/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.19908578]

Is a wok worth buying or are pans enough?

[Anonymous No.19908585]

Unless you're making stir fry all the time it isn't worth it. It'll just take up space and it's useless for other shit

[Anonymous No.19908586]

>>19908578
Do you have a gas stove? No? Don't buy one
Yes? I don't care it's your money senpai.

[Anonymous No.19908595]

>>19908578
All woks are pans

[Anonymous No.19908600]

>>19908578
are you going to cook a lot of asian food?

[Anonymous No.19908604]

>>19908578
If you buy a wok the encroachment is complete.

Get a fucking skillet and get on with your life.

[Anonymous No.19908621]

>>19908578
if you only need a skillet, you don't need the volume. if you only need a saucepan type for the volume, you don't need the weird shape. but it's a great all in one and it's fun to have carbon steel. the most important pro is that the base fits the size of the typical stove burner, which is a neglected factor when using a wide pan. that's the main advantage, everything else is nonsense.
it's heavy but the volume also means you don't have to do tossing nonsense, just stirring is fine.

[Anonymous No.19908632]

>>19908578
you can use pan to do wok food and vice versa, but preferably with a large pan
teflon pans won't stand the heating though
t. chinese

[Anonymous No.19908637]

>>19908585
>had a phase where I was stir frying rice 2-3 times a week
>decide to get a wok
>proceed to fall into a Dutch oven phase
>then a curry phase
>etc etc
>been nearly a year and I haven’t even seasoned my wok
it does take up a ton of space too

[Anonymous No.19908640]

what's the point of a wok in the first place? just tilt the pan if you want things to submerge in oil

[Anonymous No.19908759]

May dad gave me an expensive wok when I moved out for the first time as a teenager. Together with a toolbox and a quality flashlight. He got all sentimental and shit and said any man should at least own these three things. The guy was a drunkard so, take his words with a grain of salt. I miss him.

[Anonymous No.19909042]

>>19908640
woks are best used over a huge flame where the sides of the pan get hot as well and help to develop a slight char and caramelization caused by rapid exposure to high heat surfaces

[Anonymous No.19909251]

>my mom threw out her wok
>thought I was going keep it down the line

[Anonymous No.19909275]

>>19909251
its her way of telling you to get out of the basement

[Anonymous No.19911063]

>>19908586
you need more than a gas stove, you need one with juice or get used to making child sized portions, you aren’t looking to steam and boil

[Anonymous No.19911067]

Also, don’t use soap on it, just water and a nice, rough cheap paper towel to wash it

[Anonymous No.19911084]

>>19908637
You can make Indian food in a wok too, their version is called a kadai