woks

Round-bottomed cookware

Woks are bowl-shaped cooking pans with high, sloping sides, used especially in Asian cuisine.

The shape allows food to be tossed and stirred quickly over high heat, making woks ideal for stir-frying.

She seasoned her new wok before using it.

cookware

carbon steel

Iron-based metal alloy

lid · nonstick · cast iron · patina · heat retention · spatula · ladle · skimmer · bamboo steamer · rack

technique

stir-frying

Rapid high-heat cooking

searing · flash-cooking · charring · blistering · mise en place · quick cooking · layering · velveting · passing through · steaming

cuisine

Chinese

Of that Asian nation

Malaysian · Indonesian · Singaporean · Korean · Japanese · Filipino · Burmese · dim sum · street food · hawker

dishes

fried rice

Stir-cooked grain dish

cashew chicken · lo mein · mapo tofu · twice-cooked pork · egg foo young · moo shu · General Tso · orange chicken · drunken noodles · basil chicken

Categories
Opposites
cookware shape and design

woksfrying pans

Shallow metal cooking vessels

griddles · sheet pans · skillets · plancha · saucepans

culinary tradition

woksslow cookers

Appliances for prolonged simmering

crock pots · Dutch ovens · roasting pans · braisers · saucepans

Phrases
Family

wok

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G