Seed Oil Free Sides, Soups & Breads

Here are all 38 seed oil free sides, soups & breads recipes on The Foodie Kitchen. Every one uses butter, ghee, tallow, lard, coconut or olive oil instead of seed oils, and they are grouped by cuisine.

Jump to: Asian · Indian · Hawaiian · African · Mediterranean & Middle Eastern · Latin American & Caribbean · European · American · Global & Everyday

Asian

• Coconut Rice — Southeast Asian Style — Coconut rice — fluffy jasmine rice cooked in coconut milk and water with pandan. Seed oil free. The foundation of Southeast Asian cooking.
• Japanese Fried Rice in Butter — Teppanyaki Style — Japanese butter fried rice — yakimeshi — is teppanyaki restaurant cooking at home. Day-old rice, soy sauce, butter, and egg on a screaming h
• Pad See Ew — Thai Wide Rice Noodles in Lard — Pad see ew is Thailand's popular flat rice noodle stir-fry — wide sen yai noodles with Chinese broccoli, egg, and dark soy sauce in a scream

Indian

• Aloo Gobi in Ghee — Potato and Cauliflower With Warming Spices — Aloo gobi is the beloved Punjabi dry-style potato and cauliflower curry — cooked in ghee with turmeric, cumin, and ginger until both vegetab
• Ghee Rice — South Indian Nei Choru — Ghee rice (nei choru) — South Indian fragrant basmati rice cooked in ghee with whole spices and cashews. Seed oil free.
• Indian Dal in Ghee — Tarka Dal the Ancestral Way — Tarka dal finished with a ghee tadka — cumin, mustard seeds, and dried chilli bloomed in clarified butter poured over the lentils at the end

Hawaiian

• Hawaiian Macaroni Salad with Avocado Oil Mayo — Hawaiian macaroni salad with avocado oil mayo and whole milk — the classic plate lunch side. Seed oil free.
• Hawaiian Macaroni Salad — Seed Oil Free Version — Hawaiian macaroni salad is a staple of the plate lunch — creamy, slightly sweet, and essential alongside kalua pig and rice. This version us
• Lomi Lomi Salmon — Hawaiian Tomato Salmon Salad — Lomi lomi salmon — Hawaiian cured salmon salad with tomatoes, onion, and sea salt. A traditional luau side. Seed oil free.

African

• Egusi Stew in Red Palm Oil — Nigerian Melon Seed Stew — Egusi stew is one of Nigeria's most iconic dishes — ground melon seeds fried in red palm oil with leafy greens, stockfish, and assorted meat
• Ethiopian Misir Wot — Red Lentil Stew in Niter Kibbeh — Misir wot is Ethiopia's beloved red lentil stew — cooked in niter kibbeh and berbere spice until thick, rich, and deeply flavoured. One of t
• Moroccan Harira — Tomato and Lentil Soup in Olive Oil — Harira is Morocco's traditional soup — tomatoes, lentils, chickpeas, and fresh herbs in a spiced olive oil base, thickened with flour. Eaten
• Nigerian Groundnut Soup — West African Peanut Stew in Palm Oil — Groundnut soup is one of Nigeria's most beloved dishes — a rich, warming peanut-based stew cooked in red palm oil with chicken or goat, toma
• Nigerian Jollof Rice in Ghee — Authentic West African Recipe — Nigerian jollof rice cooked in ghee instead of vegetable oil — the fat the original was built on. Richer depth, better flavour, zero seed oi
• Nigerian Jollof Rice — The Full History, the Debate, and the Real Recipe — Seed oil free recipe from The Foodie Kitchen by Savannah Ryan.
• Senegalese Mafé — Peanut Stew in Red Palm Oil — Mafé is Senegal's rich peanut stew — slow-cooked lamb or beef with sweet potato, carrot, and cabbage in a red palm oil and peanut paste base
• West African Jollof Rice — Deep Flavor With Smoked Salts and Ancestral Fat — West African jollof rice cooked in ghee with smoked salts — a deeper, more complex version of the dish using the fat the original deserves.

