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Not Running => Food => Topic started by: redkitty on May 20, 2020, 03:19:55 PM
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I got two today. They are pre-seasoned. They are pampered chef. Outside of putzing around in my grandma's kitchen, which she used her cast iron for essentially everything, I have not really used a cast iron skillet. So what should my first meal be? (I already have ideas, FTR.) I have a 12 inch and a 10 inch. Also, to clean, I only use water right? (I will also google how to take care of them again.)
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Bacon!!!
Even though they came seasoned, you’re gonna want to keep seasoning for a bit. Don’t try eggs for a while.
There’s a long cast iron thread somewhere, I’ll search for it next time I’m on my laptop.
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Ha! I was going to say fried eggs! But I use very hot olive oil and fry them quickly at high temps—you definitely don’t want yolks on them.
Bacon sounds better though...
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Bacon!!!
Even though they came seasoned, you’re gonna want to keep seasoning for a bit. Don’t try eggs for a while.
There’s a long cast iron thread somewhere, I’ll search for it next time I’m on my laptop.
I'll make eggs tomorrow....no just kidding.
We made all of our bacon in the oven this morning (before they arrived.) I actually made a pizza. It was good.
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https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/crispy-cheesy-pan-pizza-recipe
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That pizza looks delicious.
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I’m totally making that KAF recipe. Yum!
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Recently I've used mine for a dutch baby, to make frybread for navajo tacos, for pita style flat breads, to fry schnitzle, & to sear porkchops.
https://altonbrown.com/dutch-baby-pancake-recipe/
https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/03/perfect-pan-seared-pork-chop-recipe.html
https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/soft-wrap-bread-recipe
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Bacon!!!
Even though they came seasoned, you’re gonna want to keep seasoning for a bit. Don’t try eggs for a while.
There’s a long cast iron thread somewhere, I’ll search for it next time I’m on my laptop.
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so, also: duck breast, skin-on chicken, skin-on salmon, sausage
and pour off duck fat and bacon fat to use for roasted potatoes or other veg (use your skillet as the roasting pan)... and just FYI both fats are good for popping corn too, just not in a skillet :p
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That pizza looks delicious.
My bf loved it and I made myself the gf version they have linked there.
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and, grease the skillet well with butter and use it to bake cornbread
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Fry some potatoes, onions and peppers.
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I forgot to buy bacon while out today. Shoot. today's experiment will be a deep dish cookie. Then served warm with ice cream. I am still trying to figure out how to get it out of the pan. The recipe suggests eating it out of the pan, but i don't trust any of us to not burn ourselves on it.
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It occurred to me after I cooked sausage for our lasagna that I should have used one of my skillets. Sigh. I’ll eventually remember I have them.
Here’s the cookie.
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The cookie wasn't that good. I used the Toll House recipe. The cookie just didn't bake properly. If I do it again, i will use the 12 inch pan and a different recipe.
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I made focaccia in mine the other day. V yummy!
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I'm gonna pull mine out to make a dutch baby in the morning
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We finally made bacon in one of the skillets. My DH made it both times and he prefers the cast iron over our other methods (regular pan or oven.) I also made pork chops in it the other day. It was ok. I browned them first (breaded) and then put in the oven to finish cooking. I think I left them in too long.
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Alton Brown's method of cooking a rib-eye in a cast-iron skillet is soooooo good. Grilling with some wood has its place, but you got to try it!
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/pan-seared-rib-eye-recipe-2131274
There are a lot of myths associated with cast-iron cooking and care. I probably have most of the different sized skillets and some of them are 70+ yrs old, and some are 10 yrs old. The new stuff can have really rough interior surfaces. I sanded mine and it made a huge difference. They're almost as slick as the old ones
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Alton Brown's method of cooking a rib-eye in a cast-iron skillet is soooooo good. Grilling with some wood has its place, but you got to try it!
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/pan-seared-rib-eye-recipe-2131274
There are a lot of myths associated with cast-iron cooking and care. I probably have most of the different sized skillets and some of them are 70+ yrs old, and some are 10 yrs old. The new stuff can have really rough interior surfaces. I sanded mine and it made a huge difference. They're almost as slick as the old ones
That looks amazing.
I love my cast iron skillets. They pretty much never leave the stove top because they get used so frequently. They’re heavy though! Aside from the weight, the only other time I don’t use them is if I’m searing meat and making a sauce afterwards, which ends up being maybe 70% of the time. I like to be able to see the sauce developing, which is hard on a black surface.
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I have used the skillets quite a bit. We have made bacon a lot of times in teh skillet. DH actually prefers it that way now (he over crisps it IMO...but that has to do with him, not the skillet.) I recently found a recipe about roasted beans in the oven, but have decided I think I would rather "saute" them in the skillet (I kind of did it on accident already when filling from my quesadilla fell out...quesadillas in a skillet is delicious.)