What's the best pan for sunny side up eggs ?

[ManueB]

One of these. It's not too heavy. If one does burn something in the pan a soak and a scrape with a wooden spatula deals with most things. No coating and that means it won't wear off. The longer one keeps the pan, the better they seem to get.
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Do you have a reference of the one you have, or something similar ? I can't seem to find the same online and I'm not sure what it's made of.
Looks a bit similar to the very old pans we had here, cast aluminium, but they are now really too burnt for use.

 

[ilovemybabychickies]

I like skillets!

 

[ilovemybabychickies]

One of these. It's not too heavy. If one does burn something in the pan a soak and a scrape with a wooden spatula deals with most things. No coating and that means it won't wear off. The longer one keeps the pan, the better they seem to get.
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It's so cute and tiny! lol

 

[Shadrach]

Do you have a reference of the one you have, or something similar ? I can't seem to find the same online and I'm not sure what it's made of.
Looks a bit similar to the very old pans we had here, cast aluminium, but they are now really too burnt for use.

I have a couple of other cast iron frying pans. For a cast iron pan, small or not, the price is cheap and I wasn't expecting much. I bought the one in the link a few months ago and it's been just as good as the more expensive cast iron cookware I have.
I've burnt it badly once and it cleaned up okay.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00063RWT8?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

 

[Rick589]

I’m a bit late to the party, but I agree with some of the other posters. Nothing beats a well seasoned cast iron skillet for eggs, or anything else for that matter. I have quite a few, many of which are from my grandmother who used them for decades before I received them. They are so well used and seasoned that they’re nearly non-stick.

 

[ManueB]

I didn't follow up after having had a lot of helpful answers...I ended up buying this, (not wanting to buy a foreign brand when we had good french skillets reasonably priced).

I'm very happy with it for frying eggs !

BUT.. doing all the reading on skillets, I discovered you're not supposed to use cast iron or carbon iron for acidic food !? One of the thing I always do in summer is to slice two or three tomatoes from the garden, fry them, and add an egg on top to fry. So I guess I will need to buy an other one to do that.
And how about frying zucchinies ?

While I don't want to use the teflon pans anymore, it's a bit of a bummer to have to buy different pans to cook different stuff that I used to do in the same one .

 

[BigBlueHen53]

with soap?

It's perfectly fine to wash a cast iron skillet with soap if it needs it. I use Dawn dish soap. But first, I usually deglaze the pan with hot water on the stove top and scrape with a wooden spatula, and use those drippings to make gravy. Then rinse the pan with hot water. Scouring, if needed, when the pan is cool, can be done with paper towel and kosher salt. But if a little soap and water is needed, no harm done. Just heat the pan afterward either on the stove top or in the oven to thoroughly dry it. The best way I know to re-season my pan is to make a batch of corn bread. I put 1/8 c Crisco shortening in the bottom of the pan and put it in the oven while the oven is pre-heating. When hot, pour the batter in and bake. Bingo, cornbread for dinner and seasoned pan.

 

[Rick589]

It's perfectly fine to wash a cast iron skillet with soap if it needs it. I use Dawn dish soap. But first, I usually deglaze the pan with hot water on the stove top and scrape with a wooden spatula, and use those drippings to make gravy. Then rinse the pan with hot water. Scouring, if needed, when the pan is cool, can be done with paper towel and kosher salt. But if a little soap and water is needed, no harm done. Just heat the pan afterward either on the stove top or in the oven to thoroughly dry it. The best way I know to re-season my pan is to make a batch of corn bread. I put 1/8 c Crisco shortening in the bottom of the pan and put it in the oven while the oven is pre-heating. When hot, pour the batter in and bake. Bingo, cornbread for dinner and seasoned pan.

I’ve seen other people use soap on cast iron and I always cringed a bit. I never use soap and have such well seasoned skillets that are more stick free then any of my other non cast iron skillets. But, I have skillets that I had handed down to me from my grandmother who used them for decades and I do not want to ruin all of those decades of seasoning.

 

[Shadrach]

I didn't follow up after having had a lot of helpful answers...I ended up buying this, (not wanting to buy a foreign brand when we had good french skillets reasonably priced).

I'm very happy with it for frying eggs !

BUT.. doing all the reading on skillets, I discovered you're not supposed to use cast iron or carbon iron for acidic food !? One of the thing I always do in summer is to slice two or three tomatoes from the garden, fry them, and add an egg on top to fry. So I guess I will need to buy an other one to do that.
And how about frying zucchinies ?

While I don't want to use the teflon pans anymore, it's a bit of a bummer to have to buy different pans to cook different stuff that I used to do in the same one .

I cook tomatoes in mine and I've never had to use soap. In fact, I'm reluctant to cook a tomato sauce in anything else.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

So .... say if you used your iron skillet to fry chicken, or cook trout, or to put a good hard sear on a steak. Afterward, would you just wipe it out with a paper towel and consider it clean?