Thread: What's the best oil to fry fish ?

Our church does 7-8 fish fries a year, cooking 150-220 pounds of fillet each time. We get our oil from a local butcher shop, it's labeled liquid shortening, basically liquid lard. It comes in a 5 container for around $30-$35. Alot cheaper than peanut oil and we don't have to worry about any allergic reactions.

As far as reusing oil, you can put a peeled irish potato in the oil after cooking and let it fry for awhile, it will help absorb most of the impurities. We don't do it at the church, but I've done it for my turkey frying oil at home.

Use canola oil or crisco and add a couple of tablespoons of bacon grease sometimes.

Good question !! I now know what oil to use when I cook crappies. Next I have to find out how to catch em.

Soy Oil is the best if you can afford it. I used it a lot, but the price just got too high. We use Crisco now.

peanut oil for me, after i fry a couple batches i fry some french fries it seems to clean the oil up a little bit. and after it cools down i strain it and put it back in the container.ready for the next fish fry....

Cotton seed oil. It doesnt retain taste you can cook fish today. Chicken tomorrow and veg the next day. Only place I've found it is bass pro. I have a deep fryer that I just leave oil in. And clean about once a year

Cotton seed oil is my choice. I get it at Gander Mountain or Academy Sports.

Question that kind of goes along with the thread; What do ya'll use to strain the oil? I have used paint strainer's that worked fair.