This Cuisinart Enamel Pan Is the Perfect Blend of a Skillet and a Dutch Oven—and It's 50% Off Right Now
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It works just as well as more expensive cast iron brands.
AllRecipes / Reese Herrington
If you’re an experienced home cook, or you want to sharpen your skills so that you someday become one, stocking your kitchen with cast iron enamel cookware is a must. However, high-end cookware brands that make cast iron cookware, like Le Creuset, are often an investment, and it’s completely reasonable if you’re just not ready to commit to such a high price tag. But there are still plenty of cast iron enamel cookware options out.
If you’re ready to learn how to cook with cast iron enamel, this affordable Cuisinart pan is just the ticket. Not only is it impressively durable, but it’s also versatile enough to handle a wide range of weeknight dinners, and right now you grab it for 50 percent off at Amazon.
Cuisinart 12-Inch Chicken Fryer
Amazon
Buy it: $50 (was $99); Amazon
The Cuisinart chicken fryer is like a cast iron skillet, only deeper. It has a 5.5-quart capacity, which can feed up to six people, and it measures 19.96 by 13.86 by 7.32-inches. The size makes it handy for family-sized one-pot meals—convenient for cutting down on dirty dishes, plus it doubles as an attractive serving dish that you can take straight from the stove to the dinner table.
Cast iron enamel is considered one of the essential types of cookware for good reason. For one, it’s incredibly easy to maintain. This Cuisinart cast iron enamel pan doesn’t require constant re-seasoning like raw cast iron, and it can be wiped clean with soap and warm water. Enamel cast iron is also rust-proof, and the heavy duty construction makes it durable and long-lasting—it’s difficult to chip or otherwise damage.
This Cuisinart pan is called a chicken fryer because the depth and high sides make it handy for deep frying chicken, but the pan is actually capable of so much more. Those same features are handy for simmering and stirring pasta sauces, and because it comes with a lid which locks in moisture, it can also be used to braise short ribs. You could even sear chicken breasts on the stove, then pop the pan straight into the oven to finish them. But no matter what you use it for, enamel cast iron boasts even heat distribution, which means all your food will be cooked uniformly.
Amazon shoppers are pleasantly surprised by how well this affordable pan performs, giving it more than 1,100 five-star ratings. One shopper even wrote that it works “just as good if not better” than their Le Creuset cookware.
Another shopper who uses it to cook fish, pork chops, and steaks was impressed by how easy it is to use, writing that the pan “performs flawlessly every time, the heat distribution was easy to control and the foods were cooked better than in other pans due to the ease of maintaining proper temperature.”
This Cuisinart pan can do so much and last for so many years, that at just $50 it will easily prove its worth in your kitchen after only a couple weeks. Just be sure to grab yours now, because a deal like this won’t be around for long.
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