Suggestions for oil

IamUndrCnstruction

What would be a good oil for pan frying something (parmesan coated chicken nuggets)?? Trying to stay away from the usual "vegetable oil" thing. Is canola oil ok? Or?????

ibetty55

You could Try olive or peanut oil

aggie2145

Bacon fat or grass fed ghee

Alliwan

aggie2145 wrote: »

Bacon fat or grass fed ghee

This. Vegetable oil and canola oil arent good period. Olive oil is bad at high temps like frying and is best used cold

Bacon fat, ghee, butter, coconut oil or even avocado oil are all decent at high temps.

IamUndrCnstruction

Unfortunately all of those, and peanut oil, are too expensive I will figure something out

KetoCutie

Coconut oil - or you could bake them.

nsoss

In order of preference: ghee, coconut oil, bacon fat, olive oil.

Packaged ghee is very expensive, so make your own. Here are instructions:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/ghee-recipe.html

Be sure to use unsalted butter.

Sajyana

Lard. Inexpensive and tastes damn fine.

Dragonwolf

ibetty55 wrote: »

You could Try olive or peanut oil

Peanut oil isn't good for frying. It's a high Omega-6 fat, which breaks down under heat.

IamUndrCnstruction wrote: »

Unfortunately all of those, and peanut oil, are too expensive I will figure something out

So get butter and cook with it, or make the ghee yourself. Or save the grease from bacon, or make your own lard (you can get raw fat from butchers for $1/pound or less, then just melt it down, strain out the solids, and you have lard).