Best way to deal with peanut oil after frying

[Vaughn Winchell]

I'm warming one of these big pots in which I will cook the turkey. I'm
using about 3 gallons of peanut oil. When the bird is done and the oil is
cool, how do people deal with the oil? Can it be stored for another use?
Once the oil is no longer needed, how does one dispose of the oil?

Vaughn

[sam crowe]

I return my used oil back into the container (a spare one) and save it, it
can be kept for a least a year if it is strained, however I use it for fish,
chicken frying etc so it doesn't last that long.
I suppose one could dispose of the oil down the drain as it is vegetable.

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[TiffanyDell]

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> I return my used oil back into the container (a spare one) and save it, it
> can be kept for a least a year if it is strained, however I use it for
fish,
> chicken frying etc so it doesn't last that long.
> I suppose one could dispose of the oil down the drain as it is vegetable.

Crikey! 3 gallons of oil down the drain! Glad I don't live on the same
sewerage branch as you.
Tiff

[Robert J. Douglas]

Re: Best way to deal with peanut oil after frying

I always save my oil for later use. I strain it first, and sometimes use
coffee filters to remove the smallest particles, which works fairly well,
although it is slow. But the best trick I know, which I learned from Mom
(which is where all the best food tricks come from, isn't it?), is how to
clarify it, or remove unwanted flavors from the oil (for example, when
I've been cooking fish).

Take the oil, cold, and put it in a pot. Cut a raw potato (or several if
you have a lot of oil) into chunks, and put it into (or onto, as the case
may be) the cold oil. Bring the oil to a normal cooking temperature, and
remove the potato. Let it cool a bit, strain it, and it should be good to
go again. Of course, I generally taste it to be sure. Throw the potato
out, as it will be full of the nasty flavors that the oil had.

Someone else told me that you can do the same thing, just after you finish
using the oil, add the potato. Leave it in there for a bit, then remove it
before you let it cool. I personally feel that it works better with oil
that isn't currently full of other food particles.

And yeah, oil down the drain... *shudder*... Had a housemate doing that
for awhile, although I had specifically asked her not to. Had a plumber
out twice before we realized what the problem was.

Tell you the truth, to dispose of it, I've always poured it into an empty
oil container and put it out with the trash -- Which probably does horrid
things once it hits the landfill. I know, not terribly PC of me.

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