Electrosurgical forceps having a clad metal structure and a method of manufacturing electrosurgical forceps using a cladding process are provided. The clad metal structure of the forceps includes a first layer of non-stick material, which may be copper, a copper alloy, silver, or a silver alloy, and a second layer of a material providing good mechanical properties and light weight, which may be aluminum, an aluminum alloy, titanium, a titanium alloy, or stainless steel.