Thursday, February 21, 2013

Answers About Deep-Frying and Peanut Oil

A reader left a comment on yesterday's post (which discussed how animal fats deemed killers by our society are actually nutritional powerhouses):
"I've been reading your blog for a while, and more and more I've been buying into the nutrient dense food paradigm. I was wondering, perhaps you would never deep-fry a sweet potato; but if you did, which oil would you use? I think I've heard that peanut oil is a high-heat oil, but how bad is it for you to eat?"
I don't do much deep-frying, but it has nothing to do with health and trying to avoid oil and/or fat. Mostly, I don't want to deal with the mess and disposal of the cooking oil.

However, when I do deep-fry—maybe once a year, and usually French fries or calamari—I'll employ very high-quality (organic, plus mechanically, not solvent, extracted) peanut or canola oil. These oils are relatively tasteless but have high smoke points, which is needed when deep-frying. 


Better—as Rodale News suggests—are lard and duck fat, but, to be honest, I haven't been as vigilant as I should be about getting them because I deep-fry so infrequently. Actually, that's probably a good reason to buy lard or duck fat!


As I've discussed before, try to avoid the popular commercial brands of vegetable oils, which have been treated with solvents and come from genetically-engineered and/or pesticide-laden plants. In that light, Planters and Crisco peanut oil, I would argue, are very, very bad for you. Spectrum organic peanut oil would be a better choice.

20 comments:

Kelly said...

Thanks for the post Rob! I'm with you about the mess and oil disposal, but occasional I can't resist making my own sweet potato fries. Actually, I'm going to try to make chips out of beets soon too.

durga said...

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yamini said...

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Ram said...

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Gingelly oil is another name for sesame oil. It's also known as til marachekku oil near me . It's commonly used in cooking, just like vegetable oil and olive oil.
Cold Pressed Sesame Oil can be called as beauty chekku oil in english. Health benefits, body strength and skin and hair could be made better by this oil.
Using chekku oil bangalore. can be strange to some people, but ancient times have shown that oils are highly beneficial for humans.

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