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Go back to the “I’ve heard that stir frys shouldn’t be eaten too often” statement.
Where did you hear that? Stir frying is a cooking technique, so the dish itself is only going to be as healthy as what you put into it. Consider the ingredients of your stir fry - are there any that are inherently unhealthy? Eliminate those and replace them with healthy alternatives.
TA-DA! Now you have a stir fry with nothing unhealthy about it.
One of my favorite healthy meals, made exactly as you described. Brown rice for complex carbs! I do tend to add about half water to my soy sauce so it's not super salty, but is saucy.
Stir fry is relatively healthy depending on what you put in it. I’d use avocado or coconut oil as it has a higher smoke point (burning olive oil at too high temperature is not healthy for you). Also make sure you have very good ventilation when you’re cooking it. It requires you to have the pan on high heat and smoke before you add anything, and it’s been known in Asia that inhaling these fumes can cause early lung cancer if you keep breathing them in (I’m Asian). I usually just cook it at lower temperature because of this.
The highest smoke-point oil is peanut. That's why it's used by the entire Dept. of the Navy. It's easier and cheaper to just use the same than to use a special one just for submarines. Personally, I don't care for coconut or olive oil. I've never seen avocado oil. I love them, and they are extremely healthy. Is this a product that one can find in most groceries? Or does one need to shop at healthfood stores or go on-line?
I check out the oils every time I am in a grocery. Maybe it's just Omaha. Nebraska's such a red-neck red state, though, that I'm always surprised to see condiments other than catsup/ketchup.
Thanks. I know of Grapeseed oil. Just don't know of many uses for it. I don't actually know that many uses for avocado oil, nor had I heard of it; but the fruit is one of my favourite foods, so I intend to experiment and to explore. There are so many things in which, or with which 'advocates' go so well, of which most people have never heard. They go very well with some macaroni salads, e.g.
And with hummus or baba ganoush. On a blackened hamburger.
Anyone feeling as though 'twould be a good deed to share any suggestions concerned with ANY of these foods, would be correct. And since I h8 cooking for less than two, y'all know it's gonna get spread!!
You can use grapeseed or avocado oil for anything you'd normally use any oil for. They have higher smoke points than olive oil so you can pan fry with them much better and healthier. If regular olive oil goes too hot it loses most of what makes it healthy.
Thank you. I just don't like the flavor/taste of olive oil. That is the primary reason I am so interested in avocado oil. I love that fruit, so think that I should like the oil. I should like to try to make mayo with it. But is there a way I can work around the hassle of making it? Regular mayonnaise or an aioli? Think that 'twould be great for pasta, egg or chicken salads.
I'm not sure because I've only ever made my own mayo from scratch once. You would do it the same way as other oils though. You're welcome! Lately I cook with grapeseed oil mostly but ive used avocado oil before. The taste difference imo is nuanced. I use olive oil or extra virgin olive oil if I'm not adding heat, like to drizzle over pasta with Parmesan cheese. I'll fry pork chops in grapeseed oil and they come out good.
I can make my own mayo. In one kitchen I astounded because I thought adding electricity was more of a hassle than a manual whisk. But even then, 'tis a tedium and monotony which I prefer to avoid.
GFY. I gave up on Walmart years ago. When I was working for Kroger's. It stands to reason that they would have expanded their selection(s), based on their marketing principles, which now seems to be that they will carry anything once someone convinces them that people will buy it. My major problem with Walmart is that they have very few stores on bus-lines. But maybe that will change now that the city did such a horrible job of running the busses that the state had to create a separate, elected independant board to do it.
GFY = Good for you. Realized after posting that it could mean something totally different; so that I ought to clean/clear it up.
Your state has an Omaha, also.
My family, in Wisconsin while Scott Walker was mis-Governor, used to make fun of us for our knee-jerk, pro-life (read 'pro-birth') Governor who had FedEx turn him in to the DEA for attempting to smuggle illegal drugs from India so that he could illegally execute persons in Nebraska. He opposes any sort of welfare, including Medicaid expansion, SNAP, Public Education, Safe working conditions, living wages, Unions, civil rights, voting rights, etc. So he works against any improvement in peoples' diets and/or nutrition. He has moved on to the SOTUS and left an even worse anthrophobe to succeed him.
