Nigella Lawson shares method for removing burnt food from pans

Summarised from Liverpool Echo's report · Updated 18 Oct, 15:31 · Archive

Nigella Lawson recommends boiling water with washing-up liquid in a scorched pan to remove burnt food without scrubbing.

Even experienced home cooks occasionally scorch their cookware, whether through distraction or while preparing dishes like caramel or paella. The burnt food becomes difficult to remove, particularly when it affects treasured pans.

Nigella Lawson has shared a straightforward solution that requires only materials most households already have. She recommends adding a small amount of washing-up liquid to the base of the pan, then filling it with water and bringing it to the boil on the hob. The heat causes the stuck-on food particles to dissolve, leaving the pan clean after a simple wipe with no aggressive scrubbing needed.

For particularly stubborn cases where food is heavily baked on, Lawson offers an alternative approach, though the Liverpool Echo does not detail this method in the available text.

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• Nigella Lawson's simple method for removing burnt food from pots and pans — no scrubbingThe simple methods remove burned food from pots and pans without any fancy cleaning products or equipmentLiverpool Echo · 18 Oct, 13:59

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