundnut, tapioca, potatoes, corn, etc., belonging to the condiments are generally used in cooking dishes on the batter, hanging paste, thickening or tenderizing meat, but also as a cold noodle as well as the production of pastries when the additives. It is also used as an additive in cold cuts and pastries. It is a common term used in Hong Kong-style recipes. Flour generally refers to wheat flour, which is the flour ground from natural wheat, and is used as an ingredient in bread and buns. The difference between flour and semolina lies in the difference in composition between the two, with semolina being starch and flour containing starch, gluten, and other ingredients. It can also be said that raw flour is the purification of flour.

2 Nutritional composition is different

The raw meal is a combination of glucose molecules, which is the building blocks of the ingredients, mainly found in wheat, is also a component of flour. The main components are more than 80 carbohydrates and more than ten percent water. Flour is rich in proteins, fats, carbohydrates and dietary fiber, with a protein content of 7 to 18%. These proteins can be divided into the composition of gluten wheat gluten and alcohol soluble proteins, non-gluten proteins such as globulin and albumin. Flour contains carbohydrates 69 to 76%, mainly starch 67%, the rest of the dextrin and cellulose.

3 different uses

Flour in the water will soon sink to the bottom, become the water starch, with very easy to evenly attached to the surface of the raw material, in cooking can play a good role in protecting the internal moisture of raw materials, so as to achieve the purpose of making raw materials into a tender dish. And raw flour paste transparency than flour is much better, can increase the luster of the dishes, while the flour can not meet this requirement. Raw flour is generally used to thicken, starch has a strong gelatinizing effect, hanging on the surface of the food during cooking, can protect the nutrition and flavor of the food inside. It can also be used to make soup. Soups made with starch, such as seaweed and eggdrop soup, are clear and sticky. Flour and flour, on the contrary, is not very easy to sink into the bottom of the water, when sizing because of gluten and can not or is not easy to wrap the raw materials on a very uniform, so flour is not suitable for cooking in the sizing. Flour paste from the hydrolysis time is shorter than the flour, a little placed in a while on the outflow of water, while the flour is relatively long to put a lot of time. Flour is mainly used to make steamed bread, buns, noodles and other traditional staple foods, and to do deep-fried (doughnuts, loin) and other fried snacks.

The correct use of raw flour

1, the use of raw flour, the dishes to be used in the oil can not be too much, otherwise the marinade is not easy to stick in the raw materials, then there is no way to achieve the effect of freshness, beautiful shape.

2, the use of raw flour, this time the dishes of the soup must be used appropriately, if the soup is too much or too little, it is easy to cause the gravy is too thin or too thick, it is easy to affect the quality of the dishes.

3, if we simply use the raw flour, this time we must be the flavor and color of the dishes are all well adjusted, and then choose to drizzle the raw flour, so that the food can be better.

Benefits of raw flour marinated meat

1, change the taste of food Raw flour can change the taste of food, can make the taste of food become more smooth and tender, and its nutritional value is relatively high, usually people can absorb protein and a large number of carbohydrates, as well as a variety of amino acids and vitamins beneficial to the human body after consuming raw, can promote the body's metabolism, but also can improve the human The body's quality.

2, change the color and taste of dishes The main effect of raw flour is to change the color and taste of dishes, usually people in the production of dishes, when it is almost ripe out of the pot, will be adjusted to the raw flour juice poured into the pouring pot, so that the pot of ingredients in the marinade has become thick, so that the marinade can be better adhered to the surface of the ingredients, you can make a good job of the color and taste of the dish is more enticing.

3, marinating meat ingredients Usually raw flour can also be used for a variety of meat ingredients marinade, which allows meat ingredients to better absorb the flavor and soup, can help meat ingredients to lock moisture, reduce water loss, can make good after the ingredients rich in nutrients, smooth and tender texture. In addition, people can also be placed in the fried ingredients rolled in cornstarch, and then into the frying pan frying, can make the fried ingredients more crispy and delicious.