Brilio.net - Cleaning a thick crusted pan bottom is often a troublesome and tiring job. Food residue and oil that burns on the surface of the pan can form a crust that is very difficult to remove with regular cleaning. This crust not only makes the pan look dirty, but can also reduce cooking efficiency and damage the surface of the pan in the long run.
Therefore, special ingredients are needed that are effective in overcoming this problem. One of the best solutions is to use a mixture of baking soda and vinegar. Baking soda, with its mild abrasive properties, is able to scrape off crust without damaging the surface of the pan. Meanwhile, vinegar with its strong acidic properties can dissolve stubborn food residue and help lift stuck-on dirt.
Using a mixture of baking soda and vinegar is not only effective, but also safe and environmentally friendly. Unfortunately, many people still need extra effort when they want to clean the bottom of a burnt and blackened frying pan. If the crust is too thick, vinegar and baking soda alone are not enough to soften the crust.
Then instead, you can use a trick from Instagram user @mellamaryana in cleaning thick crust on the bottom of the pan. Through one of the videos uploaded, she admitted to only using two kitchen ingredients. Reported by BrilioFood on Friday (12/20), the kitchen ingredients in question are salt and dish soap.
photo: Instagram/@mellamaryana
So, you just need to apply enough dish soap to the entire bottom of the pan that is blackened. After that, sprinkle a lot of table salt. Then spread it evenly over the entire bottom of the pan that is black and crusty. Make sure the salt layer is thick and even enough, okay?
photo: Instagram/@mellamaryana
Next, place the pan on the stove. Then burn the bottom or bottom of the pan with fire. If the salt and soap layer has started to look burnt, turn off the stove. Then immediately rub the bottom of the pan with a wire brush. Do this rubbing process carefully because the pan is still very hot.
photo: Instagram/@mellamaryana
If the crust is still stubborn, you can add more dish soap and salt to the bottom surface of the pan. Then burn it for a while and scrub it again until clean. If the crust has faded, immediately rinse the pan using running water. Make sure there is no remaining crust or cleaning agent still attached, okay.
photo: Instagram/@mellamaryana
A mixture of salt and dish soap is an effective solution for removing stubborn crust on the bottom of the pan because it combines abrasive and degreasing power. Each ingredient has an important role in this cleaning process, so it can overcome dirt that sticks firmly.
Salt, with its rough texture, acts as a natural abrasive that can scrape and lift crust and burnt food residue from the surface of the pan. When rubbed on dirty areas, salt helps loosen and remove layers of crust that are difficult to remove with just water or regular soap. This abrasive effect also helps speed up the cleaning process without damaging the surface of the pan.
Dish soap, on the other hand, has strong degreasing properties, meaning it can dissolve and emulsify oil and grease stuck to pans. When mixed with salt, dish soap helps dissolve the oily, crusty messes, making them easier to remove. In addition, dish soap contains surfactants that lower the surface tension of water, allowing the mixture to more effectively penetrate and clean stubborn dirt.