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Anon recommends a cast iron pan (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yep, the old hot pan cold oil technique you use with a traditional woks works well with cast iron, carbon steel, and stainless steel.

You basically get the pan as hot as you can, coat with enough to cover the pan with a thin layer of oil, and heat until smoking. Dump out your hot oil and add your cold oil and then your ingredients. If you get good at hot pan cold oil you can make just about anything nonstick.

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've always just used the bead test where you drop a drop of water in a dry pan and if it beads up and rolls around, instead of just sizzles, then the pan is hot enough to add oil (although this also works if it's too hot, but I have a good sense of how long it takes to get to this temp, so I'm usually testing just before and just after it hits this temp). Then when the oil is shimmering, this is the time to add food.