cooking oils
Kitchen fat liquids
Cooking oils are fats in liquid form used to prepare food—for frying, sautéing, baking, or dressing.
Common varieties include olive, vegetable, canola, coconut, and peanut oil, each with different flavor profiles and smoke points.
Use a high-heat cooking oil for stir-frying.
The choice of oil affects both taste and nutrition.
- canola oilPressed seed cooking fat
- sunflower oilFat from helianthus seeds
- foodsEdible substances for nourishment
- vegetable oilPlant-derived culinary lipid
- olive oilFruit-pressed culinary fat
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