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What oils for browning meat

Posted on 8/17/26 at 6:42 pm
Posted by lsuguru
Lake Charles
Member since Aug 2007
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Posted on 8/17/26 at 6:42 pm
Wondering what everybody uses to brown there meats for rice and gravy. I use vegetable oil everytime, but seed oils seem to get a bad wrap lately. I wanted to start using beef tallow. Does it change the taste of the meal any.
Other suggestions?
Posted by jrobic4
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
13678 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 6:49 pm to
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beef tallow


Any kind of animal fat is money. When I buy a bag of leg quarters, I always render the extra fat I trim off them for browning/sauteing onions
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
19542 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 7:26 pm to
quote:

but seed oils seem to get a bad wrap lately


Probably the same people that started the MSG faux outrage back in the day
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
50811 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:11 pm to
Beef gets browned in tallow
Pork gets browned in lard
Chicken gets browned in avocado oil or olive oil
veg gets sautéed in whatever I used above
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
20375 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:47 pm to
quote:

I wanted to start using beef tallow. Does it change the taste of the meal any.



Tallow is my go-to for browning meat. I buy large hunks of beef and break it down myself and any fat trimmed off the slabs gets cooked down to make tallow. On average I get a good quart of it when I break down a whole N.Y. Strip, a big brisket or get a big slab of prime sirloin to part out for steaks.

Any sinew with meat that's trimmed off goes into a pot to make some beef stock. Nothing goes to waste.

I've never done it, but many folks swear tallow is their go-to for making fries. I don't eat much fried food now and fries are cooked in an air fryer for a healthier option.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
78658 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:59 pm to
Canola oil
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
17675 posts
Posted on 8/18/26 at 5:43 am to
I use ghee or beef tallow.
Posted by Sparty3131
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2019
1002 posts
Posted on 8/18/26 at 7:28 am to
I like using bacon grease for venison or hog.
Posted by RichJ
The Land of the CoonAss
Member since Nov 2016
6135 posts
Posted on 8/18/26 at 7:33 am to
My grandma was probably 90 years old before she used anything but rendered bacon fat. Probaly wasn't the healthiest, but she lived until 98. And whatever she cooked, damned sure was delicious...
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
24312 posts
Posted on 8/18/26 at 8:25 am to
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I use ghee or beef tallow.
Posted by bdevill
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Mar 2008
12277 posts
Posted on 8/18/26 at 8:35 am to
I use bacon grease to fry an egg or saute' vegetables.. and if I'm braising short ribs, I'll render bacon down and use the fat.. but nothing beats an egg fried in bacon grease.

I like using chicken fat to saute' onions and peppers when I'm cooking chicken. A little goes a long way.. I also like hog lard or tallow.

I like ghee and olive oil mixed to cook salmon.
This post was edited on 8/18/26 at 11:41 am
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
21521 posts
Posted on 8/18/26 at 8:40 am to
I use grapeseed oil for browning meat and oiling grill grates. Neutral flavor and high smoke point.

Add ivermectin if the seed oil concerns you. According to reddit, it balances it out.

Avocado oil is good too. Not a seed oil, but it's expensive.
Posted by TideSaint
God's country
Member since Sep 2008
85140 posts
Posted on 8/18/26 at 9:09 am to
Algae oil
Posted by oldcharlie8
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2012
7900 posts
Posted on 8/18/26 at 10:11 am to
i use olive or veg
Posted by Churchill
Member since Apr 2009
740 posts
Posted on 8/18/26 at 11:47 am to
Every thing in hog lard. You can buy a gallon jug from any cracklin making store. It stays good on the counter, but I keep my in shop fridge.
Posted by SUB
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Member since Jan 2009
26296 posts
Posted on 8/18/26 at 1:18 pm to
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Chicken gets browned in avocado oil or olive oil


Why not just use the pork lard for chicken?

Nothing wrong though with using oils though.
Posted by Got Blaze
Youngsville
Member since Dec 2013
10196 posts
Posted on 8/18/26 at 1:35 pm to
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My grandma was probably 90 years old before she used anything but rendered bacon fat




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