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BACKGROUND In worldwide, fried food has huge demand and good development prospects. Low oil in foods is the standard that everyone is now pursuing a healthy diet. RESULTS The oil absorption behavior of rice starch during frying was investigated in the presence or absence of fatty acids or fatty acid esters with different carbon chain length. The starch-lipids complex was formed between fatty acids or fatty acid esters and starch with dependent on their chain length, which was confirmed by X-ray diffraction and complexing index. The formation of starch-lipid complexes could significantly reduce the oil absorption of starch, and the complexes with higher complexing index had lower oil absorption. The starch-palmitic acid complex showed the lowest oil absorption after frying, which was 14.06 g/100 g lower than that of gelatinized starch. This was attributed to the ability of the palmitic acid to increase the density of starch crystalline polymorphs as well as their ability to complex with the amylose spiral cavity. CONCLUSION These results maybe useful for development of healthier fried starch-based foods with reduced-oil contents. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.