Can olive oil be used for frying?

or is it only used for cold items such as salad dressings? I tried frying potatoes in it and it just didn't taste right.Can olive oil be used for frying?
I believe the smoke point for olive oil is too low for deep frying. (I confirmed this at the web site listed under ';sources.';)





A lower smoke point doesn't allow you to get your oil hot enough to cook the food without it absorbing a lot of the oil. That's probably why your potatoes didn't taste as good.





If I'm not mistaken, peanut or canola oil will work best for deep frying. Also, make sure you use a deep-frying or candy thermometer to maintain the proper temperature or, again, your food will turn out greasy.Can olive oil be used for frying?
No, it shouldn't be used for frying. Olive Oil will burn once it reaches a certain temperature making it taste ';funny'; or ';bad'; - this is why your potatoes didn't taste right. Olive Oil can be used when cooking at a low temperature, just be careful not to get it to hot or cook too long.





Canola oil is a healthy alternative you can use for frying potatoes, chicken, etc.





Hope this helps!
olive oil is a very expensive oil you can kinda fry with it but its not like you would use it like you would vegstable oil to fry lets say chicken you can rub some on some meat and cook it in the oven to make the skin crispy like oven fried chicken but for like you you did no it wouldnt really work. but you can do potatos in the oven like that rub them with a genorous amount of olive oil and rub them with some rosemary and thyme sprinkle little garlic chopped or powdered and bake until crispy or soft or your pref,....
you shouldnt use olive oil for deep frying or pan frying. only use it to saute or brown meat or veg.





use canola or peanut oil to fry with.





if you tried to fry with olive oil, i bet you turned the heat up too high and it burned. that's why it tasted bad.





olive oil should only be used in small amounts to quickly cook things (quick meaning before it burns) at med. temps.
Use the good expensive ones for your dressings, and the cheaper ones for cooking.





Watch for the flash-point as you don't want them smoking. Depending on what you are making, it may give you food a slight olive taste.
I, personally do not like the taste of olive oil, so I substitute corn oil. Olive oil has a lower smoke point than other oils and does, I agree, make food taste ';off';. Try it in salads, instead.
no, you can't coz fire absorb olive oil faster than others. olive oil doesn't have a wonderful smell but it is a healthy and better oil.
What do you fry in otherwise, butter? Olive oil should never 'not taste right' especially if it was being used with something like potatoes. Maybe you used waaaaay too much.
olive oil has a different taste. I fry with it for certain things. You have to slow fry so it does not burn. also use things it would taste good with like spaghetti
it is not great to fry with but you can it burns easy so you need to watch it closer.
Y es you can use a little of it for stir fying vegetables. the exra virgin olive oil is very nice
It's what my parents always do.


It doesn't taste funny.





I suppose it might taste weird if you used like really extra virgin olive oil or something, but yeah
better not to fry in olive oil...!
sure