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IamUndrCnstruction
IamUndrCnstruction Posts: 691 Member
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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?????

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  • ibetty55
    ibetty55 Posts: 48 Member
    You could Try olive or peanut oil
  • aggie2145
    aggie2145 Posts: 18 Member
    Bacon fat or grass fed ghee
  • Alliwan
    Alliwan Posts: 1,245 Member
    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
    IamUndrCnstruction Posts: 691 Member
    Unfortunately all of those, and peanut oil, are too expensive :( I will figure something out
  • KetoCutie
    KetoCutie Posts: 161 Member
    Coconut oil - or you could bake them.
  • nsoss
    nsoss Posts: 34 Member
    edited February 2015
    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
    Sajyana Posts: 518 Member
    edited February 2015
    Lard. Inexpensive and tastes damn fine.
  • Dragonwolf
    Dragonwolf Posts: 5,600 Member
    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).

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