Meat cooking

[Vicsetter]

(thinks bubble - Best not let my daughter the chef see this post about washing utensils up .......)

Ideally of course you'd keep a different pan for cooking every different food you cook in a pan. Even for fish you wouldn't cook salmon in the same one as sole. For those of us who don't have eg a dedicated whatever pan - then I personally agree wholeheartedly with washing them!

However when I get stuck on bits on a non-stick pan more than once I'd like to bin it but I think my husband won't be happy until she's scoured all that black stuff off. That's ALL the black stuff I mean - not just the food. Whereas I'd soak em for a bit in a bit of bio laundry powder dissolved in water because it floats off and then wash it in red hot water etc. When it will no longer float off - then bin it. But he can't wait that long before applying the stainless steel scourer! Apparently leaving washing up for more than say 10 minutes is the sign of slovenliness ......

Funny I haven't given anyone food poisoning yet, doncha think?

You need to get a black iron frying pan (ask your daughter if you don't know what one is) and then it can be scoured till the cows come home. If it's treated like a wok then stuff won't stick either. Chuck out your non-stick teflon and that terrible ceramic coating that JML push.

Russell Hobbs do a range of black steel (carbon steel pre-seasoned) Infinity pans with a 30yr guarantee (just saw them reduced in Morrisons). Just like carbon steel woks you are not supposed to wash them, just wipe them out, otherwise you have to re-season them. mazon or te Russell hobbs website.

 

[NoCarb]

Guys, can I just put the steak in a bag or something and cook it like that, so that I won't have to clean up afterwards?

Also, can you suggest me a tongs that will not scratch my pan to buy? online please? I cannot find any! probably searching with the wrong terms.

thanks!

 

[Robin]

Guys, can I just put the steak in a bag or something and cook it like that, so that I won't have to clean up afterwards?

Also, can you suggest me a tongs that will not scratch my pan to buy? online please? I cannot find any! probably searching with the wrong terms.

thanks!

You can get roasting bags ( any supermarket, or Lakeland, or Amazon) for cooking meat in the oven without making a mess, but you can't use them in a frying pan.
Silicone ended tongs wouldn't scratch a non stick pan, Google 'Silicone cooking tongs' for options.
(I'm sensing that your priority is not having to touch or deal with anything messy, either during or after cooking.)

 

[NoCarb]

You can get roasting bags ( any supermarket, or Lakeland, or Amazon) for cooking meat in the oven without making a mess, but you can't use them in a frying pan.
Silicone ended tongs wouldn't scratch a non stick pan, Google 'Silicone cooking tongs' for options.
(I'm sensing that your priority is not having to touch or deal with anything messy, either during or after cooking.)

yes your sense is true lol, but it's not like a phobia, to be honest it's more like the waste of time and boredom of it

 

[john pardo]

I defrost everything before i cook.

 

[DeusXM]

Guys, can I just put the steak in a bag or something and cook it like that, so that I won't have to clean up afterwards?

Also, can you suggest me a tongs that will not scratch my pan to buy? online please? I cannot find any! probably searching with the wrong terms.

thanks!

Not unless you want awful steak. Steak requires direct heat to cook, you can't ovenbake them.

You are going to have to come to terms with the fact that cooking food will require you to wash up afterwards. Cleaning is not a waste of time, it is basic hygiene. It might not be 'fun', but washing a pan takes all of 30 seconds

Probably the best way of cooking steak with the least washing-up is to grill it on a foil-lined tray - the foil should in theory catch any of the cooking remnants and can be disposed of.