What this guide covers: Texas Roadhouse's fryer oil and its Honey Cinnamon Butter, based on Texas Roadhouse's own allergen documentation.
Texas Roadhouse fries its fried items in refined soybean oil. But a hand-cut steak is grilled, the rolls are brushed with a butter-and-palm blend rather than a seed oil, and a plain baked potato and steamed vegetables carry none. A steak dinner here is a clean order if you skip the fried sides.
The cleanest order
Order this
A hand-cut sirloin, ribeye, or grilled chicken, with a plain baked potato or sweet potato and steamed vegetables or green beans. The rolls with Honey Cinnamon Butter are butter and palm oil, not a seed oil.
Skip this
The fried appetizers (Rattlesnake Bites, Cactus Blossom, fried pickles), the fries, the brown gravy, and the ranch and creamy dressings.
Ask for this
Your steak without the seasoned butter finish if you want it fully plain, and vegetables steamed rather than sauteed. The grill itself is the clean surface.
What can't be made clean
The fried appetizers and fries. They go through the soybean oil fryer and there is no alternate preparation.
What oil Texas Roadhouse fries in
Texas Roadhouse uses refined soybean oil for frying most of its fried menu items, including fries and appetizers, per its own allergen documentation. The chain does not use peanut oil as a standard frying oil.
Contains seed oil: per Texas Roadhouse's allergen documentation
Fryer oil: refined soybean oil. Applies to fries and other fried appetizers.
What's in the Honey Cinnamon Butter
The Honey Cinnamon Butter served with Texas Roadhouse's rolls is listed on the chain's own nutrition guide as a "butter blend": butter, palm oil, salt, buttermilk, cinnamon, and honey. Palm oil isn't a seed oil, but it means the spread isn't pure butter either.
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Ancestral Supplements Grass-Fed Tallow
Beef tallow is a traditional animal fat with a high smoke point, historically used in commercial cooking before the widespread adoption of seed oils. For at-home cooking reference.
Frequently asked questions
Does Texas Roadhouse use seed oils?
Yes, in its fryer. Texas Roadhouse fries most of its fried menu items (like fries and appetizers) in refined soybean oil, per its official allergen documentation. Soybean oil is a seed oil.
Is the Honey Cinnamon Butter served with the rolls seed-oil-free?
No. Texas Roadhouse's own allergen guide lists its Honey Cinnamon Butter as a "butter blend" containing butter, palm oil, salt, buttermilk, cinnamon, and honey. Palm oil is not a seed oil, but it means the butter isn't pure dairy butter either.
Does Texas Roadhouse use peanut oil?
No. Texas Roadhouse's own documentation states it does not use peanut oil as a standard frying oil, which is relevant for guests managing a peanut allergy specifically.
Sources
- Tasting Table -- Every Ingredient In Texas Roadhouse's Honey Cinnamon Butter -- Cites Texas Roadhouse's own nutrition guide for the butter blend's ingredients
What to keep at home instead
Texas Roadhouse cooks with a lot of butter, which is fine, but the fried appetizers and ranch are seed oil. Tallow for searing and an avocado-oil ranch cover the gap.
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