Cooking my chicken in the pan with olive oil

aaxxee20000

does anybody else cook there chicken in the pan with olive oil? It's delicious!

arditarose

Isn't that how you're supposed to do it? I mean, besides a variety of other ways.

aaxxee20000

A lot of people say that the nutrients go away and that the oil burns easily which isn't true.

kshama2001

Extra virgin olive oil does have a lower smoke point than other oils so if they were referring to EVOO, they were correct.

Kexessa

I use a Calphalon hard anodized searing pan and don't use any oil or butter of any kind. Just throw the chicken or salmon or whatever in there. Nothing else is needed. I spend my healthy fat calories on avocado. Oil isn't worth it to me. And because I'm a little bit addicted to avocado.

Need2Exerc1se

kshama2001 wrote: »

Extra virgin olive oil does have a lower smoke point than other oils so if they were referring to EVOO, they were correct.

It smokes at a lower temperature, but it does not break down like many other oils when it smokes.

I cook 80% of all foods in olive oil, and I dress most raw foods in it (and some cooked foods). I love the stuff. It's the thing I struggle most to keep from overeating.