To provide a frying device in which good-quality tempura without crumbling can stably be fried in a large quantity, in which generation quantity of fried batter scum in frying oil can be restricted to the minimum, and in which fried batter scum elimination works is easy to restrict deterioration of frying oil.

This device comprises a pair of endless chains driven by a motor 4, and a number of moulding plates held on the chains to freely oscillate, and it is provided with a conveyor 3 to supply frying material 1 to into an oil tank 2, where the conveyor 3 is disposed on a lowering carrier passage A. A pair of a right and a left long contact guide having L-shaped cross sectional surface are provided on support walls provided on both sides of the lowering carrier passage A in a carrying direction, and free ends of the moulding plates being moved are put to get in contact with an upper surface of the contact guide to slide for controlling an attitude of it to be horizontal.