Frying Meat Using LifeTime® Cookware
Put the skillet on range, with the cover on, and let it get hot, but turning the heat only on medium to low, NEVER on high. After about 3-4 minutes, check to see if skillet is hot enough. Hot enough is when putting some drops of water in the pan (wet your hand and just sprinkle water with your hand) you see the water forming beats which stay in the pan and you can move them around. If the water just disappears immediately it means the pan is not hot enough, let it heat more. You might have to turn the heat a little bit higher if it doesn’t get hot enough to form beats of water. Only when you got the beats, put the pieces of meat in the skillet. To do chicken tights, put the tights with the skin up and the flesh down. Make sure to arrange the pieces as close to each others as possible. After you put them down in the skillet, you won’t be able to move them around. They will stick to the pan, and that is NORMAL, don’t get scared. Cover and let cook for 15 minutes. You will be very tempted to lift the cover to look if meat got burnt. If you do that, you might have to cook for few extra minutes because of the heat lost when cover is lifted. After 15 minutes, lift the cover and turn the pieces on another side using a METAL spatula which should be rather sharper on the edge. Never use a plastic or Teflon spatula with Lifetime®. Don’t worry about scratching the skillet. Those little scratches from mixing, stirring, turning etc. don’t harm the cookware at all, and in time, they blend so they won’t be noticeable in particular.
After another 15 minutes, the chicken tights are ready. Remove them on a paper towel so all the grease will be absorbed by the paper. You will notice how much grease will be left in skillet, from chicken itself. So, with Lifetime, not only you won’t add any extra grease to the food, but lots of grease from the food itself will come out. All of that constitutes extra calories and cholesterol (animal fat is full of cholesterol) which will be eliminated from your food 
Tips:
- Season the meat BEFORE putting it in skillet. If the meat staid in liquid (was marinated) drain well before cooking if you want to fry. Otherwise, it might take extra minutes to fry.
- If after the initial 15 minutes you can’t turn the meat (it still sticks to the pan, let it cook for 2-3 extra minutes and the meat will release itself. Don’t force it to take it out or turn.
- If liquid forms at the bottom of the skillet, it means that the heat was not high enough. Turn the heat a little bit higher and let cook few more minutes.
- Use the right size skillet for how much meat you are going to prepare. Food cooks the best when the bottom of the skillet is covered with food. If not, the time of cooking might need to adjust a little bit.
To make steak, pork chops or chicken breast, follow the same procedure. Heat the pan, arrange the meat in pan, let it cook, turn on another side and cook more. The time varies based on the thickness and the type of meat.
Chicken breast (boneless) will be done and juicy in about 6-8 minutes. 3-4 minutes each side.
Pork chops will take about 12 minutes to cook, 6 minutes each side. Beefs cooks differently, depending on the “cut” used. A piece of fillet mignon will be done in about 6 minutes, while a T-bone piece might take 10-12 minutes.
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Cooking with Lifetime® is different than cooking with a regular cookware, so a little time is needed to learn and adjust in order to get the best food possible. Don’t worry, and specially don ‘t be afraid or intimidated.
In time, you will get “the feel” and be able to use the cookware at it’s best.
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