Can you substitute olive oil for vegetable oil when making waffles?

Answer 1

Olive oil CAN be used for frying, but you must have a HIGH quality, Virgin or Extra Virgin olive oil before attempting to cook with it. Various industry sources tend to place the Smoke Point of High Grade olive oil at around 400 degrees Fahrenheit and most frying is done somewhere UNDER 375 degrees, so this shouldn't be an issue.

There are two main methods of frying and the relative merits of each method as it pertains to Olive Oil is as follows:

1) Saute'/Pan Frying.

Pan frying requires a relatively small amount of oil and therefore is a rather economical method of frying food. Since E.V. olive oil tends to have a strong (but pleasant) flavor, this method works well with strong flavored foods such as onions, garlic, peppers, asparagus etc.

2) Deep Frying.

While it's COMPLETELY possible to deep fry in High Grade olive oil, it's Pure Lunacy to do so. Virgin and Extra Virgin olive oil tends to cost ( I'm guessing here... ) about 3-5 times as much as decent vegetable oil and in general, would leave battered and/or breaded foods with WAY TOO MUCH oil flavor. On the other hand, if neither of those characteristics is an issue for you, then...

Answer 2

You can use them interchangably, particularly canola oil. There may be a slight change in flavor, particularly when using olive oil.

Answer 3

You could ... but it would taste really weird. Olive oil has a strong flavor (of olives) that does not go well with sweet flavors. Think sphagetti sauce.

Answer 4

I have used it in waffles as it was all I had. I did not get any complaints.

Answer 5

yes