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Is Coconut Oil a Seed Oil?

Coconut oil is not a seed oil. It is pressed from coconut flesh, not a seed. Here is how it compares to seed oils and which cuisines use it as an ancestral fat.

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What Is Gochujang — Korea's Fermented Chilli Paste

Gochujang is the fermented red chilli paste that defines Korean cooking. Sweet, savoury, mildly hot, and deeply umami — it is the single most important ingredient for Korean bibimbap, bulgogi, and tteokbokki.

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Best Wok for Seed Oil Free Cooking — Carbon Steel vs Cast Iron for Lard Stir Fry

The definitive guide to buying a wok for ancestral fat cooking. Carbon steel vs cast iron, which size, which brand, and how to season it with lard for Chinese fried rice, pad thai, and pad see ew.

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Thai Red Curry in Coconut Cream — Authentic Kaeng Phed

Thai red curry — kaeng phed — is coconut cream cracked in a hot wok with red curry paste, then simmered with chicken or beef, Thai basil, and fish sauce. The coconut fat does all the work. No seed oils.

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Pad Thai in Lard — Thai Rice Noodles the Original Way

Pad thai is Thailand's most famous noodle dish — rice noodles with egg, bean sprouts, and dried shrimp in a tamarind, fish sauce, and palm sugar sauce. Cooked in lard in a very hot wok. This is the original.

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Korean Bulgogi in Tallow — Marinated Grilled Beef

Bulgogi is Korea's most beloved grilled beef dish — paper-thin ribeye marinated in soy sauce, Asian pear, garlic, and sesame, then seared fast in tallow. Sweet, savoury, deeply caramelised at the edges.

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Korean Bibimbap in Tallow — Mixed Rice Bowl With Crispy Bottom

Bibimbap is Korea's iconic mixed rice bowl — a bed of hot rice topped with individually seasoned vegetables, a fried egg, and sliced beef, all tossed in gochujang. The rice base is crisped in tallow.

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Ramen in Tallow Bone Broth — the Long-Cooked Tonkotsu Method

Tonkotsu ramen is Japan's richest noodle dish — pork bone broth cooked for 12-18 hours until it turns creamy white from the dissolved marrow and collagen. Finished with tallow and served with a seasoned soft egg.

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Nasi Lemak in Coconut Oil — Malaysia's National Dish

Nasi lemak is Malaysia's national breakfast and most beloved dish — rice cooked in coconut cream and pandan, served with sambal, fried anchovies, peanuts, cucumber, and a fried egg. All in coconut oil.

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Cambodian Kroeung Paste in Coconut Oil — Khmer Aromatics

Kroeung is Cambodia's essential wet spice paste — lemongrass, galangal, turmeric, kaffir lime leaves, garlic, and shallots pounded together and fried in coconut oil. The flavour foundation of Khmer cooking.

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Japanese Butter Cookies — the Melt-in-the-Mouth Danish Style

Japanese butter cookies are sold in tins in every Japanese convenience store and bakery — thin, crisp, intensely buttery, and made with a higher butter ratio than Western versions. The secret is the piped technique.

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Coconut Oil Pad Thai — Dairy Free Version

Rice noodle stir fry in coconut oil with vegetables and eggs — a lighter, dairy-free version for weeknights. Seed oil free.

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