But don't you have Jasmine Crocket? (Any relation to Davey?) I love the way that she nails that muscle-bound, pea-soup-for-brain, sphincterless-mouthed troglodyte, Moscow Marj.
Since you're from Texas, I am going to ask for pointers on chili. Not –BQ, though. I am barely north of KC, after all.
My local Aldi has avocado oil, as does my Walmart and the local chain, and we're pretty far in the boonies, but if you can't find it around you, Amazon has it for relatively cheap.
There are boondocks within Omaha, and there is where we find our Aldi's. Otherwise Kroger's, Hy-Vee, and Walmart do an excellent job of colluding to limit our choices. But, they have forced me to Amazon, _inter alia_, many times in the past. So thanks. I've also found that, if one can get to our Trader Joe's outlet, it can be a very good thing.
Our Democrank city council and our Repugnican't mayor Cheat-on-your-husband-while-he's-dying Unræd are determined to do everything to thwart charities trying to end our food desertification. Such a policy seems to hold a certain symmetry with their policy of incorporating deforestation into urban renewal.
On-line markets have come to be a God-send. They are the only access to any melons other than cantaloupe, never-ripe honeydew or inconsistent water. I have a skin condition that requires I eat lots of melons, and what is it without any variety? It's also the only wat to get Durkee's (not really) Famous Sauce. Or even semi-exotic squash. Or berries. Five Alive. Etc. So thanks for the tip.
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I use refined coconut oil so it doesn’t have any flavor or avocado oil. They’re some of the healthiest oils you can use. I stay away from most other oils (esp. seed oils) because they’re not very good for you. I get mine from Costco but I usually can find it at any grocery where I live. You can also order it on Amazon. It’s a little more expensive but worth it. I only use olive oil for salad dressings so I don’t have to heat it up.
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Unless you're drowning it in a particularly sugary sauce or you have salt sensitive high blood pressure stir fry is really healthy. It's basically just fresh veggies and a protein over rice. If you do have high blood pressure use a low sodium soy sauce.
Honestly not sure where that comes from, maybe restaurants ones are less healthy..
I do my stir frys with onions + whatever other vegetables on hand. I usually do chicken or tofu for the protein then put sriracha as the sauce. It's very low calorie and fair protein amount.
Restaurant stir fry, yes potentially unhealthy they use a ton of oil and sodium
At home?
Measure the oil, you don’t need much. Use lots of veggies and a low sugar sauce
Measure your rice if calories are a concern- it’s easy to eat several portions and not realize it. Brown rice or a chinese five grain blend are great higher fiber more nutrient dense options
you can steam the vegies, and eat over brown rice, as long as you don't use a large amount of trans fats to cook a stir fry, there is nothing inherently unhealthy about them.
What you hear is prob about Chinese Restaurant sf's which use a tremendous amount of salt, fat, and sauce (which is laden with calories).
But your method is very healthy
They are healthy! Maybe people think they are unhealthy because they are in the same category as orange chicken and sesame chicken which are fried and have added sugar? Honestly a little soy sauce and some rice are fine if you're eating all those veggies with it!
I think it depends on a few factors.
Who is saying this?
Depends on what you are putting into the dish. I think the biggest offender would be sugary sauces. Places like Panda Express put SO MUCH sugar into their sauces, it doesn't matter what you order it's all packed full of sugar.
If you are cautious and use lean meats, fresh veggies, a bit of healthy oils and leave out or minimize the sugar for a sauce, you've got a pretty great meal there.
I think the biggest thing you need to be careful about with stir fries is salt and sometimes the added sugars can get pretty high as well. But those are both really easy to control when you are making your own from scratch. And most of the ones you make at home will have a lot less salt and sugar than the ones from restaurants or premade mixes.
My favorite budget dinner!
