My wife like's the Uncle Buck's breading you can get at Bass Pro. I don't know if it's anything special, but she really liked it when she tried a sample at the store. As far as the oil, Canola Oil is probably the best tasting oil to fry in. As with any frying, it's less about what type of oil you use so long as you make sure the oil is hot before you drop your food into it. Cold oil ruins food, most electric fryers are too small to drop a lot of food into at once, especially frozen stuff like fries or chicken, because they cool the oil off too fast.