Abstract: A method of making stabilized ultra-low carbon steel having a high nitrogen content for enameling applications. The preferred method involves two phases. The first phase occurs in the basic oxygen furnace wherein nitrogen gas is combined with oxygen gas and blown into the melt through the oxygen lance. After the oxygen blow the carbon content of the melt is approximately 0.03% and the nitrogen content is at least about 0.016 to 0.020%. In the second phase the melt is introduced to a vacuum circulation decarburizer where the carbon content of the steel is reduced to ultra low levels on the order of 0.005%. The nitrogen content is maintained at a level of at least about 0.01% by introducing nitrogen gas into the vacuum decarburization vessel as the lift gas through inert gas tuyeres.