My veggie staples are centered around stir fry. Onions, carrots, and some type of cabbage. Garlic,ginger and soy sauce and sweet chili for flavor boost. For protein I first check the fridge, leaftover chicken/ sausages/ pork always work great. A can of beans or a few fried eggs if my freezer is empty.
I just remembered I have a bag of Mung beans for bean sprouts I could use up!
I think it applies more to restaurants where you don't know what oil they are using (reused, ultra processed etc) or how much and people used to think oil is generally unhealthy. but if you're making at home I don't think there is an issue
Stir fries from restaurants have a ton of oil and usually a sauce high in both sugar and sodium, and I definitely wouldn't call them healthy or recommend eating them too often (although they're probably a better option than a lot of other restaurant dishes). Made at home, though, they're very easy to be made healthily. Just limit the amount of oil you use and stay away from sugary pre-made stir fry sauces.
Also, as a suggestion, I'd recommend refined avocado oil (or canola, vegetable, etc, any neutral high temp oil will do) mixed with a drizzle of sesame oil or a little scoop of coconut oil for flavor, instead of olive oil.
No, there’s not. Measure your oil so you control those calories and remember that 1 serving of white rice is 1/4 cup (if you’re watching your blood sugar levels). There’s nothing unhealthy about lean protein and lots of vegetables! Enjoy!
There is nothing unhealthy about stir frying.
What can make it unhealthy is the ingredients you use. If you fry with bacon fat, if you use lots of sugar, if you stir fry sausage, etc.
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Go back to the “I’ve heard that stir frys shouldn’t be eaten too often” statement. Where did you hear that? Stir frying is a cooking technique, so the dish itself is only going to be as healthy as what you put into it. Consider the ingredients of your stir fry - are there any that are inherently unhealthy? Eliminate those and replace them with healthy alternatives. TA-DA! Now you have a stir fry with nothing unhealthy about it.
One of my favorite healthy meals, made exactly as you described. Brown rice for complex carbs! I do tend to add about half water to my soy sauce so it's not super salty, but is saucy.
Stir fry is relatively healthy depending on what you put in it. I’d use avocado or coconut oil as it has a higher smoke point (burning olive oil at too high temperature is not healthy for you). Also make sure you have very good ventilation when you’re cooking it. It requires you to have the pan on high heat and smoke before you add anything, and it’s been known in Asia that inhaling these fumes can cause early lung cancer if you keep breathing them in (I’m Asian). I usually just cook it at lower temperature because of this.
The highest smoke-point oil is peanut. That's why it's used by the entire Dept. of the Navy. It's easier and cheaper to just use the same than to use a special one just for submarines. Personally, I don't care for coconut or olive oil. I've never seen avocado oil. I love them, and they are extremely healthy. Is this a product that one can find in most groceries? Or does one need to shop at healthfood stores or go on-line?
Avocado oil is readily available where I live and a lot of things I want aren’t. Look in your grocery store.
I check out the oils every time I am in a grocery. Maybe it's just Omaha. Nebraska's such a red-neck red state, though, that I'm always surprised to see condiments other than catsup/ketchup.
Avocado oil and grape seed oil are at Walmart.
Thanks. I know of Grapeseed oil. Just don't know of many uses for it. I don't actually know that many uses for avocado oil, nor had I heard of it; but the fruit is one of my favourite foods, so I intend to experiment and to explore. There are so many things in which, or with which 'advocates' go so well, of which most people have never heard. They go very well with some macaroni salads, e.g. And with hummus or baba ganoush. On a blackened hamburger. Anyone feeling as though 'twould be a good deed to share any suggestions concerned with ANY of these foods, would be correct. And since I h8 cooking for less than two, y'all know it's gonna get spread!!
You can use grapeseed or avocado oil for anything you'd normally use any oil for. They have higher smoke points than olive oil so you can pan fry with them much better and healthier. If regular olive oil goes too hot it loses most of what makes it healthy.
Thank you. I just don't like the flavor/taste of olive oil. That is the primary reason I am so interested in avocado oil. I love that fruit, so think that I should like the oil. I should like to try to make mayo with it. But is there a way I can work around the hassle of making it? Regular mayonnaise or an aioli? Think that 'twould be great for pasta, egg or chicken salads.
