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prawn crackers

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Anyone know what it is that makes them rise and why they are so puffy please?
 
#4 ·
They puff because the water that is trapped in the gelatinous strands of the product boils rapidly when they hit the hot oil. This created bubbles when the surrounding material is stretched by the expanding nature of boiling water. The water boils off rapidly and leaves behind an air pocket in what is now rigid material (having been cooked by the hot oil) and thus it retains its puffed shape and crunch.
 
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