How do you choose the right pan?
Comparison cooking techniques
| Type of pan | Preparations | |
|---|---|---|
| Bake | Frying pan | Potatoes, meat, and fish |
| Cook | Cooking pot | Pasta, rice, and vegetables |
| Roast | Frying pan | Stews, meatloaf, and chicken legs |
| Grill | Grill pan | Meat and fis |
| Stir fry | Wok | Meat and vegetables |
| Steam | Steam Cooker | Meat, fish, potatoes, and vegetables |
| Stew | Frying pan | Stewed pears, sukade steak, hachee |
Bake: prepare food quickly
Pan-frying is the best known and simplest cooking technique. For this, you use a frying pan and put a little oil or butter in it. After that, you can fry a piece of meat or fish crispy and brown. But you can also pan-fry other ingredients such as potatoes, vegetables, or eggs.
Cook: prepare ingredients in boiling water
With this cooking technique, your prepare ingredients in boiling water. You bring water to a boil in a cooking pot and add potatoes, rice, pasta, or vegetables. If you place the lid on the pot, the moisture stays inside of the pot. You also use less energy if you cook with a lid.
Roast: sear and slow cook
When you roast fish, meat, or poultry, use a Dutch oven or a roasting pan. You can roast both on the cooktop and in the oven. You can use little oil or fat, because you first sear the ingredients and then heat them for a long time on low heat until they're cooked. You can roast a stew, meatloaf, or chicken legs, for example.
Grill: characteristic grill marks
When you grill food, you retain juices and vitamins well. You sear meat, vegetables, and fish first, so the food stays moist. This often gives you a rich and typical taste. For grilling, you mainly use a grill pan. But you can also grill on the barbecue or in the oven.
Stir-fry: stir-fry at a high temperature
If you want to put a healthy meal on the table quickly, stir-frying is very suitable. With this technique, you cook ingredients fast at a high temperature. This way, vitamins and flavor are retained and you don't need to add much oil. Preparing food in a wok is also called stir-frying. This is because you stir all the ingredients in a single pan to prepare a meal in one go. You stir-fry in a wok. In these deep pans with slanting high edges, you can easily mix everything together.
Steam: cook in steaming water
Preparing food with steam is very healthy. Vitamins and flavors are retained optimally, because you don't add water or oil. And the structure of the ingredients isn't affected like with cooking of baking. You can steam in a cooking pot with a steam insert or in the oven. There are also special steam pans or electric steamers.
Stew: slow cooking
You can stew fish, meat, or vegetables in a small layer of moist, at a low temperaturea and with the lid on the pan. Stewed pears, boeuf bourguignon, or a chuck of brisket, for example. You use a Dutch oven for this, which you can put on the stove or in the oven.
