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a b c Wilkinson, Endymion Porter (2000). Chinese History: A Manual. Harvard University Asia Center. p.647. ISBN 9780674002494. a b E.N., Anderson (1988). The Food of China. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp.184–5. ISBN 0300047398. Every month or so, if you have time, it is recommended to re-season your wok. Heat it up and then use a piece of kitchen paper to apply a thin layer of vegetable oil. Repeat three to four times and then wash and dry before putting it away, as suggested previously. How is a wok used in Chinese cooking?

Tope, Lily Rose & Mercado, Nordilica (2002). Philippines. Cultures of the World. Marshall Cavendish. p. 127. ISBN 9780761414759.Knipple, Paul; Knipple, Angela (2012). The World in a Skillet: A Food Lover's Tour of the New American South. University of North Carolina Press. p.178. ISBN 9780807869963. In Indonesia, a wok-like pan is known as a penggorengan or wajan (also spelled wadjang, from Javanese language, from the root word waja meaning " steel"). [18] In Malaysia, it is called a kuali (small wok) or kawah (big wok). [18] Similarly in the Philippines, the wok is known as kawali or carajay in Tagalog, and it is called talyasi in Kapampangan, while bigger pans used for festivals and gatherings are known as kawa. [19] [20] [21] In India, a similar pan is called karahi. [22] Wok is a Cantonese word; the Mandarin is Guō. The wok appears to be a rather recent acquisition as Chinese kitchen furniture goes; it has been around for only two thousand years. The first woks are little pottery models on the pottery stove models in Han Dynasty tombs. Since the same sort of pan is universal in India and Southeast Asia, where it is known as a Kuali in several languages, I strongly suspect borrowing [of the word] (probably from India via Central Asia)--kuo must have evolved from some word close to Kuali. With this in mind, in my attempt to determine the very best, I reviewed a selection of woks, judging them for durability, weight, aesthetic, ease of use and maintenance, the feel of the handles when cooking, and depth of flavour (you really can tell the difference on this front). We designed the bamboo handles with a slight 'groove' or indent in the middle to allow for the perfect 'wok-toss'," explains Pang.

a b Müller, Thorsten (2010). Xi'an, Beijing und kein! Chop Suey: Lehmsoldaten, Fuhunde und Genüsse in China (in German). Books on Demand. p.122. ISBN 9783839169698. It comes with a lifetime guarantee, it's oven safe up to 200°C, and is both PFOA and PTFE free. The rubber handle is excellent in terms of grip, but it's not a huge pan, so I'd recommend it for couples or small families. Roasting: Food may be cooked with dry heat in an enclosed pan with lid. Whole chestnuts are dry roasted by tossing them in a dry wok with several pounds of small stones. Note that hot wok cooking requires oils with a high smoke point, so think sunflower, peanut or grapeseed, rather than olive oil. One more word of caution: while the chunky wooden handle on this wok remains perfectly cool and easy to grip, the metal itself gets perilously hot. The wok is probably the most versatile piece of equipment in Chinese cooking. It can have a round or flat bottom. They conduct heat in a slightly different way due to the shape, but it does not make much difference for day to day cooking - a round bottom is better for high heat stir frying, a flat bottom is better for searing and shallow frying. The high, curved sides of a wok allow food to be tossed around so that all ingredients can be cooked evenly at a high heat. You can also sit a bamboo steamer on top for making bao or dumplings.

In terms of keeping it well seasoned, it doesn’t need to be dripping with oil, but just not stripped bare. As long as you don't wash it with soap or scrub it with a metal scourer, you don't have to re-season it. You can use hot water, sponges and traditional bamboo brushes to clean and maintain it, but always make sure you dry it out completely and add another layer of oil with a paper towel afterwards.

López-Alt, J. Kenji (2022). The Wok: Recipes and Techniques. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393541229. If you love Chinese food, you must have tasted a dish or two that is cooked in a wok. Do you know that a wok can be used for cooking many dishes, not just for stir-fry? Learn more about what a wok is, how to use it and how to care for it with this guide. A wok ( Chinese: 鑊; pinyin: huò; Cantonese wohk) is a deep round-bottomed cooking pan of Chinese origin. It is believed to be derived from the South Asian karahi. It is common in Greater China, and similar pans are found in parts of East, South and Southeast Asia, [1] as well as being popular in other parts of the world. verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ You can use metal utensils with a carbon steel wok, not just wood and silicone, but it must always be thoroughly dried, to prevent rusting.

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This type of stove allows foods to be stir-fried at a very high heat, sometimes hot enough to deform the wok itself. Professional chefs in Chinese restaurants often use pit stoves since they have the heating power to give food an alluring wok hei. [ citation needed] Gas [ edit ] In recent years, some consumer indoor stoves using natural gas or propane have begun offering higher-BTU burners. A few manufacturers of such stoves, notably Kenmore Appliances and Viking Range Corp. now include a specially designed high-output bridge-type wok burner as part of their standard or optional equipment, though even high-heat models are limited to a maximum of around 27,000 BTU (7.9kW). [ citation needed] a b "What does Wokhei mean?". Wokhei. Archived from the original on 2011-10-21 . Retrieved 4 March 2012. Public wok racing is only practiced once a year at The "World Wok Racing Championships" (German: Wok-WM, German pronunciation: [ˈvɔk.veːˌɛm], lit. Wok Worldcup) which is aired as special edition of Raab's show TV total on the German television channel ProSieben. The network used to declare these broadcasts as sporting events. Under German law that allowed the network to treat the massive corporate sponsorship of the event as incidental advertising which didn't count against Germany's strict rules regarding time limits for TV commercials. After a Berlin court ruling in 2009, however, the shows have to be labeled as an infomercial, since – unlike a regular sporting event – the races are explicitly staged for the TV broadcast, and there is strong evidence that the profits of the event sponsorship directly benefit the network. [2] World Wok Racing Championships [ edit ] Venues [ edit ] The Cantonese phrase "Wok hei" ( simplified Chinese: 镬气; traditional Chinese: 鑊氣; Jyutping: wok 6 hei 3) literally, the "breath of the wok", refers to the distinct charred, smoky flavor resulting from stir-frying foods over an open flame in Cantonese cuisine. [16] The second character (simplified Chinese: 气; traditional Chinese: 氣) is transliterated as qi ( chi) according to its Standard Chinese pronunciation, so wok hei is sometimes rendered as wok chi in Western cookbooks. Wok hei refers to the flavor, taste, and "essence" imparted by a hot wok on food during stir frying. [2] [17] It is particularly important for Cantonese dishes requiring high heat for fragrance such as char kuay teow and beef chao fen. Out of the Eight Culinary Traditions of China, the wok hei concept is only encountered in Cantonese cuisine, and may not even be an accepted underlying principle in most other Chinese cuisines. [16]

Alip, Eufronio Melo (1959). Ten Centuries of Philippine-Chinese Relations: Historical, Political, Social, Economic. Alip & Sons. p.97.Traditional [ edit ] A Han dynasty Chinese model with clay pots used to dry grains. The pots' similarity to modern woks has led to conjecture that modern woks evolved from basic features of pots like these. [7] Stewing: Woks are sometimes used for stewing though it is more common in Chinese cuisines to use either stoneware or porcelain for such purposes, especially when longer stewing times are required. Small woks are for hot pot, particularly in Hainan cuisine. These are served at the table over a sterno flame.

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