Brian B asked:
I have a favorite Chinese Recipe I want to try and the provider said one of the secrets of chinese cooking is using a Wok that will cook at around 900 degrees to sear the food quickly.
I have a favorite Chinese Recipe I want to try and the provider said one of the secrets of chinese cooking is using a Wok that will cook at around 900 degrees to sear the food quickly.
I have an electric stove top at home...any ideas how to get that temperature using a wok? Is there a 'Wok Grill' set that would allow me to reach that temperature or something like convection, etc?
Also does anyone know how hot a typical gas outdoor grill gets? Maybe I could use that?
Princess Cut Engagement Rings
Camping Gear
February 27th, 2010
outdoor stove
All about woks:
Nitro-Pak
March 2nd, 2010
Black Titanium Ring
Electric stove? 900ºF? Ain’t gonna happen. Many Chinese restaurants use a little flame-thrower-looking thing to set the wok on… kind of like a jet engine! NO WAY to duplicate that at home.
If you had a high-output BTU gas burner, you might could mimic it. But short of using propane outside, I dont’ see it happening.
Mountain Gear
March 5th, 2010
Silver Cigarette Cases
Maybe use a wok that has a temp gage on it. Call your outdoor grill company to find out how hot your grill gets. Your oven rather it is confection or not has a gage on it that you set that tells you how hot it gets. Duh… Think you should recheck your recipe for the correct temp.
Camping Discounters
March 7th, 2010
Mountain Gear
You will not get that type of temperature from a home stove.
The best you can do is to heat your wok, add oil and fry in small batches.
Even your grill outside will not reach a 900 degree temperature.
Chinese restaurants have special burners that allow the higher temperatures the are able to get.
Just do your stir fry in small batches.
Use peanut oil it is able to handle the higher temperature better than other oils.
Princess Cut Engagement Rings
March 9th, 2010
Silver Cigarette Cases
That 9 should probably be a 5, and even 500 degrees is hard to get. Someone probably mis-translated.
E-OMC
March 11th, 2010
Mountain Gear
Most ovens or stoves aren’t meant to get that hot! You might as well throw the food straight into the fire.