How to Cook on a Flat Top Grill
Cook like a restaurant at home with a flat top grill. This grill provides a large, flat cooking surface which will accommodate pots and pans like a traditional stove or where you can grill foods directly on the surface like a griddle. This flexibility means you will likely use the grill on a daily basis to cook everything from eggs and pancakes for breakfast to steak and vegetables for dinner. If you know how to cook on a griddle or stove, you can use a flat top grill. Use favorite griddle and grill recipes on your flat top grill to expand your culinary horizons. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Flat top grill
- Cooking oil (olive oil, vegetable oil, peanut oil, etc.)
- Paper towels
- Pots and pans
- Food for cooking
- Flat top grill cover
Instructions
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Rub 1/4 cup cooking oil over the surface of the cold grill with paper towels to create a non-stick surface and season your flat top grill before your first use. Heat the grill on medium-high for 10 to 15 minutes to bake the oil into the surface. Reduce heat to low to apply a second layer of oil, and increase the temperature to medium-high for another 15 minutes. Turn the grill off and let it cool before wiping a final thin layer of oil over the surface with dry paper towels.
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When ready to cook, preheat your seasoned grill to medium-high for 10 to 15 minutes, or place a pot on the grill to preheat the metal if you intend to saute or heat liquids.
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Add the food directly to the hot cooking surface since the hot grill prevents sticking. Alternatively, pour 2 tbsp. of oil into your cooking pan for sauteing foods in the pan.
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Retain a medium-high cooking level to sear, saute or stir-fry foods.
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Decrease the temperature to medium or medium-low and cover the food with a grill cover (or the pot lid, if using a cooking pot) until the food has cooked all the way through.
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