Mediterranean & Middle Eastern

• Iranian Tahdig — Crispy Butter-Bottom Saffron Rice — Tahdig is the most coveted part of Persian cooking — the golden, shatteringly crispy rice crust that forms on the bottom of the pot during t
• Italian Ribollita — Tuscan Bread and Bean Soup in Olive Oil — Ribollita means 're-boiled' — a Tuscan peasant soup of cavolo nero, cannellini beans, and stale bread, cooked slowly in olive oil until thic
• Mediterranean Saffron Pilaf in Butter — Saffron rice pilaf cooked the Mediterranean way — onion softened in butter, rice toasted in the same butter, stock added, and saffron stirre
• Persian Ghee Rice — Tahdig with Crispy Crust — Persian tahdig — crispy-bottomed ghee rice, the most prized part of any Persian meal. Seed oil free. Golden crust, fluffy inside.
• Turkish Advieh Rice in Ghee — Persian-Spiced Pilaf — Advieh is the Persian spice blend for rice — dried rose petals, cardamom, cinnamon, cumin, and coriander bloomed in ghee before the rice is

Latin American & Caribbean

• Lard Flour Tortillas — Seed Oil Free Mexican Staple — Lard flour tortillas — soft, pliable, deeply flavoured. No vegetable shortening, no canola. The traditional Mexican method. Seed oil free.

European

• French Onion Soup in Butter — the Classic Gratinée — French onion soup in butter — deeply caramelised onions, rich beef stock, Gruyère gratinée. The Parisian bistro classic, entirely seed oil f
• Yorkshire Puddings in Beef Dripping — Crisp, tall Yorkshire puddings baked in beef dripping, the traditional fat for a Sunday roast. No seed oils.

American

• Bone Broth Tomato Soup — Slow Rendered, Butter Finished — Seed oil free recipe from The Foodie Kitchen by Savannah Ryan.
• Ghee Mashed Potatoes — The Richest Version — Ghee mashed potatoes — Yukon gold potatoes with brown-butter ghee and warm cream. Seed oil free. The richest mash you'll make.
• Lard Cornbread — Southern Cast Iron Skillet — Lard cornbread baked in a cast iron skillet — crispy edges, corn-forward, no sugar. The Southern tradition. Seed oil free.
• New England Clam Chowder in Butter — The Classic Cream Soup — New England clam chowder in butter — thick, creamy, with tender clams and salt pork. No seed oils, no cream substitute. The authentic Boston
• Tallow French Fries — The Original Recipe — Tallow french fries — crispier, more flavourful, and actually the original. The way McDonald's made them before 1990. Seed oil free.
• Tallow-Fried Fries at Home (Restaurant-Style Double Fry) — Skin-on shoestring fries double-fried in beef tallow, the way fry shops do it, scaled down for one pot on your stove. No seed oils.

Global & Everyday

• Beef Stew That Proves the Fat Is Everything — Beef stew built on rendered fat — the base that makes the difference between a thin broth and a rich, collagen-dense ancestral meal.
• Brown Butter Banana Bread — No Vegetable Oil, Better Than Any Recipe You've Tried — Bake brown butter banana bread — no vegetable oil, no canola, just butter browned until the milk solids go golden. Better than any recipe yo
• Butter Mashed Potatoes — The Creamiest Seed Oil Free Recipe — Mashed potatoes made with real butter and nothing else — no seed oil spreads, no blended vegetable fat. The creamiest version possible.
• Flour Tortillas in Lard — The Only Correct Way to Make Them — Flour tortillas made with lard — the only correct fat for the task. Soft, pliable, slightly flaky. The version supermarket tortillas replace
• Instant Pot Bone Broth in 3 Hours — the MAHA Method With Tallow — Bone broth cooked in an Instant Pot takes 3 hours instead of 24. The result is deeply gelatinous, rich with collagen, and finished with a sp
• One-Pan Butter Chicken Thighs With Roasted Vegetables — Crispy butter-seared chicken thighs roasted on a bed of vegetables in one pan — the chicken fat bastes the vegetables as everything cooks to
• Tallow Roast Potatoes — The Secret to Shatteringly Crispy Roast Potatoes — The secret to shatteringly crispy roast potatoes is beef tallow — the fat used before vegetable oil took over. Golden outside, fluffy inside