For the First Time Ever, You Can Taste One of Nara Smith’s Recipes Without Lifting a Finger
The tradwife influencer partnered with Algae Cooking Club to bottle her roasted garlic oil. Here’s how to order it.
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Nara Smith isn’t one to do things the easy way. The 24-year-old model, culinary creator and tradwife symbol inspires (and at turns, enrages) her staggering 12.2 million TikTok followers with elaborate cooking videos. She’s become famous for showcasing complex, time-consuming recipes — we’re talking a Hamburger Helper-inspired dinner made with from-scratch tomato paste, beef stock and pasta, and a snack plate for her toddlers including homemade Cheez-Its, pretzels sticks and marshmallows. Her videos feature designer outfits, perfect manicures and an oft-parodied, monotone narration.
But now, for the first time, you can taste one of Smith’s recipes without any work in the kitchen. Her new infused oil is available online, bottled and ready to go — no mincing required.
What is Nara Smith’s Roasted Garlic Oil?
Smith collaborated with Algae Cooking Club, a small company that makes cooking oils from algae, to release her limited-time Roasted Garlic Oil.
“For the millions who’ve watched her casually make bread dough at midnight or hand-roll noodles in couture, this launch marks the first chance to taste one of Nara’s creations at home,” Algae Cooking Club says in a press release.
If you’re so inclined, Smith demonstrates the garlic oil recipe on TikTok, so you could make it from scratch in your own kitchen. But for those of us eager for a shortcut, the bottled version gets Smith’s stamp of approval.
“I love garlic, but I hate stinky garlic fingers,” she says in the press release. “My roasted garlic oil takes the drama out of cooking, all the garlic flavor I love without the mess. I’ve been using algae oil for over a year; it’s delicate and beautifully elevates whatever you infuse it with. Algae Cooking Club indulged my obsession with every detail: a custom frosted glass bottle, hand-drawn label, my homemade recipe, no artificial flavors, and a slow-steeping process.”
Algae Cooking Club worked with Michelin-starred restaurant Eleven Madison Park for over a year to scale the infused oil. (Chef Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park developed the brand's Gochugaru Chili Oil and Shiitake Mushroom Oil as well.) The brand says the Roasted Garlic Oil follows Smith's exact recipe, sourcing garlic from a farmers’ market, yuzu from Japan and including white miso and charred scallions for layered flavor.
“Nara’s from-scratch cooking is the real deal, and we weren’t going to let her or her fans down on a single detail,” Kas Saidi, co-founder and CEO of Algae Cooking Club, says in the press release. “We steep the oil like tea in large stainless steel kettles, low and slow. It’s painstakingly difficult and time-intensive, but the payoff is a garlic oil that’s layered, complex, and still packs a true garlic punch.”
What is algae oil?
Algae oil is a cooking oil made from microalgae. Algae Cooking Oil says the process uses significantly less land and water compared to other plant-based oils, emits half the amount of carbon and is less impacted by climate change.
It has a neutral flavor and a high smoke point of 535 degrees Fahrenheit (even higher than avocado oil), making it very versatile for cooking.
“It amplifies flavors by being very delicate and buttery in taste so it doesn’t overpower but rather enhances,” Smith says.
She and Algae Cooking Club also tout the oil’s health benefits.
“It contains 75 percent less saturated fat and only a fraction of Omega-6 fats linked to inflammation so it’s not inflammatory like other oils, which for me having an autoimmune disease is so important,” Smith says.
Image Courtesy of Algae Cooking Club
How should you use Nara Smith’s Roasted Garlic Oil?
Algae Cooking Club recommends sautéing and roasting with the infused oil or using it to garnish soups, dips, eggs or pasta dishes.
“It can be used simply as a finishing oil, but it’s complex enough to make an entire dish,” Saidi says. “You could sauté the spinach in the oil, add a touch of salt, and it’s totally transformed. Or you can simply drizzle over toasted sourdough, add salt and you have garlic bread."
Where can you buy Nara Smith’s Roasted Garlic Oil?
The Roasted Garlic Oil is available as a single bottle, in packs of two or four bottles or as part of a giftable bundle. The gift set includes a gold pour spout and comes in an embossed box. You can order the oil now on Algae Cooking Club’s website.
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