do you reuse cooking oil?

Yes, especially if the oil is still semi-clear. I will not of course re-use it if I used it to fry fish or any other food that's got a strong flavor.

cooking oil can be used up to four times if it is still almost clear and does not leave a pungent taste. but i guess it depends on the type of oil that is used.

If we have fried something with the cooking oil with some left, we will still use it for the next time, but cooking only. Cooking oil is expensive, absolutely not cheap. For business purpose, it could be reused many times. Thank you for the discussion, Cutie.

I reuse cooking oil twice, meaning 1st use then 2 other usage. That way I can save on the oil.

yes friend, expenses are increasing day by day due to increase in the price of commodities and its very difficult for a common man to cope up with all these.Yes reusing oil is not good for health according to the statics. But we cannot throw the excess oil after frying the items, so its necessary for us to reuse it ,with certain precautions. The oil retains the flavor of the foods previously cooked in it. The oil breaks down in the heat over time, filter it regularly, and we can reuse it. Strain it through a few layers of cheesecloth to catch any food particles before storing. Don't mix different types of oil. Store oil in a cool, dark place separately. Though using fresh oil every time is the healthiest option.

Yes! We reuse our cooking oils at home. Especially when we are frying the same kind of foods. :)

I have been told that reused cooking oil is not good for health, but to prepare fired dishes need a lot of oil which cannot comsume up in only a time. Now many technology are developed to use less oil for fired dishes. Here many TV program teach people how to use water and oven to prepare fired dishes. Now my mother can use 1/10 of oil as formal ways to do the fired chicken.

I haven't tried reusing cooking as most of the recipes I cook don't require much of it. But if I happen to use it for deep frying, I would probably reuse it.

Yes i reuse cooking oil in when i cooked. But when the color turned blackish, ill never used it again because it is not good anymore.Cheap cooking oil is not adviced to reuse because it can affect the taste of the foo you cook..

Hi friend, there is nothing wrong in reusing the oil if it is good enough, but we must avoid too much of reusing. As you mentioned the commodities are very expensive, so we must use it in a good way

Yea,I just use the cooking oil for 2 or 3 times before throwing it away.It is not good to our health, if the cooking is used again and again.But my workmate does not think so, it will be more delicious if some cooking oil is used when we do cooking.But i still stick to my colors, i think the health is more important.

For me it depends to what type you are cooking. If I will be frying a dried fish (tuyo) I will never reuse it because the color of the oil is dark which you can't use it to other recipes for cooking. But whenever I fry pork or chicken I will reuse it for sauteing vegetables. Even in fish if the cooking oil is still clear I will reuse it also. ^_^ It will add taste to other dishes.

Usually fried,but do not throw away but fell in the soup.

We have 2 jars in the kitchen. One is for oil we used to roast our meat, the other for fish. It's not only because of the money but also we don't like to spoil good stuff. Everything that can be re-used in our household will be re-used. Left overs are on the table once again. What's left after that goes to the dogs. We hate to throw food away.

The only time I re-use "cooking oil" is.. well not even cooking oil. I'm referring to using the grease from frying up bacon to put in with green beans or pour into the egg mixture before scrambling. I know that my grandmother has re-used grease and stuff like that from foods like bacon. She'd put it in a jar and in the fridge to re-use it with another meal. There's nothing wrong with it I suppose, and many do do this, I just don't so much. Of course when using cooking oils, I usually only use as much as needed, and don't cook too many things that require the oil.

We do it also in our household. With the cost of everything being so high, no matter how small an amount we could save really helps, even reusing cooking oil. We actually keep three small containers to put the used cooking oil into. One for chicken, one for meat, and one especially for fish. If you fry say chicken in oil that's been used to fry fish, it really would ruin the taste. But we only reuse it three times at the most. I've noticed that when we used it more than that, the food somehow tastes not so good anymore :)

I do reuse cooking oil but only up to 3 times coz I think using more than that could not be healthy anymore as it contains a lot of the fats from the previous food that has been cooked with it.

Thanks a ton for posting this discussion. Well i think its not wise enough to use the same cooking oil again after it has been used once by storing it in a container. I know it is very difficult for every housewife to throw away the left out oil especially looking at the way the price of the oil are very high these days but i think it is not safe as far as our health is concerned. We have to use the requisite amount of oil while cooking so that very less oil is left out at the end after cooking and so that we can throw them without any regrets. What say?

I do reuse cooking oil up to three times. But sometimes, even though I have just use it once and the color is not ok anymore, i discard it.

With the current economic atmosphere; it pays to be frugal with everything. After cooking, especially deep frying there is always some oil remaining on the frying pan and that I use it for something else. Maybe for vegetables or to pop corn.