Olive oil spray bottle: use less oil, cover more food
Small, cheap and quietly useful.
What it is
A refillable spray bottle is a small pump bottle that turns oil into a fine mist. You fill it with your own oil, pump it a few times to build up pressure, and spray. It is not an aerosol can, so it holds no propellant: just your oil and air.
Why buy one
- You use less oil. A tablespoon poured from a bottle often ends up in a puddle. A few sprays coat the same food evenly.
- You choose the oil. Aerosol cooking sprays are fixed blends. With a bottle you fill it with olive oil, avocado oil or whatever you cook with.
- It coats evenly. Vegetables, fish fillets, and thin slices get a light, even film, which means better browning and less sticking.
- It works with the tools you already have. Baking trays, grill pans, waffle makers, air fryers and cast iron.
- It is easy to measure. Count the sprays and you know how much oil went on.
Where I use it
- Roasting vegetables: a quick spray on the tray, then another over the vegetables.
- Fish: a light coat on the skin before it goes into a hot pan.
- Air fryer basket: sprayed lightly so food does not stick.
- Grilling: oil the food rather than the grill bars.
- Salads: a fine mist of olive oil and a squeeze of lemon.
Tips so it keeps working
- Use thin oils. Olive and avocado oil spray well. Thick or cloudy oils can clog the nozzle.
- Do not overfill. Leave a gap at the top for air.
- Clean it now and then. Run warm water with a drop of washing-up liquid through it, rinse, and let it dry. Oil left for months can go stale and clog the nozzle.
- Keep it away from the flame. Never spray oil mist over an open flame or a hot burner, because fine oil mist can catch fire. Spray the food or the tray away from the heat.
- Store it somewhere cool and dark, out of direct sun.
Olive oil spray bottle
This is the bottle I use. Check the capacity, material and current price on the Amazon page.
View on Amazon UKGear I use in this kitchen
Three simple tools behind most of the recipes here. Amazon Associate links.
Keep reading
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Links to products here may be affiliate links; if you buy through them I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.