long grained rice

THE BASICS

August 21, 2009 by Thomas K

WOK

A wok is a wonderful cooking utensil for the Japanese kitchen. Wok's are bowl shaped, rolled steel pans that are perfect for stir frying, steaming, deep frying, and simmering foods. The high sides of the wok make stir frying easy without flipping ingredients out of the pan, and it takes very little oil to fry foods since there is less surface space to cover in a wok. Most woks come with a cooking spatula, ladle, cover, stand, and a rack (see picture), where you can place fried foods to drain.