What is the single most versatile cooking vessel one can have?
>>7523133
Not that.
Probably a dutch oven.
a wok
>>7523150
This.
>>7523150
No wai. Really?
>>7523150
only if it's one of those huge woks on a 20k btu burner.
>>7523211
Bad choice senpai, you need something with high walls so you can at least make soup.
>>7523232
High walls make it impossible to control what's in the pan without tongs, rendering it useless for fried eggs, fish, etc. Whereas you can make soup with a saute pan, you just need to use the lid to control evaporation
Enameled cast iron dutch oven.
silver lined copper saute pan
>>7523150
Got. A carbon steel wok and it is pretty versatile. Eggs, sauteeing, frying, and stir frying. But its not great sauces, or stews so i would have to say an all clad dutch oven. You can do pretty much everything except making small amount of sauces. But you san sear, braise, stew, fry, even bake.
>>7523370
Patrician detected
Personally I cook with one stainless frypan and one stainless saucepan which covers everything. But if I could only have one item then a large pot like your pic but in stainless steel would work.
Large base means you can use it like a frypan.
Walls mean you can make braises and soups.
Stainless so you can cook whatever you want without worrying too much.
I really like my pressure cooker. I cook stuff in an elevated pan inside it. Brown rice and soaked beans take less than half the time.
ITT people choose pans as their pot
