Do you fry with EVOO?

[kadesma]

Originally Posted by Andy M.

Yes. I buy inexpensive EVOO and use it for almost everything depending on what I'm cooking. I have a better EVOO for non-cooking uses such as dressings and drizzles.

me too but I do have some grapeseed oil when I need it.
kades

[buckytom]

Originally Posted by kadesma

me too but I do have some grapeseed oil when I need it.
kades

me three. i use cheap evoo for lower temp sauteeing if the dish can handle the olive oil taste, and grapeseed oil for higher temp frying and/or when you don't want that taste. and like jenny said, peanut oil for asian frying.

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

Never! That is not what extra olive virgin oil is for. Heating up EVOO breaks it down and makes it taste and smell bad. I deep fry in canola oil, I wok in peanut oil, and I sauté in extra light tasting olive oil.

BTW, sesame oil is not for cooking, either.

[Andy M.]

Originally Posted by Sir_Loin_of_Beef

Never! That is not what extra olive virgin oil is for. Heating up EVOO breaks it down and makes it taste and smell bad. I deep fry in canola oil, I wok in peanut oil, and I sauté in extra light tasting olive oil.

BTW, sesame oil is not for cooking, either.

I have, on numerous occasions, seen Mario Batali pan fry, sauté and deep fry with extra virgin olive oil. I trust him as an authority on the subject.

[jennyema]

Originally Posted by Sir_Loin_of_Beef

Never! That is not what extra olive virgin oil is for. Heating up EVOO breaks it down and makes it taste and smell bad. I deep fry in canola oil, I wok in peanut oil, and I sauté in extra light tasting olive oil.

BTW, sesame oil is not for cooking, either.

Mine never tastes or smells bad. If that were true I wouldn't use it that way.

My partner is Korean-American and we cook with sesame oil all the time, which I forgot to mention in my first post.

Go figure.

[Whiskadoodle]

If I need to just brown something before baking or roasting, drizzle a little EVOO. Fried foods and stir fried foods I use peanut oil. Sometimes a dollop of butter too. And i cook eggs in butter. I think of sesame oil as more a finishing oil and it gets a splash or more towards the end of a stir fry or incorporate in a sauce.

[CharlieD]

Originally Posted by Andy M.

Yes. I buy inexpensive EVOO and use it for almost everything depending on what I'm cooking. I have a better EVOO for non-cooking uses such as dressings and drizzles.

Same here. Learn that when I was in Italy. They use it for frying all the time and they do not use a little bit either.

[Dawgluver]

I use EVOO for just about everything too, sometimes with butter. I don't deep fry. I also use canola oil.

[bakechef]

Like most I saute in evoo. If I need to sear or brown meat I use canola or grapeseed, same for stirfry.

I've never had the evoo taste or smell bad when sauteing.

[PrincessFiona60]

Grapeseed for frying, EVOO for sauteing, Expensive EVOO for cold/drizzle. Butter or Bacon grease for eggs, sesame oil as a finish or marinade.