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In this healthy casserole—sometimes called tamale pie—the cornbread gets crusty at the edges, thanks to a cast-iron skillet. For the best texture, use yellow cornmeal with a medium grind ...
A cast-iron pan can be your best friend in the kitchen—as long as you know how to season it! Follow these six easy steps to season a cast iron pan.
Cast-Iron Roast Chicken With Crispy Potatoes. One of the best reasons to roast a chicken in a cast-iron skillet is how caramelized and delicious the vegetables get in the same pan.
Seasoning is the process of coating the surface of cookware with fat which is heated in order to produce a corrosion resistant layer of polymerized fat. [1] [2] It is required for raw cast-iron cookware [3] and carbon steel, which otherwise rust rapidly in use, but is also used for many other types of cookware.
An American cast-iron Dutch oven, 1896. In Asia, particularly China, India, Korea and Japan, there is a long history of cooking with cast-iron vessels. The first mention of a cast-iron kettle in English appeared in 679 or 680, though this wasn't the first use of metal vessels for cooking. The term pot came into use in 1180.
Before the introduction of the kitchen stove in the mid-19th century, a commonly used cast-iron cooking pan called a 'spider' had a handle and three legs used to stand up in the coals and ashes of the fire. Cooking pots and pans with legless, flat bottoms were designed when cooking stoves became popular; this period of the late 19th century saw ...
Think of this creamy skillet casserole as a one-pan taco. The corn tortillas crisp up under the broiler, adding crunch to go with the creamy filling.
Iron absorption: According to food science consultant and author Bryan Quoc Le, most foods can benefit from being cooked in cast iron, since small amounts of iron are absorbed during cooking ...