Is "grilled" the same thing as "pan seared"

ainokea8

I mean what exactly is "grilled chicken"? this whole time I just thought it was kind of the same thing as pan-seared chicken breast since I don't think anyone actually goes out to grill a chicken breast on their fire grill daily. But other websites are saying differently, saying that grilled chicken is actually not the same thing as pan seared and you need to get a special type of grilling pan if you want to have actual grilled chicken at home. I'm confused.

ainokea8

oops I posted this in the wrong section. I thought I was in the food & nutritions board. Sorry!

mediamogulsteve

Short answer anyway: NO.

jmc0806

no, pan searing uses high heat to lock in the juices

DawnieB1977

We have an inbuilt grill in our oven. It has bits that heat at the top. If I make bacon that's how I cook it.

TNChef

No, Pan Searing is cooking in a pan on High Heat with addition of an oil, usually.
Grilling is over an open flame or other heat source.

Acg67

no, pan searing uses high heat to lock in the juices

Myth

minibandit

Grill in the Uk - I believe - is broiling in the U.S.

And pan seared is where you fry it on high heat to brown the outside - this will still leave the inner undercooked. Pan searing is usually used to brown meat before slower cooking i.e. casserole etc.

Cranquistador

cwolfman13

No, it is not the same thing. The closest thing to grilled would be broiled.

Also, I have a gas fired grill and use it at least 5 nights per week, even in winter...I prefer to grill most of my meat/poultry/seafood. I even cook my Thanksgiving turkey on the grill outside using indirect heat.

I'm grilling salmon filets tonight...last night I grilled a pork tenderloin...I love grilling.

DawnieB1977

So grilling in the US is like BBQing?

sjohnny

I mean what exactly is "grilled chicken"? this whole time I just thought it was kind of the same thing as pan-seared chicken breast since I don't think anyone actually goes out to grill a chicken breast on their fire grill daily. But other websites are saying differently, saying that grilled chicken is actually not the same thing as pan seared and you need to get a special type of grilling pan if you want to have actual grilled chicken at home. I'm confused.

Your thinking is incorrect. I use at least one of my grills several times a week. Year round.

sjohnny

So grilling in the US is like BBQing?

Grilling is cooking on fire (usually directly). BBQing is cooking slowly with smoke and fire.

bcattoes

I only say grilled when I mean cooked over a flame or embers (gas grill, camp fire, charcoal grill, etc.).

Pan seared is food seared in a pan, regardless of the heat source for the pan.

Now the difference between roasted and baked is much more blurry in my world.

Rak0ribz

Well, from left to right:
Yes. No. Yes. No. Yes. No...

siobhan478

Out of interest do US ovens/cookers not have grills? In the UK the grill is sometimes at the top of the main oven and sometimes a separate section of the oven, but the flame is directly above the tray that the food is on, usually the tray has a rack inside it so that the fat and grease drips off the food and into the bottom of the tray which is a healthier way of cooking. So to me grilling is cooking this way. But I appreciate that different countries have different words and different ways of cooking.

Rak0ribz

Out of interest do US ovens/cookers not have grills? In the UK the grill is sometimes at the top of the main oven and sometimes a separate section of the oven, but the flame is directly above the tray that the food is on, usually the tray has a rack inside it so that the fat and grease drips off the food and into the bottom of the tray which is a healthier way of cooking. So to me grilling is cooking this way. But I appreciate that different countries have different words and different ways of cooking.

US stove tops don't generally have grills. The mechanism you describe is usually called a broiler over here. I think USians generally mean "cooking on a grate over an open flame" when they talk about grilling.

cwolfman13

So grilling in the US is like BBQing?

Grilling is cooking on fire (usually directly). BBQing is cooking slowly with smoke and fire.

word....


Grilling^^^^


BBQ^^^

sjohnny

So grilling in the US is like BBQing?

Grilling is cooking on fire (usually directly). BBQing is cooking slowly with smoke and fire.

word....


Grilling^^^^


BBQ^^^

That's what's up!

Ataraxia81

I mean what exactly is "grilled chicken"? this whole time I just thought it was kind of the same thing as pan-seared chicken breast since I don't think anyone actually goes out to grill a chicken breast on their fire grill daily. But other websites are saying differently, saying that grilled chicken is actually not the same thing as pan seared and you need to get a special type of grilling pan if you want to have actual grilled chicken at home. I'm confused.

Pan searing is cooking the outside of a meat (or other product), at a high temperature for a short period of time, browning the item. The item is usually then placed in an oven to finish cooking at a low temperature for a longer period of time. Pan searing basically ensures that the juices stay inside the meat.

meganjcallaghan

So grilling in the US is like BBQing?

Grilling is cooking on fire (usually directly). BBQing is cooking slowly with smoke and fire.

word....


Grilling^^^^


BBQ^^^

That's what's up!

see...in MY world that's called a smoker....not a BBQ. That's how you smoke meat.