We all have this experience of cooking something only to have to keep re-adding oil as it ‘cooks away’, but what actually happens to the oil? Is it absorbed by the food we’re cooking? Does it burn away? And specifically, what happens to the calories in the oil?
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Some of the oil absorbs into the food you’re cooking, especially if something breaded or starchy. Also, oil vaporizes with steam and gets sucked out the exhaust vent, coats your wall or cabinet above the stove, etc. feel under the vent hood and you’ll see how greasy it is unless it’s cleaned regularly.
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