Substitute for cooking oil?

Im on a strict diet and I like to make lemon chicken on the stove alot. Is there anything else besides cooking oil or butter that I can use to cook the chicken? Ive tried pam but the chicken still seems to stick to the pan alot. Any advice because the oil adds way to much fat and calories, ThanksSubstitute for cooking oil?
The vegetable oil will be healthier than butter. If you are just using it as a sautee oil, you should be fine. In fact, 1 TBSP of vegetable oil a day is perfectly ok.





Pam is not a food, the chemical propellant used is toxic, but they don't put a label on it because the FDA said that its ';not food'; and so they don't regulate it. (this was on the news a while ago) I use Pam VERY scarcely because it is synthetic.





Olive Oil is also not an ok sautieeing oil and shouldn't be used for high-heat cooking, only cold salad dressing, pastas, sauces, etc. (its ok for re-heating or for cooking something in the microwave every once in a while, but I don't use it to sautee) The characteristics of the oil change under such a high heat.





You should use a specialty high-heat oil like Safflower (not canola) oil for sauteeing. An even better oil is coconut oil, but you will get the slight taste of coconut (depending on the dish, this may not be a problem though). Peanut oil is a grey area. It lends a strong peanut taste to the dish, but it is a good high-heat oil, however it has more fat than coconut or safflower oil (I use it rarely).





I use Spectrum brand safflower oil for all my sauteeing, and as a substitute to butter or cooking/canola oil in recipes. It tastes and looks exactly the same, but has a better tolerance for high-heat cooking.





If you us 1-2 TBSP of safflower/high-heat oil to grease the pan, that won't add many extra calories since you aren't eating the whole 1-2 TBSP, it just lightly coats the chicken. All vegetable oils that are liquid at room temperature are the good kind of polyunsaturated fat. Butter is saturated fat, and margerine is hydrogenated trans fat (very bad). So oil is a very reasonable butter substitute, and 1-2 TBSP is necessary in a healthy dietSubstitute for cooking oil?
You may think this sounds crazy but try white vinegar.I thought it sounded awful but I tried it and its GOOD,it doesnt have a real strong vinegar taste like you might think it would and its healthy.
Steam your dish. I make lemon chicken by putting sliced lemon rounds of one or 2 lemons, some soy sauce and sone Stevia over pieces of chicken (without skin) in a 9'; deep glass pie plate.





No oil is necessary. It's good.
water just add a little water and i will keep it from sticking and not add any fat or calories!!
olive oil is relatively healthy.
try grape-seed oil
all u need is a little water