Cooking With Oil

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  • dopeysmelly
    dopeysmelly Posts: 1,390 Member
    williams969 wrote: »
    nilbogger wrote: »
    I assume OP is talking about deep frying. How are you guys deep frying stuff in a teaspoon of oil?

    I don't deep fry, and I never have. I just don't have the culinary skillz (i.e. fear of burning down the house, lol) ;)

    Me too. And it gets really messy.

    It is surprising how little oil you can use when cooking in a pan. I cut back a lot (some recipes from tablespoon(s) to teaspoon(s). No one noticed the difference.

    If you use less to start with, it's easier mentally to log the whole portion of what you add to the pan rather than worrying about bits left over.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    tdrusk wrote: »
    How should I measure my oil when I am cooking with it? I don't think it is fair to count 4tbsp of oil when I know some it is being burned away. Is there a percentage I can count?

    finecooking.com/item/48328/the-science-of-frying
    Some oil may be absorbed by your food but otherwise it should be left behind. I don't think oil will actually burn up when you cook. You could just measure/weigh what is left behind and only record what is missing as the oil you are consuming.
    You could switch to using less oil or a different cooking method that doesn't use oil.
  • tonyrocks922
    tonyrocks922 Posts: 172 Member
    edited January 2015
    There are a lot of weird assumptions being made here.

    - There is no way to know if OP is using too much or too little oil since he doesn't say what he's cooking and how he's cooking it.

    - It is almost certain OP is not deep frying with only 4 tbsp of oil. He is probably sauteing, pan frying or maybe shallow frying. Comments that the food probably doesn't absorb much oil are not helpful since that only really applies to deep frying.

    OP: If you are sauteing, the oil is not "burning off" it is being absorbed into the food and you should log all of it. If you are pan frying you might be using too much oil and should try cooking with less and seeing how it comes out. If you are shallow frying you can consider weighing the oil before and after.
  • maxit
    maxit Posts: 880 Member
    I just log what I put in the pan, regardless of whether there is liquid (oil plus juices from food) left.
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