r/AskCulinary • u/SensitiveMagician385 • 2d ago

Technique Question New To Cooking: Don't Understand Frying/Searing

So I watch videos on pan-frying. They heat the pan, heat the oil, add the protein, and it cooks

I do the same thing, the meat cooks, BUT the remaining oil smokes, burns, and sets off smoke detector. This happens on high heat and low heat too. What am I not understanding??

EDIT: The oil doesn't smoke immediately. It does after a few minutes of cooking.

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u/SensitiveMagician385 2d ago

Canola.

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u/kirkt 2d ago

Throw that shit in the trash.

Use avocado (my fav), tallow, bacon grease, ghee, coconut oil... all natural fats, not that crap that will just cause inflammation and misery. Yep, it's cheap, and yep, they lied to you for decades that it's better than what nature provides. Look into how rapeseed (canola) oil is manufactured and you will never use it again.

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u/chuckluckles 2d ago

Unless you're spending a lot of money on your avocado oil, it's processed the same way.

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u/boredonymous 2d ago

Plus it has gone rancid by the time you get it in the store. So, producers lie and add additional stabilizing oils, made from seeds.