Iâve never actually had a chiko roll. Is that horribly un-Australian of me? I donât think Iâve ever had one of those fish shop dim sims either, they always look a bit gross to me.
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Baku@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I bought a box of chiko rolls on Friday. Theyâre not actually really different at all to the ones you get at fish and chippies
I tried a medium (not deep) fry in a pan on the stove, as well as air fryer. My determination is that depe fried is probably the best, but not that much better than the air fryer. I donât feel comfortable enough using such an exorbitant amount of oil to actually deep fry them, and donât have the proper equipment (so itâd just be over the stove), so no comparison there
My attempt at frying them in a shallow/medium amount of oil wasnât good because it didnât cook evenly around. I ended up burning one side (albeit thatâs just cause Iâm inexperienced), and couldnât fry the sides very well, because theyâre slightly longer and flatter on one side than the other despite being cylinders
RustyRaven@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Baku@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Probably. I think theyâre kinda dying off these days though. Iâve been in 6 fish and chips shops so far that said they didnât do them anymore. Admittedly though, 2 of those were weird hipster ones bragging about everything being low sodium and didnât even do potato cakes
Taleya@aussie.zone â¨1⊠â¨week⊠ago
I fucking hate those places. Canât do a decent fryup for shit and charge excessively for it
Baku@aussie.zone â¨1⊠â¨week⊠ago
Yep. Hipster cafes are usually okay, the best coffee Iâve ever had came out of a hipster cafe (though they did have pricing to match). Hipster fish and chippies though, hell nah. I donât want low sodium chips with msg free chicken salt! I want the filthiest, most unhealthy, deepest fried chips with the most artery clogging chicken salt youâll give me!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Were they frozen? You could try microwaving them first, then paint them with some vegetable oil, then airfry them.
Baku@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Sure are
The air fryer is more than fine though
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨1⊠â¨week⊠ago
I actually really like them. đ
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone â¨1⊠â¨week⊠ago
I also feel weird that I like them.
dumblederp@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I remember their ad in the fish n chip shop with a leather bikini girl on a harleyesque chopper holding the chicko roll like a cock she was about to suck. Imma say 1987. Even then as a kid I remember thinking why would you advertise a product like that.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
We had her on the wall in the tea room at work
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imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone â¨1⊠â¨week⊠ago
Memories! My bro had her in his bar room for years
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Oh god, I remember those ads!
Baku@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Ah yes, the
Chiko Chick
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She was replaced in 2008. From the Wikipedia page: âIn 2008, the company began a nationwide search for the new âChiko Chickâ, hoping to downplay the traditionally raunchy look in favour of a more wholesome âgirl next doorâ image.â
She was replaced by Annette Melton who played Regina DeFrancisco in Deadly Women