What is Pan Frying?
Pan frying is a method of cooking food in a frying pan on a stove top or in an electric skillet or wok. Oil is used in pan frying, but the method is still considered a dry heat one because the food to be fried is only partially covered in cooking oil. Pan frying differs from deep frying in that the food is not actually floating in oil. The oil reaches only half the height of the food or less. Since the pan fried food also touches the bottom of the frying pan or electric skillet or wok, surface browning and crispness occur.
