Frying With Olive Oil

Dear Katie, You use olive oil in most of your wonderful recipes. Can I fry french fries in olive oil? Thank you, Dorothy

Dear Dorothy, thank you! I’m so glad you’re enjoying the recipes.  Olive oil has a high smoke point at 410°. Turn your back for a moment and  it does tend to smoke. If you use it for frying and you must monitor the temperature very closely. Here is a good chart to follow-

Type of Food and Cooking Temperature

High water content: vegetables, potatoes, fruit- Medium temp-266 °-293°

Coated in batter, flour or breadcrumbs, forming a crust-Hot temp 311°-338°

Small, quickly fried: small fish, croquettes -Very Hot temp 347°-374º

Back to your  question…..I really don’t recommend frying French fries in olive oil . I suggest baking your fries or frying in vegetable oil. Hope this helped. Katie