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It would have been nice if the study included sesame oil. It has a high smoke point and it's used in many Asian diets. Frying in olive oil can be done if it's
by athenot 11y ago
It would have been nice if the study included sesame oil. It has a high smoke point and it's used in many Asian diets.
Frying in olive oil can be done if it's a low temperature fry, I've only done it for pan frying potato slices or cubes, with generous amounts of dried herbs. But I consider that an edge case of using olive oil. The smoke point is just too low to do much frying.
- jpatokal 11y agoIn Japanese, Chinese and Korean cooking, sesame oil is typically used in tiny amounts for the flavor and is typically added after/at the very end of cooking. It's never used as the sole cooking oil, you'd use peanut oil or something for that.