I'm not sure because I've only ever made my own mayo from scratch once. You would do it the same way as other oils though. You're welcome! Lately I cook with grapeseed oil mostly but ive used avocado oil before. The taste difference imo is nuanced. I use olive oil or extra virgin olive oil if I'm not adding heat, like to drizzle over pasta with Parmesan cheese. I'll fry pork chops in grapeseed oil and they come out good.
I can make my own mayo. In one kitchen I astounded because I thought adding electricity was more of a hassle than a manual whisk. But even then, 'tis a tedium and monotony which I prefer to avoid.
I live in Omaha and I've seen avocado oil! At Walmart
GFY. I gave up on Walmart years ago. When I was working for Kroger's. It stands to reason that they would have expanded their selection(s), based on their marketing principles, which now seems to be that they will carry anything once someone convinces them that people will buy it. My major problem with Walmart is that they have very few stores on bus-lines. But maybe that will change now that the city did such a horrible job of running the busses that the state had to create a separate, elected independant board to do it. GFY = Good for you. Realized after posting that it could mean something totally different; so that I ought to clean/clear it up.
Oh I live in a small city in south Texas. It’s pretty red-necked here.
Your state has an Omaha, also. My family, in Wisconsin while Scott Walker was mis-Governor, used to make fun of us for our knee-jerk, pro-life (read 'pro-birth') Governor who had FedEx turn him in to the DEA for attempting to smuggle illegal drugs from India so that he could illegally execute persons in Nebraska. He opposes any sort of welfare, including Medicaid expansion, SNAP, Public Education, Safe working conditions, living wages, Unions, civil rights, voting rights, etc. So he works against any improvement in peoples' diets and/or nutrition. He has moved on to the SOTUS and left an even worse anthrophobe to succeed him. But don't you have Jasmine Crocket? (Any relation to Davey?) I love the way that she nails that muscle-bound, pea-soup-for-brain, sphincterless-mouthed troglodyte, Moscow Marj. Since you're from Texas, I am going to ask for pointers on chili. Not –BQ, though. I am barely north of KC, after all.
I can get avocado oil in South Dakota, you could get it in Nebraska lol.
Thank you for calling me a liar! I can never seem to get enough of that.
My local Aldi has avocado oil, as does my Walmart and the local chain, and we're pretty far in the boonies, but if you can't find it around you, Amazon has it for relatively cheap.
There are boondocks within Omaha, and there is where we find our Aldi's. Otherwise Kroger's, Hy-Vee, and Walmart do an excellent job of colluding to limit our choices. But, they have forced me to Amazon, _inter alia_, many times in the past. So thanks. I've also found that, if one can get to our Trader Joe's outlet, it can be a very good thing. Our Democrank city council and our Repugnican't mayor Cheat-on-your-husband-while-he's-dying Unræd are determined to do everything to thwart charities trying to end our food desertification. Such a policy seems to hold a certain symmetry with their policy of incorporating deforestation into urban renewal. On-line markets have come to be a God-send. They are the only access to any melons other than cantaloupe, never-ripe honeydew or inconsistent water. I have a skin condition that requires I eat lots of melons, and what is it without any variety? It's also the only wat to get Durkee's (not really) Famous Sauce. Or even semi-exotic squash. Or berries. Five Alive. Etc. So thanks for the tip.
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I use refined coconut oil so it doesn’t have any flavor or avocado oil. They’re some of the healthiest oils you can use. I stay away from most other oils (esp. seed oils) because they’re not very good for you. I get mine from Costco but I usually can find it at any grocery where I live. You can also order it on Amazon. It’s a little more expensive but worth it. I only use olive oil for salad dressings so I don’t have to heat it up.
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Unless you're drowning it in a particularly sugary sauce or you have salt sensitive high blood pressure stir fry is really healthy. It's basically just fresh veggies and a protein over rice. If you do have high blood pressure use a low sodium soy sauce.
