Can You Use Coconut Oil for Frying: Curious to Know
As a rule, in order to fry potatoes, cutlets or cook any other dish in a frying pan, we use vegetable oil, most often sunflower oil.
Housewives have several reasons for this.
Firstly, refined sunflower oil has no smell, and secondly, it is quite affordable in terms of cost and availability in stores.
But with the appearance of coconut oil on supermarket shelves, which is considered healthier, many housewives are expressing a desire to switch to this product for frying.
Indeed, no one forbids you to do this, especially since products fried in coconut oil acquire a pleasant aroma.
However, it would be good to know some subtleties. For example, it would be better if you choose refined coconut oil, as it has a higher smoke point (230 degrees).
Let's hurry to explain what this means. In fact, it's simple - if you do not heat the pan above this value, then no harmful substances will form during the frying process.
It's even easier to tell if the oil has reached its smoke point - it will start to smoke.
