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Cooking With Cast Iron
One of the easiest ways to maintain the seasoning on your cast iron
is to cook with it regularly! Using your pan to saute, fry, or sear is a
great way to continually add to your seasoning. But before you start
cooking, there are few things you want to know about first.
Preheat
Cast iron takes longer to heat up than other types of cookware. So
before you start cooking, it’s a good idea to preheat your pan for a
little bit. Additionally, preheating your pan will help prevent food
from sticking to it while you cook.
Use Cooking Oil
Using a little cooking oil never hurts when sauteeing. Depending on
what we’re cooking, we usually add a little bit of oil into the pan,
particularly for dishes like eggs.
Avoid super acidic foods
While it’s fine to cook a quick tomato sauce or occasionally deglaze
with some white wine, you’ll want to avoid cooking really acidic
foods for an extended period of time. Over time those acids will start
to break down the pan’s seasoning.
Metal utensils are fine
Unless you are really gouging at it, metal utensils will not damage
the seasoning of your cast iron if you have a good layer.
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THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN
COOKING WITH
Cast-Iron pans
• Make sure you never leave water
on the skillet
• Make sure layers of oil are thin
as possible and heated past the
oil's smoke point to bond with
the skillet
• Always preheat the skillet
• Only use steel wool when bringing
the skillet down to its base layer