JPH03272654A - Preparation of fried food such as 'tempura' and fry and apparatus therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the subject fried food easily producible in a mass at a low cost without necessitating a large amount of oil while using a small amount of fresh oil at all times by optionally covering a heat-treated ingredient with a coating liquid, spraying hot oil against the ingredient and cooking the product with heat. CONSTITUTION:A heat-treated ingredient A is coated with a coating liquid produced e.g. by mixing 1 pt. of water and 3-4 pts. of wheat flour using a coating liquid sprayer 1. Oil C heated at 97-100 deg.C is sprayed three to four times against the ingredient using an oil sprayer 5 and the product is heated with a heating apparatus 10 to obtain the objective fried food.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a method for producing fried foods such as tempura and fries, and a machine for producing the same. This invention relates to a completely new manufacturing method and a manufacturing machine for manufacturing various vegetables or meat such as poultry as tempura or fried food.

(Conventional technology) The conventional method for producing fried foods such as tempura involves dipping seafood and vegetables, etc., in flour that has been soaked in water to form a batter, and heating the mixture in a pot with vegetable oil such as salad oil or sesame oil. It was put inside and fried.

Therefore, even in a tempura making machine for mass production for commercial use, the toppings are mechanically dipped in eggs and flour that has been soaked in water, and then automatically dipped in salad oil heated with large sea bream. It was designed to be put in continuously, fried for a predetermined period of time, and then taken out.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, in the method and machine for producing fried foods such as tempura and fries, it is important to always use fresh oil for frying the toppings to ensure delicious frying. One of the conditions was that it would be expensive to replace the oil with fresh oil every time the toppings were fried, so it was actually impossible.

Therefore, this invention was created in view of the problem of ridges, and it is possible to fry deliciously with fresh oil at all times, and to do this at low cost, and moreover, it can be done continuously. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing fried foods such as tempura and fries that is easy to carry out and can be mass-produced, and a manufacturing machine therefor.

(Means for Solving the Problems) Therefore, in the method for producing fried foods such as tempura and fried foods, the present invention involves heating the toppings appropriately and then spraying the toppings with a coating liquid made by diluting flour or the like with water. Cover the batter and then spray heated oil in a predetermined amount for a predetermined amount of time onto the batter-covered fish, or spray heated oil in a predetermined amount for a predetermined time onto the heat-treated fish without spraying the batter. By spraying and cooking the toppings sprayed with this heated oil using a heating device, the toppings, which are fried foods that have been appropriately overheated, can be heated and cooked in a machine for producing fried foods such as tempura and fries. A batter spraying device that sprays a coating liquid made by diluting flour or the like with water to coat the batter; an oil spraying device that sprays heated oil onto the batter-coated toppings; The above-mentioned problems were achieved by including a heating device that heats the toppings that have been sprayed with heated oil.

(Function) However, in the invention of a method for producing fried foods such as Unegami tempura and fried foods, it is necessary to
Spraying a batter prepared by diluting flour, etc. with water coats the fish with a simple batter, and spraying heated oil in a predetermined amount for a predetermined time on the fish covered with this batter or on the uncoated fish, The surface of the toppings or the batter covering the toppings is properly fried, and the toppings that have been sprayed with this heated oil are appropriately heated and cooked by a heating device, making tempura without the need for deep-frying in a large amount of oil. , fried foods such as fries are manufactured.

In addition, in the invention of a machine for making fried foods such as tempura and fries, a coating liquid made by diluting flour or the like with water is sprayed by a batter spraying device onto the toppings, which are foods to be fried, which have been appropriately heated and cooked.
Cover with frying batter as appropriate. Then, heated oil is sprayed onto the batter-covered toppings using an oil spraying device, and the batter coated with the toppings is properly fried.Furthermore, the batter and toppings are cooked using an appropriate heating device to make tempura, fries, etc. fried foods are produced.

