The Essential Wok Cookbook

Author: Naomi Imatome-Yun
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1623156068
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 285

Book Description
Classic Chinese flavors come home—a comprehensive Asian cookbook. Ordering Chinese takeout is easy—but it's definitely not the healthiest or most affordable way to enjoy Chinese comfort food at home. With this simple cookbook in your kitchen and a mighty wok in your hand, Chinese favorites are now quicker, healthier, and cheaper than delivery. The Essential Wok Cookbook is your guide to mastering the wok, the versatile pan that makes possible all of the Chinese restaurant dishes you love—no extra salt, oil, or MSG required. Beyond tips for selecting, seasoning, and caring for your wok, this wok recipe cookbook also provides: Step-by-step illustrations for how to fold a dumpling, egg roll, and wonton Fun features on the origin stories and American reinventions of foods such as egg drop soup and fortune cookies Recipe labels to help you decide what to make when you're short on time (30 minutes or less) and tight on cash (under $10) Recipe tips to swap ingredients, save time, make a dish more healthy, or kick up the heat If a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, start cooking today with your wok and see just how far The Essential Wok Cookbook will take you. Fire up the wok with recipes like Perfect Pork Pot Stickers, Easy Vegetable Stir-Fry, Lighter Egg Foo Young, Sweet Chili Shrimp, General Tso's Chicken, Better Beef with Broccoli, and many more!

The Essential Wok Cookbook

Author: Zoë Harpham
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781740454131
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 310

Book Description
Offering handy tips and advice to help you get the most out of your wok, this title features double-page spreads on particular ingredients and recipes.

The Everyday Wok Cookbook

Author: Lorna Yee
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
ISBN: 1570618399
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
Discover how to steam, fry, stew, and bake 55 simple and delicious American and ethnic dishes using the most versatile pan in your kitchen: the wok. Most people think a wok is just for stir-frying Chinese food. Not so! A wok is a versatile and inexpensive piece of kitchen equipment that can be used every day, for all your meals. You can braise, steam, deep-fry, and stew foods in it. You can even bake a cake in it! Don't stash your wok away in a cupboard. Leave it on your stovetop and use it every day. This book celebrates making American favorites such as spaghetti and meatballs, buttermilk fried chicken, and pulled pork sandwiches using the ancient Chinese cooking vessel. You'll also find easy Asian dishes like kung pao chicken, shrimp and egg fried rice, stir-fried beef and broccoli, and chicken chow mein.

The Healthy Wok Chinese Cookbook

Author: Charmaine Ferrara
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1623158990
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
Want to make easy, healthy Chinese food? Go for a wok. In the time it takes to call for takeout, you could make a delicious Chinese dinner at home! The Healthy Wok Chinese Cookbook shows you how to create nourishing, satisfying versions of Chinese restaurant favorites using just a wok. With this one versatile pan, you can stir-fry meats, steam veggies, simmer soup, and more. This Chinese cookbook uses lower sodium and sugar, heart-healthy oils, lean cuts of meat, and fresh produce—no deep-fryer or MSG in sight. Many recipes include substitutions and variations, so you can experiment with ingredients and customize flavors just the way you like them. In The Healthy Wok Chinese Cookbook, you'll find: A complete wok walk-through—Master the techniques and tools for cooking Chinese cuisine in just one piece of cookware—a wok. 88 favorite recipes—Using this Chinese cookbook, recreate popular restaurant dishes like Orange Chicken and Honey-Walnut Shrimp, or cook up Chinese family comfort food like Yangzhou Fried Rice and Steamed Egg with Ground Pork. Stir-fried, not deep-fried—Keep meals nutritious by stir-frying—one of the healthiest cooking methods, since it uses lots of vegetables and very little oil. Skip the takeout and enjoy quick, healthy Chinese food with The Healthy Wok Chinese Cookbook.

Victor Sen Yung's Great Wok Cookbook

Author: Victor Sen Yung
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781648371660
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
Cook authentic, adventurous Chinese cuisine with Hollywood icon Victor Sen Yung Victor Sen Yung was an intrepid Chinese American character actor, businessperson, and cooking enthusiast. Generations knew him as Hop Sing from the classic television show Bonanza, but in his Great Wok Cookbook, Victor Sen Yung shares the art of authentic Chinese wok cooking in over 200 mouthwatering recipes. Chinese cooking is an adventure in living, according to Sen Yung, whom many are surprised to learn was an accomplished chef off the screen. The Great Wok Cookbook reveals Victor Sen Yung's approach to preparing authentic Chinese cuisine, selecting the best ingredients and making meals look as amazing as they taste. Sen Yung's cultural insights, sprinkled generously throughout the book, derive from his experience as a child of immigrants who started learning family recipes at the age of five.Victor Sen Yung's Great Wok Cookbook has introduced generations to Chinese cooking techniques that are authentic and accessible. Recipes include classics from egg rolls and Won Ton soup to Chinese Barbecued Pork and Spicy Szechwan Chicken. Whether you are a neophyte cook or a seasoned gourmet chef, the Great Wok Cookbook will provide valuable insights for the perfect preparation of classic Chinese cuisine.

