Iron pot and non-stick pan is just the opposite of the non-stick pan, the more you use the worse, iron pot is the more you use the better, the more you use the more light, in the hotel cooking all year round, the hotel, if the business is not down, the store that has been hammered and refined iron pot is a treasure that must be taken away, the pot surface is as smooth as a mirror, the physical non-stick, shovels and iron strainers casually, I do not know how many times better than the non-stick pot it.
A new iron pot just bought back, in fact, is the most difficult to use, sticky pan is a very common thing, no oil scrambled eggs that kind of thing, will only appear close to a thousand dollars on the high-grade iron pot, and is mostly has been opened after the sale of the pot. The general family to buy iron pot especially cast iron pot, the initial pot is very important, must do a good job of conservation and open pot processing, so that the pot is the more you use the more smooth, the new pot to the hand don't be in a hurry to use directly, teach you a few steps to learn to open the pot, the more you use the more non-stick, the life is also long.
Iron pot pot
Tools used: 800 mesh sandpaper, pigskin
Step one: new iron pot bought back, there are a lot of tiny burrs and oxides, which not only lead to sticking to the pot, but also unhealthy, with coarse sandpaper, back and forth will be inside the pot fine sanding again.
Sanding process will fall down a lot of black iron chips, these are iron oxides and debris, it is easy to wash clean, do not worry.
Step 2: After polishing, put the pot under the faucet to rinse, don't use any detergent or anything like that, use a clean brush to scrub and rinse.
Step 3: Place the iron pot on an open fire, grill the pot over high heat, grill every part of the pot, close to the state of burning red, be careful not to burn your hands.
Step 4: Let the pan cool a little, turn down the heat and start to open the pan. It's best to use lard to open the pan. Animal oil has large molecules and opens the pan more smoothly, and it's easier to use pork rinds, which you can slide back and forth with your hand pressed against them, so that every corner of the pan is coated with grease.
Step 5: Then go ahead and brush the pan, again without using a cleaner or anything like that, and rinse with running water. Put it back on the heat to dry and continue to open the pan with the pork rinds, and repeat when you're done.
Step 6: After 3 times after the opening of the pot, the pot can basically be used normally, the pot of grease do not wash off placed overnight. Daily use, iron pot try not to use to cook noodles, porridge and so on, there is moisture to bake dry in time, otherwise it will soon rust.
--Old Wells said--
The iron pot should be used with a spatula (stainless steel), iron spoon, so that the more you use the more light, wooden spatula and silicone spatula can not play the role of conservation pot, the pot must not be left in the water overnight!