(Example) The present invention will be described in detail below.

First, to explain the method for producing fried foods such as tempura and fries, Topping A such as shrimp is appropriately heat-treated by boiling or heating in a microwave.
Spray coating liquid B prepared by diluting flour, etc. with water to coat the batter A, then spray a predetermined amount of heated oil C onto the batter-covered topping A for a predetermined time, or use coating liquid B. The heated oil C is sprayed in a predetermined amount for a predetermined time on the topping A that has been heat-treated without being sprayed with the topping A, and the topping A sprayed with the heated oil C is further heated and cooked by a heating device 10.

The mixing ratio of water and flour in coating liquid B can be set as appropriate;
The optimum ratio is 3 to 4 parts flour to 1 liter of water. Salad oil or the like is used as oil C, but if the heating temperature exceeds 100℃, oil C will be repelled by the moisture in the batter.9
7°C to 100°C is optimal. By repeating this spraying of the heated oil C 3 to 4 times, the batter will fry even better.

Moreover, this method for making fried foods such as tempura and fries is
A method in which heated oil C is sprayed in a predetermined amount for a predetermined period of time on a heat-treated topping A without spraying the coating liquid B, and the topping A sprayed with this heated oil C is further heated and cooked by a heating device 10. However, in addition to various types of tempura and fries, donuts and the like can also be manufactured.

In addition to the above-mentioned examples, the types of coating liquid B and oil C, the mixing ratio of water and flour etc. in coating liquid B, the heating temperature of oil C, etc., are determined by the type and size of topping A. Of course, it can be set as appropriate depending on various conditions.

Next, to explain the machine for producing fried foods such as tempura and fried foods according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. A batter spraying device 1 that sprays a coating liquid B, and an oil C that is heated by the batter spraying device 1 to the batter A coated with the batter.
The oil spray device 5 includes an oil spray device 5 that sprays oil C, and a heating device 10 that heats the topping A to which the oil C heated by the oil spray device 5 has been sprayed.

That is, the topping A is heat-treated by boiling or heating in a microwave as appropriate before being processed by this machine for producing fried foods such as tempura and fries, and this superheated topping is First, an appropriate coating liquid B is sprayed onto the batter A by the batter spraying device 1 to coat the batter, and then heated salad oil C is sprayed by the oil spraying device 5 to coat the batter A with the coating liquid B. It is well-fried as a batter for tempura, fries, etc. Then, it is further heated by a heating device 10 such as a ceramic burner, and the topping A and its batter are heated and cooked to become tempura. A drive device 17 to be processed automatically in series with the heating device 10
The microcomputer 11 is placed on a belt conveyor 16 driven by a microcomputer 11 to be processed while moving.
controlled by.

The coating spray device 1 includes a coating liquid feeder 2 containing a coating liquid B obtained by appropriately rinsing flour etc. with water, and a coating liquid feeder 2 for flour.
It consists of an air compressor 3 that powerfully sends out the coating liquid B in the interior, and a nozzle section 4 that is arranged to face each other in the vertical direction via the belt of a belt conveyor 16, and is controlled by a microcomputer 11 to pump out the coating liquid B. It is formed to spray a predetermined amount for a predetermined time.

The oil spray device 5 includes an oil feeder 6 containing salad oil C, an air compressor 8 that vigorously sends out the salad oil C in the oil feeder 6, and a heater 7 that heats the salad oil C to be sent to an appropriate temperature. and nozzle portions 9 arranged to face each other in the vertical direction via the belt of the belt conveyor 16.
Like the clothing spraying device 1, it is controlled by a microcomputer 11 to spray a predetermined amount of heated salad oil C for a predetermined period of time.

The heating device 10 heats the topping A and its batter at a predetermined intensity for a predetermined time using a microcomputer 11. By using a ceramic burner, the hardness of the topping A and the batter can be adjusted and the surface can be browned. You can cook the inside of Topping A well by dipping it.

