How to handle a new iron pan before use?

After buying a new iron pan, you need to do some processing on it so that it will be smoother to use. A new pot is usually used to cook rice porridge first. This can prevent the pot surface from turning black when cooking. Then, after heating the pot, apply cooking oil evenly on it. This can clean the outside of the pot and prevent the iron pot from rusting.

How to handle a new iron pot before use: Method 1 : If you use a newly bought steel pot to cook rice porridge first, you can prevent the inside of the pot from turning black.

Method 2: How to handle a new iron pan before use : Before using a new iron pan, heat the pan first, then pour some cooking oil on it, spread it evenly, leave it for a day, then clean it and it can be used. The function is to remove the strange smell of the iron pan and ensure that the iron pan will not rust in the future.

Method 3: How to handle a new iron pan before use : First, buy a large piece of fatty pork with skin (any part will do, but it must be fat), heat the iron pan, and then put the fat into the pan. Keep the heat low and keep basting the pan with fat. Until the fat turns black. Then wash the pot. This traditional method is called "out of the pot".

Method 4: How to handle a new iron pan before use : The traditional Chinese practice before using a new iron pan is to add salt to the pan, fry the salt until it turns yellow, then add water and oil to the pan and bring to a boil. The main function of this is to remove the strange smell of the iron pan and make it less likely for the iron pan to rust in the future.

Method 5: How to treat a new iron pan before use : To prevent rust inside a new pan, you can use yellow sand or coal ash plus a grass ball and water to rub it to remove the grayish-white substance on the surface of the pan. Then heat the pan, put in cooking oil and heat it until the oil smokes, then rub the surface of the pan with the oil, and wash it with clean water after turning off the heat.

1. Heat the pot on the stove over low heat, take a piece of fatty skin, and rub it back and forth in the pot with chopsticks. Make sure the pork skin rubs every inch of the inner wall of the pot. The whole process should take about 10 minutes. The purpose of this process is to lubricate the pot and allow some grease to penetrate into the pot body, making it less likely to rust.

2. Wipe the pot dry with a soft cloth, take a piece of ginger or use ginger slices to carefully rub the pot back and forth. At this time, the bottom of the pot is still heated over low heat, so be careful not to burn your hands. This process takes about 3 to 5 minutes. The purpose of this process is to remove the odor from the pot.

3. After completing step 2, turn off the heat, wait for the pot to cool naturally, and then rinse it with detergent. Then let it dry and you can use it with confidence.