How to Restore, Season and Clean a Cast Iron Skillet

Have an old rusty cast iron skillet? No need to throw it away because it’s incredibly easy to restore and season back to its glory days. Once it’s good to go it’s even easier to keep clean after using.

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How to do it:

• 1 cast iron skillet
• 1 brillo pad
• 4 tablespoons oil
• nonabrasive scour pad with 2 tablespoons of salt or soft bristle cleaning brush

Procedures:

1. To Restore: Scrub under hot water using a brillo pad on all sides to remove all rust spots.
2. Dry thoroughly using a kitchen towel or on a stovetop burner on high heat.
3. To Season: Generously rub 3 tablespoons of oil into both sides of the pan using a paper towel.
4. Next, use a separate paper towel to remove any excess left on oil.
5. Place upside down in the middle of your oven rack at 500° for 1 hour. Store or use.
6. To Maintain: Scrub with hot water using a nonabrasive scour pad with 2 tablespoons of salt or a soft bristle cleaning brush to remove all unwanted stuck on food particles.
7. Dry thoroughly using a kitchen towel or on a stovetop burner on high heat.
8. Add 1 tablespoon of oil and rub into the pan on both sides.
9. Place in the oven on the middle rack at 500° or over a burner on high heat until it reaches the oil smoking point. You do this so the oil does not spoil.
10. Cool and store.