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My goal while reviewing SesaLean was to replace olive oil for all my cooking needs.
Color: Gold with slight orangish tint, darker than olive oil.
Taste: Slight tang but uncooked it has little to know taste on my tounge.
Smell: Strong nutty aroma
Viscosity: Compared to extra virgin olive oil it my be slightly more viscous, coating the pan was as easy.
Test Usage: My first test was cooking up my Invalid Link Removed. I have made this 2 times a week for about 2 months now so I am able to judge any variences pretty easy. I used 2 servings (1 tbsp) in the pan and was able to coat the whole pan and 1" up the sides with ease in a 14" diameter pan. While cooking it began to coagulate around the chicken. Everything else was exactly the same although around the 6 minute mark the excess water from the chicken begins to evaporate and the chicken starts to brown quickly, this did not happen until 9 minutes. The next day I ate all three servings at work. The taste was interesting to say the least. It had a VERY strong metallic taste, I am not sure if it enhaced the flavor of bell pepper or what but I was still able to eat it.
Next was replacing the OO I use in the Invalid Link Removed. This is cooked in a 9x11 glass pan. Mixed exactly the same in the hot water, rice, seasoning and sauce. Smell when pulling out of the oven, even over the spices, was nutty. Later that day at work I had my first try. Again I had that same metalic taste in my mouth, not as strong but this rules out it being related to anything being cooked in the pan.
I have and LOVE it over my oats with protein powder. It enhances the flavor of it all and exhibits a more pronounced nutty flavor when mixed. It's a treat every morning. Same with shakes.
At home in the fridge I have 3 chicken breast marinating with SesaLean and red wine vinegar. I normally use hazelnut. These will be tossed on the grill and I will then be putting them on fresh spinich and making a salad dressing with some black pepper, SesaLean and RWV. Will let you know how it goes tomorrow.