fried bread

jinny

Hi there, Going to have a full english breakfast as a treat, can anyone tell me how they cook fried bread? I always manage to burn it or have it too greasy, and any other tips for cooking fry ups.

Sharifa_2

I dip mine in oil on both sides but cook it on a tray in the oven to crisp it up.

louidog

Depending how health conscious you are you can either melt some lard or dripping in a pan and add the bread and keep turning until it's brown and use a fish slice thingy to press it hard to get the excess fat out. The other way is to just spread the lard/dripping on each side of the bread and then add to the pan as above.

jinny

Thanks will try these out

thriftlady_2

Dripping gives the best flavour

sandy2_2

In those long gone days I used to splash a bit of water on the bread before frying it, seemed to stop the bread soaking up too much fat.
I also add a little bit of water to the frying pan when frying eggs (pan with lid), the water produces steam to cook the white over the egg yolk getting rid of the ´slime´

lil_me

I usually toast it lightly then throw into very hot oil (or dripping if feeling very naughty) Drain on kitchen paper before putting on the plate.

csarina

When I do fried bread, I dip it in the fat in the pan on ONE side and then toast it under the grill.