Thread 76313874

To cook chicken breast you have to use the cast iron pot...and a lid.

NOT the oven, not a non stick pan.

>>76313874 (OP)
I want to throw away all our Teflon pans

Cast iron is pretty overrated. Stainless steel is easier to maintain and generally more cost effective.

>>76313874 (OP)
>>76313887
>>76313891
How your can cook chicken breast with olive oil on a stainless steel pan? I use non stick pans and I want to throw away the PFA poison but they are convenient and help me cook low on fat and oil.

>>76313896
You need to let the pan get up to the right temperature to prevent the chicken from sticking. If you splash water on the pan, it should bead up and slide along the surface of the pan. That's when you add oil and the meat to the pan and turn the heat down a little. Anything lower than that water beading temperature and you'll wind up with sticky shit.

>>76313874 (OP)
This is a great way to over cook the outside whilst under cooking the inside
Try slicing it in half horizontally next time
If you insist on only cooking chicken breast in a pan, it should be no thicker than half an inch

>>76313896
You can't, olive oil will smoke. PFA isn't used anymore.

>>76313891
>Cast iron is pretty overrated.
No it’s not.
Nothing cooks better.
Plus, if you learn how to maintain it, you should have it for life.
I will literally DIE with my cast iron skillet.

Ever heard of an oven?

>>76313874 (OP)
Why not cut the breasts into smaller pieces to cook them more efficiently ?

>>76313874 (OP)
Brother, just cook each side on high heat for 2-3 minutes for a sear and then finish it in the oven. Cooking big pieces of meat like this (that aren't a piece of fish), is a recipe for some chewy and tough ass food

>>76313952
Is it where you put the jews?

>>76313906
>>76313896
This guy actually knows how to cook. You need to pre heat the pan before adding oil. Then let the oil heat up before adding food. Then you can cook anything, even eggs, without sticking.

The first thing I do, even before opening the fridge, is to put the stove on medium and get the pan pre heating. I want it in fir at least 10 minutes, ideally more if you have an electric stove.

>>76313978
Cuz I have a life and I'm not spending a bunch of time cooking. You just take the chicken breast out the package and do what works.

>>76313952
Dry

>>76313874 (OP)
>chicken breasts
Opinion immediately discarded.
Choosing breasts over thighs is one of the telltale signs of a cooklet. Thighs are naturally more tender, have more flavor, and you can save the bones for making stock. Rendering the fat over low heat and then finishing it in the oven is the best way to cook chicken, hands down.

>>76313934
>Nothing cooks better.
It's a pan. It has no more utility than any other pan, it just has a particular feature and much like any carnivore or vegan retard that swears by their diet, cast iron fags swear by a piece of metal.
I have cast iron myself. I've stripped and reseasoned old cast iron myself and find them to be useful tools. But for every day cooking, the maintenance is pretty tedious imo, and stainless steel has far less frills. Steel won't rust, you can use metal utensils on it, there's no special cleaning involved unless you're trying to maintain a nearly spotless pan, and again, generally cheaper to obtain.
There's a reason why most restaurants stick with steel

>>76313874 (OP)
>To cook chicken breast you have to use the cast iron pot...and a lid.
Yes, but the ones you've made don't look very good.

>>76314034
>Rendering the fat over low heat and then finishing it in the oven is the best way to cook chicken, hands down.
Get a job

>>76313874 (OP)
Personally I steam it

>>76313906
>pre-heat steel pan till water beards then it won't stick
Never worked for me unless I added a literal pool of oil to keep it from sticking.

>>76313874 (OP)
0/10 no seasoning

>>76313934
it doesn't work any better than stainless and it requires a lot more maintenance

>>76313934
You will literally die because of the iron pan. Iron from the pan gets in your food and causes haemochromatosis, literally shortening your life.

>>76314006
>The first thing I do, even before opening the fridge, is to put the stove on medium and get the pan pre heating. I want it in fir at least 10 minutes, ideally more if you have an electric stove.

Even with electric, 5 minutes is fine IME

>>76314226
I don't even oil my cast iron and it's fine. You cook with oil it will get "seasoned" just fine.

I don't like stainless because you can see the scratches you can see the imperfections in what used to be a pretty pan. Cast iron being black can take an infinite amount of abuse and look pretty much perfect enough.

I got sick and tired of my stainless steel pans deforming because of the Heat and cast iron is thick enough you don't end up cooking on a pan that only has one spot in the center actually touching the cooking surface and the edges lifted. Anyone who's cooked for the same pan for years and knows what I'm talking about

>>76314257
Cast iron will rust if you soak it for too long. It will definitely rust and lose the entire seasoning if you put it in the dishwasher. When food doesn't stick it is easy to clean, but if you are cooking anything more complicated than an egg or a steak, food will stick and you will have to be very careful when cleaning it to not destroy the seasoning. When food sticks, it sticks harder than it sticks to stainless, because without the seasoning layer, the raw steel is much more reactive than stainless. There is no question that they require a lot more care than stainless pans.

They are not cheap, but you can buy stainless pans that are as heavy as any cast iron pan, and will actually hold and spread heat better since a significant part of the mass is from aluminum. Demeyere 7-ply pans for example.

>>76314223
White people don't season. Our meat is not rotten nor disease-ridden, we don't need to hide the taste of rot.

>>76314291
>you only use seasoning if your food is rotten and disease ridden
put a bullet in your fucking brain you mouth breathing fucking retard

>>76313896
You use clarified butter like a normal person.
Imagine using olive oil for frying anything, its for salads and dipping.

>>76314067
>for every day cooking, the maintenance is pretty tedious imo
What maintenance??? You season it for a reason.

>>76313874 (OP)
I use an air fryer and cover it in an extreme amount of seasoning which acts as a barrier for the outer layer. It comes out great assuming you cook it for the right amount of time. That's the hard part... cook it a couple minutes too long and it's noticeably worse.

>>76314348
I also tried poaching for the first time recently. That's now my preferred method for chicken that will be used as ingredient in something else and doesn't need its own seasoning (other than salt).

or just buy thighs and then it doesn't matter what you do because it will come out juicy

>>76314360
I eat thighs 90% of the time but about 10% of the time I'd rather have breast, particularly with fajitas and most times the chicken will be combined with another high fat ingredient.

>>76313952
Why do they call it an oven when you of in the cold food of out hot eat the food

>>76314360
>>76314367
I just know you guys are fat

I put a raw chickenbreast in the air frier
No oil, no salt, no seasoning
Then I just eat it when its springy enough that you know its not raw inside
Its delicious

>>76314367
Yeah breasts are fine if you do it with some fat so you dont choke to death from it. I do like butterflying a breast and making a cordon bleu

>>76314421
>white people

>>76314248
>Cast iron gives you a genetic disorder
Retard.

>>76313891
can you cook stainless steel on a green egg or joe? NO. cast irons better. you can smoke it.

>>76314315
NIGGER

>>76313874 (OP)
yep, just did that today with drumsticks

>>76313874 (OP)
Cast iron is absolutely amazing and second only to one of those egg style charcoal grills. Take care of it, and it will literally last longer than your bloodline.

>>76314429
>massa
FTFY

>>76314248
That's copper pans, you retard.

>>76315577
or just leave it outside in the rain and let it rust.
you can't break it. it's cast iron. just reseason it.

>>76313874 (OP)
>not a non stick pan.
cast iron is nonstick.