putting oil in a hot pan?

caroljosh

Neither my husband nor I are good cooks and we lack some basic skills and understanding. We were following a stir fry receipe that said to heat the pan on high then add the oil.  When we added the oil it flamed up huge and I am pretty sure our new stir fry pan that was a wedding gift was ruined. 

 How do you put oil in a hot pan without causing a fire?

 

(I am looking for cooking classes in my area now too...)

alithebride

what type of oil did you use? i stir fry all the time and always add the oil to the hot pan and never had a flare up. i also remove the pan from the heat when  i add the oil too though.

caroljosh

I think it was peanut oil

caroljosh

Just asked the husband who was the one who did it, he says he used vegetable oil.  The pan was on the burner. 

alithebride

the pan may have been too hot for the type of oil you used. I use canola oil for stir fry. i also never use HIGH heat, only med-high.

here's some helpful links: http://chinesefood.about.com/od/cookingfaqs/f/stirfryoil.htm

http://www.bhg.com/recipes/how-to/cooking-techniques/stir-frying-basics/

 

caroljosh

So it sounds like our pan was too hot and we used the wrong oil.  Thanks!  My husband loves stir fry and we were so excited to do it ourselves and in our first attempt almost burned the house down. 

alithebride

caroljosh:

So it sounds like our pan was too hot and we used the wrong oil.  Thanks!  My husband loves stir fry and we were so excited to do it ourselves and in our first attempt almost burned the house down. 

yes that's what it seems. LOL this would prompt me to tell you to make sure you know how to put out an oil fire as well-just in case.

better luck next time