How to properly clean a cast iron frying pan after use to maintain its non-stick properties

Meat dishes are best cooked in a cast iron frying pan without a non-stick coating. However, many people refuse it because it is difficult to wash. Let's look at how to properly care for a cast iron frying pan so that you don't have to scrub it for hours afterwards.

What you will need:

• Napkins;
• wooden spatula;
• salt;
• metal scraper;
• vegetable oil.

The process of cleaning a cast iron frying pan

A cast iron pan should be cleaned immediately after cooking while it is still hot.

Drain the remaining fat from it and wipe with a napkin.

If there is carbon left on the bottom, put it back on the heat and pour in a little hot water to cover it. Then, while the water is brought to a boil, you need to scrape off the carbon deposits with a wooden spatula. In such conditions it goes away very quickly.

Then the dirty water with carbon deposits is drained. A spoonful of salt is poured into the frying pan and some water is added.

It is then washed with a soft metal scraper.That, combined with salt, will remove the smallest residues of soot that the spatula did not remove. This cleaning step takes 10-30 seconds. You won't have to scrape anything for a long time.

The pan is rinsed and wiped dry.

Then it is put back on the fire and dried. After this, wipe the hot frying pan with a cloth soaked in vegetable oil.

This cleaning consists of several steps, but most of them are completed in seconds. In most cases, service takes no more than 2 minutes.

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