The Jewish people celebrate Hanukkah to mark the miracle of a one-day supply of oil to light a lamp in temple lasting eight whole days. In addition to lighting the menorah (with candles in our modern times), the miracle is further honored by eating fried foods such as jelly doughnuts or potato pancakes. But anyone who has ever labored over sufganiyot and latkes knows they require the right tools and a steady hand with hot oil.
We went to the experts to find out exactly how to achieve the perfect crisp latkes and golden sufganiyot this Hanukkah (other than calling Bubbe and Zayde to fly you some). Here are the top tools the pros recommend for all your frying.
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A carbon steel frying pan
Made In
If a cast iron skillet and stainless-steel fry pan made a baby, you’d get this tool. It provides optimal heat retention and heat control for frying, plus it’s much lighter than a cast-iron skillet.
Get the blue carbon steel frying pan from Made In for $81.
A food processor
“Choose a food processor with a coarse grating disk; you want those long strands of potatoes,” Kalick said. “If you want to go all-out, Robot Coupe is the best.” But since a Robot Coupe can cost $1,162, you’ll probably prefer something like a solid Cuisinart.
Get the Cuisinart 8-cup food processor from Amazon for $99.95.
A frying thermometer
Get the long-stem fry thermometer from Amazon for $11.06.
A solid Dutch oven
Get the 7-quart Le Creuset enameled cast iron Dutch oven from Amazon for $404.
A fish spatula
Amazon
Get the Mater fish spatula from Amazon for $15.48.
Cheesecloth
Amazon
Get 5 yards of Olicity cheesecloth from Amazon for $12.95.
Cooling racks
Get the set of two cooling racks from Amazon for $13.99.
A digital scale
Get the kitchen scale from Amazon for $20.49.
Chopsticks
Get 10 pairs of bamboo chopsticks from Amazon for $6.99.
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