How to perfectly clean a dirty baking sheet and pan without chemicals: 5 effective ways

Every housewife has faced such a problem after cooking meat or pies as a dirty baking sheet, which is not an easy task to clean. It is worth noting that if you do it incorrectly, with unsafe means, you can easily ruin the dishes.

The FoodOboz editorial team has collected 5 useful tips for you on how and with what to effectively wash a dirty baking sheet and frying pan and not spoil it. The recommendations were published on the INSIDER website.

1. Baking soda

This is an excellent, and most importantly, natural remedy that will clean even the most difficult dirt very well. All you need to do is pour water into a dirty baking sheet, cover it with baking soda, and leave it for 1 hour. This also applies to pans.

2. Drinking water with vinegar or detergent

Vinegar is an excellent natural acid, which in combination with baking soda will be an ideal cleaning agent. And baking soda and detergent will perfectly cope even with stubborn stains and grease.

Fill a kitchen sink with hot water and add equal parts baking soda and vinegar (about half a cup each). Place the baking sheet in the sink and let it sit for 30-60 minutes. Then scrub the surface with the abrasive side of a regular sponge and rinse well with water. After you clean off any burnt-on residue, wash the pan with a mild dishwashing detergent and dry it.

You can also just sprinkle 2 tbsp of baking soda on the pan and pour 1 cup of vinegar over it, just leave it for 30 minutes and wash it.

3. Cleaning foil

You can easily clean even the dirtiest of baking trays with ordinary foil. Just pour hot water into it, let it stand for a while, and rub it well with the foil. All dirt and grease will come off very easily.

4. Hydrogen peroxide and baking soda

You can easily clean a baking sheet with peroxide, just pour baking soda on it and pour the peroxide. Leave it on for 2 hours and then just rinse it well with water, you can use a cleaning agent.

5. Oven

Another way to clean a baking sheet is to put it in the oven and turn on the self-cleaning mode if you have one. After the self-cleaning cycle has finished, let the pan cool down wash it well with detergent and dry it.