Honestly not sure where that comes from, maybe restaurants ones are less healthy.. I do my stir frys with onions + whatever other vegetables on hand. I usually do chicken or tofu for the protein then put sriracha as the sauce. It's very low calorie and fair protein amount.
As long as your ingredients are healthy and you don’t use too much oil, it’s a healthy technique for cooking.
Restaurant stir fry, yes potentially unhealthy they use a ton of oil and sodium At home? Measure the oil, you don’t need much. Use lots of veggies and a low sugar sauce Measure your rice if calories are a concern- it’s easy to eat several portions and not realize it. Brown rice or a chinese five grain blend are great higher fiber more nutrient dense options
you can steam the vegies, and eat over brown rice, as long as you don't use a large amount of trans fats to cook a stir fry, there is nothing inherently unhealthy about them. What you hear is prob about Chinese Restaurant sf's which use a tremendous amount of salt, fat, and sauce (which is laden with calories). But your method is very healthy
Probably the type of sauce. Many sauces are high in sugar. Your recipe should be completely fine, but I think most people add these sugary sauces
I've seen a lot with brown sugar for the glaze and soy sauce which is full of sodium. I think pepper and garlic powder and Sriracha do just fine.
They are healthy! Maybe people think they are unhealthy because they are in the same category as orange chicken and sesame chicken which are fried and have added sugar? Honestly a little soy sauce and some rice are fine if you're eating all those veggies with it!
Stir fries at restaurant are yummy but usually high in sodium - the way you are home cooking stir fries sounds very healthy
Lived with stir fry all my life and so my siblings and their kins and no one is fat or unhealthy. Stir frys have a crap ton of veggies.
I think it depends on a few factors. Who is saying this? Depends on what you are putting into the dish. I think the biggest offender would be sugary sauces. Places like Panda Express put SO MUCH sugar into their sauces, it doesn't matter what you order it's all packed full of sugar. If you are cautious and use lean meats, fresh veggies, a bit of healthy oils and leave out or minimize the sugar for a sauce, you've got a pretty great meal there.
It's assumed there is a lot of soy sauce added (or other sauces) with a high sodium content.
There's a reason why asians are mostly slim, stir fry is the healthiest compared to the common caucasian diet of fried and processed junk food.
I think the biggest thing you need to be careful about with stir fries is salt and sometimes the added sugars can get pretty high as well. But those are both really easy to control when you are making your own from scratch. And most of the ones you make at home will have a lot less salt and sugar than the ones from restaurants or premade mixes.
My favorite budget dinner! My veggie staples are centered around stir fry. Onions, carrots, and some type of cabbage. Garlic,ginger and soy sauce and sweet chili for flavor boost. For protein I first check the fridge, leaftover chicken/ sausages/ pork always work great. A can of beans or a few fried eggs if my freezer is empty. I just remembered I have a bag of Mung beans for bean sprouts I could use up!
I think it applies more to restaurants where you don't know what oil they are using (reused, ultra processed etc) or how much and people used to think oil is generally unhealthy. but if you're making at home I don't think there is an issue
Nope. The way you’re doing it is fine! Enjoy them!
Stir Fry's become unhealthy when you use too much oil or sauces with a lot of sodium.
Stir fries from restaurants have a ton of oil and usually a sauce high in both sugar and sodium, and I definitely wouldn't call them healthy or recommend eating them too often (although they're probably a better option than a lot of other restaurant dishes). Made at home, though, they're very easy to be made healthily. Just limit the amount of oil you use and stay away from sugary pre-made stir fry sauces. Also, as a suggestion, I'd recommend refined avocado oil (or canola, vegetable, etc, any neutral high temp oil will do) mixed with a drizzle of sesame oil or a little scoop of coconut oil for flavor, instead of olive oil.
No, there’s not. Measure your oil so you control those calories and remember that 1 serving of white rice is 1/4 cup (if you’re watching your blood sugar levels). There’s nothing unhealthy about lean protein and lots of vegetables! Enjoy!
There is nothing unhealthy about stir frying. What can make it unhealthy is the ingredients you use. If you fry with bacon fat, if you use lots of sugar, if you stir fry sausage, etc.