vegetable oil
Plant-based cooking fat
Vegetable oil is any oil extracted from plant sources—seeds, nuts, or fruits—used primarily for cooking, frying, and food preparation.
Common varieties include canola, sunflower, corn, soybean, and olive oil, though olive oil is often categorized separately due to its distinct flavor and uses.
Vegetable oil has a neutral taste and high smoke point, making it versatile for everything from sautéing to baking.
The recipe calls for two tablespoons of vegetable oil.
- canola oilPressed seed cooking fat
- sunflower oilFat from helianthus seeds
- olive oilFruit-pressed culinary fat
- palm oilTropical fruit-derived cooking fat
- soybean oilPressed legume lipid
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- Fats and Oilsolive oil, coconut oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, corn oil
- oilsolive oil, coconut oil, motor oil, cooking oil, mineral oil
- cooking fatslard, shortening, butter fat, tallow, bacon grease
- fats and greasesgrease, lard, tallow, suet, animal fat
- oils & fluidsmotor oil, engine oil, cooking oil, olive oil, canola oil
- pan-fryingpan-fry, pan-frying, skillet, frying pan, saute
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Lipids from fauna
lard · butter · tallow · schmaltz · bacon grease
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