In this way, these clothing spray devices 1, oil spray devices 5,
The heating device 10 and the belt conveyor 16 are both controlled by a microcomputer 11, and as will be described later, product detection sensors 12, 13, and 14 placed at appropriate positions near the belt conveyor 16 detect the ingredients A. It is controlled by detecting passage.

To explain the processing steps of the fried bamboo manufacturing machine for tempura, fried food, etc. according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, when the operation button is pressed, the belt conveyor 16 is activated and the heated Add material A such as processed shrimp. The topping A is placed on the belt conveyor 16 as it is and moves, and when the topping A is detected by the product detection sensor 12 placed in front of the clothing spraying device 1 on the belt conveyor 16, the topping A is placed at the output port of the clothing liquid feeder 2. is opened, and at the same time, the air compressor 3 is operated, and the coating liquid B in the coating liquid feeder 2 is sprayed onto the topping A from the nozzle parts 4 arranged above and below with the belt conveyor 16 in between.

This belt conveyor 16 is formed in a mesh shape as shown in FIG. 2, and it is also possible to spray coating liquid B onto the ingredients A placed on the belt conveyor 16 from below the belt conveyor 16. It is something that exists. In this belt conveyor 16, the cross section of the mesh joint 16a is the third
As shown in the figure, they are held and connected to each other so that they can swing freely, and are formed so that they can be bent as appropriate.

Topping A that is completely covered with coating liquid B sprayed in this way
is placed on the belt conveyor 16 and moved,
At the same time, the heater 7 of the oil spray device 5 operates to heat the salad oil C in the oil feeder 6 to an appropriate temperature, and the topping A is heated to the oil spray device 5.
When the product A passes in front of the product detection sensor 13 placed in front and the product detection sensor 13 detects the material A, the outlet of the oil feeder 6 opens and at the same time the air compressor 8 opens.
is activated, and the heated salad oil C in the oil feeder 6 is
The coating liquid B is sprayed onto the coated topping A from nozzle parts 9 arranged above and below the belt conveyor 16.

The battered topping A on which the salad oil C has been sprayed in this manner is placed on the belt conveyor 16 and moved, and the batter and topping A are heated by a heating device 10 such as a ceramic burner operated by a product detection sensor 13. is heated and made into tempura or fries.

As shown in FIG. 1, if a plurality of sets of nozzle parts 9 of the oil spray device 5 are formed, the material A can be transferred to the belt conveyor 1.
The salad oil C is automatically sprayed multiple times on the top of the nozzle 6, and by placing the heating device 10 after each nozzle part 9, it is possible to cook the topping A extremely well. .

The operation of this heating device 10 is based on the product detection sensor 1.
The process continues until the tempura is detected by the product detection sensor 14, and stops when the product is detected by the product detection sensor 14, and the finished tempura is sent to the next packaging process.

Further, reference numeral 15 is a temperature sensor for controlling the heating of the salad oil C to an appropriate temperature by the heater 7.

By the way, the belt conveyor 16 on which the toppings A are placed and moved is equipped with a cleaning device 18 midway thereon, which removes the coating liquid B sprayed by the batter spraying device 1 and the salad oil sprayed by the oil spraying device 5. Assume that C is to be washed.

The required spray amount of the oil spray device 5 to the topping A is a constant multiple of the mass of the topping A (approximately 20% of the mass of the topping A is optimal), and the spray amount and spray width of the oil spray device 5 are kept constant. given that,
By changing the speed of the belt conveyor 16, this optimum required amount of spray can be obtained.

Further, the configurations of the clothing spray device 1, the oil spray device 5, and the heating device 10 are not particularly limited to the above-mentioned examples, and can of course be freely set as appropriate.

