What Is A Neutral Cooking Oil

Neutral oil

neutral oil

What is Neutral oil?

Neutral oil is a culinary term seen frequently in cookbooks or online recipe sites. It simply means any oil that does not add any residual flavor to the recipe.

Examples of neutral oils include:

Grapeseed Oil
Corn oil
Canola Oil
Vegetable Oil Labeled "generically" as vegetable oil for example, a common brand in the U.S. is Wesson Oil. These oils are typically made from a combination of vegetables as opposed canola oil which is made from one specific plant.

Neutral Oil Substitute

These oils can be used in baking or cooking without adding any flavor to the food. If you need a neutral oil and you don't have any of the above then you can reach for:

Peanut oil if you have it. It will work in a pinch.
OR - A light olive oil which may still have some residual flavor but much less than EVOO

If you need substitutes for other oils just look in this dictionary by oil name.

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Nutrition Information For Neutral oil

% Daily Value^*

Vitamin A 0%	•	Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 0%	•	Iron 0%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Favorite Neutral oil Recipes

Sunflower Seed Butter
A simple recipe for a healthy seed butter made from sunflower seeds, oil and salt. Sunflower seed butter is a good source of protein, unsaturated fat, vitamin E and magnesium.
Luscious Thai Chicken Pineapple Curry
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Baked Spring Rolls
This recipe is for vegetable spring rolls which are baked rather than fried. The fillings include rice vermicelli, bamboo shoots, snow peas, Savoy cabbage, water chestnuts, sunflower and sesame seeds.
Baked Tortilla Chips or Strips
This recipe reduces the fat compared to fried chips but still provides for a nice tasty tortilla chip. Tortillas can be cut into wedges for dipping or in strips for use in tortilla soup or chilaquiles.

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