Cooking With A Stainless Steel Fry Pan

Have you ever tried a Stainless Steel Fry Pan for cooking. I don't mean the non stick pans, I mean all stainless steel. I would not recommend cooking eggs in one because it will stick but I do highly recommend cooking chicken and other food in one. I use my 10' Stainless Steel Fry Pan quite often. I braise the chicken and then pop it in the oven.
Here is a recipe:
Cajun Chicken With Wine Sauce - For One Person
1 Chicken Breast -- Bone In Skin On
1 teaspoon Cajun Spice -- or whatever spice you like
1/2 teaspoon Olive Oil
1/2 teaspoon Butter
pinch Salt
pinch Black Pepper -- Grind
1/8 cup White Wine
1 tablespoon Butter (Optional)

Oven at 350F

1. Make a mixture of cajun spice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Rub all over chicken breast.
2. Heat frying pan on medium high (never on high) with the olive oil and butter. Put breast side down and cook for 3 minutes. Do not move the chicken breast as this is making the skin crispy.
3. Flip chicken and put the stainless steel open fry pan in the oven.
4. Bake until chicken reaches 155F. About 30 minutes for plump ones.
5. Take out of oven, tent the chicken in foil and let rest for 5 minutes.
6. Put the fry pan back on the stovetop and add the white wine.  Deglaze.
7. Reduce to thicken 5 minutes or more on medium high heat then add 1 tb of butter.
8. Serve chicken with a few drizzles of sauce.
Deglaze means to get all that brown stuff off the bottom of the pan and mix with the wine.


After your Stainless Steel Fry Pan cools off let it soak for a few minutes in warm soapy water for an easy cleanup. Simple recipe but so good!

Italian Sausage, Prawns and Feta Pasta

For 4 servings - Takes approximately 20  minutes
4 Italian Sausages
12 - 16 prawns shell removed (optional)
3 Red Bell Pepper sliced
1/4 teaspoon dried Thyme
2 - 3 Garlic cloves chopped
1 teaspoon dried red chilli flakes
1 Tablespoon olive oil
3/4 cup of feta cheese, crumbled
1/4 cup fresh basil chopped
3/4 cup Greek Olives pitted. (optional)
2 - 3 cups of dry rotini or other kind of pasta


1. Cook pasta in your stainless steel stock pot as directed on package.
2. Meanwhile, remove casing from sausages and break into 1/2 to 1 inch pieces. Cook in your 10 - 12" stainless steel or cast iron skillet until lightly brown.
3. Add prawns. Cook only for a few minutes until they are slightly opaque.
4. Remove from heat and add thyme, garlic and red chili flakes.
5. Drain noodles and toss with olive oil in a large bowl. Add sausage and prawn mixture, feta and basil. Serve immediately.

Cast Iron Cookware is Gaining Popularity

Home cooked meals are always the very best. These days it seems like less and less people have the time and energy to provide nutritious meals straight from the kitchen for the family. Instead a quick stop at MacDonalds for some burgers, or KFC for a bucket of chicken has become the more popular choice. Though they are quick and convenient these definitely are not the best choices when it comes to the health of your family. Nothing helps growing minds and bodies like mom's home cooking.

Being too tired to cook dinner after a long day may not be the only thing stopping you from pulling out the pots and pans. Just the thought of having to scrub those dishes after dinner is enough to deter most people from the process of cooking dinner. What most people don't realize is that the problem may not be the cooking but the cookware they are using. Cookware has evolved, but using the classic cookware is the best way to make the whole family dinner experience faster, easier and more convenient. Cast iron cookware is back and gaining more and more popularity every day, with its natural non stick qualities it is opening doors into the quick and easy dinners at home with an even easier clean-up.

Cast iron cookware has been around since our grandparents learned to cook. It is the number one choice in cookware and can last a lifetime. Made of molten iron cast iron cookware is versatile, durable and easy to clean. It is capable of withstanding high temperatures and retaining that heat to thoroughly cook your foods and keep dinner warm while you are setting the table. This is why cast iron is used in the very best of restaurants and is favored by the professionals. It keeps the food warm long enough for the chef to prepare the rest of your meal.

If you are planning on purchasing some cast iron cookware be sure to do your research first. Make sure you do not confuse the cast iron cookware with its competitor cast aluminum cookware. Cast aluminum cookware is also a popular alternative but it comes with health risks. Aluminum has been linked to Alzheimer's disease and can pose a high risk to the human nervous system. Cast aluminum cookware looks very similar to it's cast iron competitor but is much lighter in color. I would suggest you go for the enamel cast iron cookware, as it poses no risk to your health and is equally as efficient to use in the kitchen.

So cook like the professionals and bring the restaurant home to your own kitchen. Forget that bucket of chicken and start discovering the joy of preparing a healthy, nutritious, home cooked meal for your family.  You will receive instructions from Pots.Pans 'n Such with your purchase of this easy, cleanup cookware.