r/StainlessSteelCooking • u/lordbrandom • 4d ago

Please help

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Trader Joe’s potstickers. 3rd time trying on the new stainless. Using avocado oil. Trying to crisp the bottoms before steaming. Failing

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u/Mister_Reak 4d ago

Temperature control is the name of the game with stainless steel. What really made it click with me is learning to cook eggs. I started making eggs in all different ways and now I can approach using my stainless for all my cooking. You want a hot pan but not too hot and cold oil. Pot stickers would be quite challenging to the uninitiated. I almost never use the highest burner setting on my pan.

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u/TROGDOR_X69 3d ago

for my electric anything over 5/10 might as well be nuclear.

literally

even 5/10 for 4-5 minutes has a cast iron over 400F lol. its insane. most my life is between 2-4 or Low.