(Effects of the Invention) This invention is a method for producing fried foods such as tempura and fries, in which the topping A is suitably heat-treated and then coated with a coating liquid B prepared by diluting flour or the like with water to coat the topping A. Then, the heated oil C is sprayed in a predetermined amount for a predetermined amount of time on the batter-covered material A, or the heated oil C is sprayed in a predetermined amount for a predetermined time on the heat-treated material A without spraying the coating liquid. Spray,
Furthermore, since the topping A sprayed with this heated oil C is heated and cooked by the heating device 10, a large amount of oil C is
To easily and inexpensively produce tempura, fries, etc. always fried in fresh oil C without the need for oil.

That is, by spraying coating liquid B, which is made by diluting flour or the like with water, onto a properly heat-treated topping A, the topping A can be easily coated with batter, and the topping A coated with this batter can be coated with batter, or
When a predetermined amount of heated oil C is sprayed for a predetermined amount of time onto a topping A that is not covered with batter, the surface of the topping A or the batter coated on the topping A will be properly fried, and the heated oil C The topping A to which has been sprayed is appropriately heated and cooked by a heating device 10, and fresh fried foods such as tempura fries can be produced without any need for a step of frying in a large amount of oil.

In addition, in a machine for producing fried foods such as tempura and fries, a batter spraying device 1 is used which sprays a coating liquid B prepared by diluting flour or the like with water to coat a topping A, which is an article to be fried, which has been appropriately overheated. , an oil spray device 5 that sprays heated oil C onto the batter-covered topping A by the batter spray device 1; and a heating device 10 which heats the topping A onto which the heated oil C has been sprayed by the oil spray device 5. With this, the topping A, which is a fried food that has been appropriately heated, can always be fried deliciously with fresh oil, and this can be done at low cost.
Moreover, it is easy to perform this work continuously and mass production is possible.

That is, the coating liquid B made by diluting wheat flour, etc. with water is sprayed by the batter spraying device 1 to easily coat the batter for frying as appropriate, and then the oil spraying device 1 is used to spray the coating liquid B onto the topping A coated with this batter. The heated oil C is sprayed and the batter coated on the topping A is properly fried, and furthermore, the batter and topping A are appropriately heated and cooked by the heating device 10, so that fried foods such as tempura and fries can be produced. be.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the internal system of a machine for producing fried foods such as tempura and fries, Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the main parts of a belt conveyor, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the main parts of a belt conveyor. FIG. 4, which is a sectional view of the mesh joints of the belt conveyor, is a flowchart showing the processing steps. A... Topping, B... Coating liquid, C... Oil, 1... Dough spraying device, 2... Coating liquid feeder, 3... Air compressor, 4... Nozzle section, 5... Oil spray device,
6... Oil feeder, 7... Heater, 8... Air compressor 9... Nozzle part, 10... Heating device, 11... Microcomputer, 12... Product detection sensor 13 ... Product detection sensor 14 ... Product detection sensor 15 ... Temperature sensor 16 ... Belt conveyor, 16a ... Joint, 17 ... Drive device, 18 ... Cleaning device. @Figure 2 @Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a method for producing fried foods such as tempura and fries, the toppings are appropriately heat-treated, and then a coating liquid prepared by diluting flour or the like with water is sprayed to coat the toppings with batter, and then heated. A predetermined amount of the heated oil is sprayed for a predetermined amount of time on the fish coated with this batter, or a predetermined amount of heated oil is sprayed on the fish that has been heat-treated without being sprayed with the batter, and A method for producing fried foods such as tempura and fries, which comprises cooking toppings sprayed with oil using a heating device. 2. In a machine for producing fried foods such as tempura and fries, a batter spraying device that sprays a batter made by diluting flour or the like with water to coat the toppings, which are fried foods that have been appropriately overheated, with a batter for frying; A tempura dish characterized by comprising: an oil spraying device that sprays heated oil onto the toppings coated with batter; and a heating device that heats the toppings onto which the heated oil has been sprayed by the oil spraying device. A machine for making fried foods such as fries.