Stop Hot Oil From Splashing & Burning Me? Please Help!?

Does anyone have any tips on how to stop hot oil from flashing / splashing so much while frying?





I really LOVE to cook, but I have VERY sensitive skin. So, whenever I fry anything (e.g. chicken), the hot oil flashes on my skin resulting in painful burns that leave red marks. OUCH :( :(





I read a tip some time ago about how to stop hot oil from splashing/flashing so much when cooking, but I can't recall what it was or where I read it. (I think it was putting salt in the oil. . .can't remember!)





I've tried looking it up on the internet to no avail. Yahoo Answers is my last hope!





! PLEASE HELP if you can !





*** Many Many Thanks to everyone who replies! :DStop Hot Oil From Splashing %26amp; Burning Me? Please Help!?
Just go to a kitchen store, like Linens and Things, and buy a splatter guard. It's like a pot lid but it's made of screen instead. They come in different sizes and are not very expensive. I got mine at a dollar store. If you're using good quality pans, don't add salt to the oil. It can cause pitting on the cooking surface.Stop Hot Oil From Splashing %26amp; Burning Me? Please Help!?
Water makes the oil pop so whatever you add to it should be as dry as possible. Also, don't throw it in. Instead gently and slowly drop it away from you. If you want you can also try a splatter guard which is particularly helpful when frying bacon. It's just a mesh shield that catches the oil. Here's an example, hope it helps!! Good luck!


http://www.nextag.com/splatter-guard/sea鈥?/a>
Be sure your oil is the correct temperature by checking it with a thermometer.


Wear long sleeves!
The spashes of oil are caused by little explosions when water is changed to steam, so make sure the chicken is very, very dry. Also, you can invest in a splatter screen. This is a mesh device looks like a pan cover but it allows the steam to escape while stopping most of the hot oil. This is why chefs wear long sleeved jackets in their hot kitchens.
Try frying at a lower temperature, don't turn the fire up so high. I've found that bacon and chicken grease splash less when the fire isn't so high. It takes a longer time to cook but it's worth it to avoid getting splashed! Also, you can get one of those splash screens that they sell near the kitchen stuff like pots and pans.
I've never heard of anything that can be added to oil to keep it from splattering, but I know of three things you can do to minimize this problem.





1. get a mesh cover made for preventing oil from splattering but that will allow steam to escape. These are usually sold in kitchen supply stores and resemble a racket.





2. When placing items in oil, make sure you lay the food down and AWAY from you, toward the back of the stove, not toward the front.





3. Get a deep fryer with a lid, also available in kitchen supply stores.


:o)
Three things that seem to help:


Try to have the food at room temp rather than ice cold.


Before you add food to a hot skillet make sure the food is dry; does not contain excess moisture.


And have the oil hot but not smoking.





In addition use a spatter screen - fine stainless steel screen fastened to a metal rim that is fitted with a handle.
when cooking with oil remember to slide the food in,not drop it.


you might try wearing some kind of coverup while cooking, perhaps a long sleeve shirt and long oven mitts.
You need whats called a frying splatter screen. Target has them probably Walmart also.
Go to a hardware store. There's a disk made that has a handle, and screen to allow steam to escape but it stops sputters/splatters. It's pretty big to allow you to use it with a 7 inch saute pan AND a 12 fry pan. They aren't much, and they stop the splashing.