Asian cookware

Bamboo steamer, wok

Asian cookware refers to cooking vessels and utensils traditional to Asian cuisines—woks, rice cookers, bamboo steamers, clay pots, and similar items.

The term appears mainly in retail contexts to categorize products: The Asian cookware section has everything you need for stir-fry.

It encompasses tools from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, and other Asian culinary traditions.

Related

soup spoon · sizzling · stir-fry · mortar · pestle · bamboo mat · banana leaf · ladle · strainer · hot pot · teppan · stone bowl · tandoor · dim sum · steaming · searing · high heat · open flame

Opposites
culinary tradition/regional origin

Asian cookwareDutch oven

Thick-walled lidded pot

cast iron skillet · Le Creuset · All-Clad · cast iron · saucepan

cooking methodology

Asian cookwareslow cooker

Appliance for gradual simmering

Crock-Pot · bakeware

Family

Asian, Asia, Asiatic, cookware, cook, cooked, cooking, cooker, cooks

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G