You can reuse frying oil several times—if you clean it, store it correctly, and know when to toss it. Deep-frying at home isn't the cost- or labor-intensive technique it's made out to be, as long as ...

Deep-frying at home gets a bad rap, mainly because it's thought of as inconvenient and wasteful. Fears of grease-stained walls and lingering oil odors scare many off, and then there's all that oil.