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Can You Deep Fry If You Use Healthy Cooking Oil?

There are so many different opinions and/or facts about deep frying food.

Not sure if deep frying food is healthy but absolutely sure deep fried food is tasty!

Mario Batali is a famous TV chef.  In fact,  he is an American Iron Chef.  If you’re familiar with this TV program, then you will recall that the original Iron Chef (literally “Ironmen of Cooking”) program was Asian, and presented from Japan.  The show was so popular they made a Western version.  A guest chef comes on the show and challenges an Iron Chef.  Both chefs have to make dishes using a particular ingredient.  Supposedly neither chef knows what the ingredient is until the count down starts.  They have one hour.

On one of those shows, Mr. Batali was given an ingredient that he was not familiar with at all. As the judges were sampling his dishes they asked him what was thinking about when he prepared a certain dish.  His response was (probably not his exact quote): “When in doubt, bread it and deep fry it!  Everybody will eat it!”

Deep fried food is very tempting for most of us, but nobody wants clogged arteries.  However, why deny yourself tasty deep fried food if it’s okay to eat IF you use healthy cooking oil.  Right?

#5 If you just can’t convince yourself to use cooking oil, try a hot air fryer.

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9 Comments

  1. That’s load of information

    I have assumed deep frying in healthy cooking oil is fine provided the oil is not over heated. We use sunflower oil which is supposed to be healthy

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  2. I have never tried making deep-fried foods at home. I do love french fries but mostly I put frozen in my oven. Do you know if air dryers make food just like they might be deep-fried?

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    • I may have tried a food sample in the store. I can’t decide which small appliance I want most in my kitchen: rice cooker, air fryer or the Instant Pot. LOL.

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      • I have a slow cooker which makes fantastic meals and a rice cooker I love since I am alone I can make just a cup of rice and I don’t have to worry about it burning or anything. You can get a little or big rice cooker my little one makes up to four cups.

    • M husband was on an olive oil kick for a while. Then he switched to canola oil. Now he’s wondering if he should try coconut oil. He has a health condition so he is always trying different foods.