The Woks of Life

Author: Bill Leung
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
ISBN: 0593233905
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE • NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER • IACP AWARD FINALIST • PUBLISHERS WEEKLY STARRED REVIEW • “The Woks of Life did something miraculous: It reconnected me to my love of Chinese food and showed me how simple it is to make my favorite dishes myself.”—KEVIN KWAN, author of Crazy Rich Asians The family behind the acclaimed blog The Woks of Life shares 100 of their favorite home-cooked and restaurant-style Chinese recipes in ”a very special book” (J. Kenji López-Alt, author of The Food Lab and The Wok) ONE OF THE TEN BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: San Francisco Chronicle, Simply Recipes ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, Food & Wine, NPR, Smithsonian Magazine, Delish, Epicurious This is the story of a family as told through food. Judy, the mom, speaks to traditional Chinese dishes and cultural backstory. Bill, the dad, worked in his family’s Chinese restaurants and will walk you through how to make a glorious Cantonese Roast Duck. Daughters Sarah and Kaitlin have your vegetable-forward and one-dish recipes covered—put them all together and you have the first cookbook from the funny and poignant family behind the popular blog The Woks of Life. In addition to recipes for Mini Char Siu Bao, Spicy Beef Biang Biang Noodles, Cantonese Pork Belly Fried Rice, and Salt-and-Pepper Fried Oyster Mushrooms, there are also helpful tips and tricks throughout, including an elaborate rundown of the Chinese pantry, explanations of essential tools (including the all-important wok), and insight on game-changing Chinese cooking secrets like how to “velvet” meat to make it extra tender and juicy. Whether you’re new to Chinese cooking or if your pantry is always stocked with bean paste and chili oil, you’ll find lots of inspiration and trustworthy recipes that will become a part of your family story, too.

101 Thai Dishes You Need to Cook Before You Die

Author: Jet Tila
Publisher: Page Street Publishing
ISBN: 1645673677
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 431

Book Description
The Gold Standard for Authentic Thai Cuisine In this showstopping collection of must-try Thai dishes, culinary mastermind and bestselling author Jet Tila opens up the world of his Thai heritage for today’s home cooks with recipes that are authentic, accessible and ultra-craveable. Jet partners up with Tad Weyland Fukumoto, longtime friend and fellow chef, to channel their years of Southeast Asian culinary prowess into mouthwatering recipes, such as Street-Style Basil Pork, Glass Noodle Stir-Fry, Hung Lay Northern Pork Curry, New Thai BBQ Chicken, Fried Tilapia with Three-Flavor Sauce and so many more. They’ve tirelessly perfected these recipes to ensure that their flavors, techniques and quality rank number one across the board—the true gold standard. With dishes ranging from tantalizing classics and popular street foods to unsung heroes spanning the regions, this cookbook is your one-stop guide to the rich culinary traditions of Thailand. Jet also presents an exciting collection of plant-based takes on popular dishes to welcome everyone to the table and show the range of possibilities in the modern Thai kitchen. Fire up your wok and get hungry for 101 of the best damn Thai dishes you’ll ever have.

Stir-Frying to the Sky's Edge

Author: Grace Young
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416580735
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Book Description
Winner of the 2011 James Beard Foundation Award for International Cooking, this is the authoritative guide to stir-frying: the cooking technique that makes less seem like more, extends small amounts of food to feed many, and makes ingredients their most tender and delicious. The stir-fry is all things: refined, improvisational, adaptable, and inventive. The technique and tradition of stir-frying, which is at once simple yet subtly complex, is as vital today as it has been for hundreds of years—and is the key to quick and tasty meals. In Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge, award-winning author Grace Young shares more than 100 classic stir-fry recipes that sizzle with heat and pop with flavor, from the great Cantonese stir-fry masters to the culinary customs of Sichuan, Hunan, Shanghai, Beijing, Fujian, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia, as well as other countries around the world. With more than eighty stunning full-color photographs, Young’s definitive work illustrates the innumerable, easy-to-learn possibilities the technique offers—dry stir-fries, moist stir-fries, clear stir-fries, velvet stir-fries—and weaves the insights of Chinese cooking philosophy into the preparation of beloved dishes as Kung Pao Chicken, Stir-Fried Beef and Broccoli, Chicken Lo Mein with Ginger Mushrooms, and Dry-Fried Sichuan Beans.

The Wok: Recipes and Techniques

Author: J. Kenji López-Alt
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393541223
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 672

Book Description
#1 New York Times Bestseller • #1 Washington Post Bestseller • One of Time's 10 Most Anticipated Cookbooks of 2022 From J. Kenji López-Alt, the author of the best-selling cookbook The Food Lab: the definitive guide to the science and technique of cooking in a wok. J. Kenji López-Alt’s debut cookbook, The Food Lab, revolutionized home cooking, selling more than half a million copies with its science-based approach to everyday foods. And for fast, fresh cooking for his family, there’s one pan López-Alt reaches for more than any other: the wok. Whether stir-frying, deep frying, steaming, simmering, or braising, the wok is the most versatile pan in the kitchen. Once you master the basics—the mechanics of a stir-fry, and how to get smoky wok hei at home—you’re ready to cook home-style and restaurant-style dishes from across Asia and the United States, including Kung Pao Chicken, Pad Thai, and San Francisco–Style Garlic Noodles. López-Alt also breaks down the science behind beloved Beef Chow Fun, fried rice, dumplings, tempura vegetables or seafood, and dashi-simmered dishes. Featuring more than 200 recipes—including simple no-cook sides—explanations of knife skills and how to stock a pantry, and more than 1,000 color photographs, The Wok provides endless ideas for brightening up dinner.

Wok Cookbook for Beginners

Author: Claire Daniels
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9781329642379
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 60

Book Description
Wok Cookbook for Beginners 2nd Edition: The Top Easy and Quick Recipes for Wok Cooking For Beginners! Usually, the wok is used for stir-frying. Therefore, you need to learn how to stir-fry. Aside from being delicious, what is it with stir-frying that you would want to learn how to do it? First and foremost, stir-fried meals are delicious. Aside from that, the resulting meals can be prepared fast. The meals are also really healthy and seasoned. Stir-frying with the use of a wok leads to the creation of meals that can lead to the creation of beautiful works of art in the form of good food. This method is best suited for making meals for one or two people. But if you will choose to cook meals for many people, this can be used, too.