https://thewoksoflife.com/category/how-to/ a culinary genealogy Wed, 01 Jan 2025 02:27:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://thewoksoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-TWOL-favicon-4-32x32.png https://thewoksoflife.com/category/how-to/ 32 32 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-cook-chinese-meal-one-wok/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-cook-chinese-meal-one-wok/#comments Wed, 01 Jan 2025 02:23:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=84135 Help! How do I cook a family-style Chinese meal—with multiple dishes—in just one wok and get everything on the table piping hot at the same time? This is one of the questions that we see at The Woks of Life most often—especially around this time, with Chinese New Year and more family gatherings on the ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-cook-chinese-meal-one-wok/feed/ 10 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-cook-jasmine-rice/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-cook-jasmine-rice/#comments Thu, 21 Nov 2024 06:30:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=83485 Jasmine rice is our go-to white rice for serving with Chinese dishes and making fried rice. In this post, we’ll answer all your questions about rice measuring, the “finger trick” every Asian kid knows, and the rice cooker we all own. And of course, we’ll teach you how to cook jasmine rice perfectly every time, ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-cook-jasmine-rice/feed/ 48 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-make-a-chinese-meal/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-make-a-chinese-meal/#comments Sat, 12 Oct 2024 13:39:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=82999 Today we answer all your questions about how to make a Chinese meal, from weeknight dinners for the family to a Chinese dinner party. What’s the traditional way to do it? How many dishes do you need? What types of dishes go together? Read on to become a master at Chinese menu planning and preparation!  ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-make-a-chinese-meal/feed/ 28 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-make-rice-flour/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-make-rice-flour/#comments Mon, 07 Oct 2024 06:38:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=82164 In this post, we’ll talk about how to make rice flour to use in various recipes. All you need is raw rice and a powerful blender!  Why Make Your Own Rice Flour? Rice flour is an ingredient that we use often in recipes like Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Goh), Taro Cake, and Nian Gao (Chinese ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-make-rice-flour/feed/ 20 https://thewoksoflife.com/when-is-chinese-new-year-this-year/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/when-is-chinese-new-year-this-year/#comments Tue, 17 Sep 2024 04:17:51 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=82390 When is Chinese New Year this year? On Wednesday, January 29, 2025, Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival (春节 – chūnjié) will mark the beginning of the year of the Wood Snake (蛇 – pronounced “shé” or “shuh” in Chinese). The lunar new year falls on a slightly different day in January or February of ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/when-is-chinese-new-year-this-year/feed/ 6 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-freeze-tomatoes/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-freeze-tomatoes/#comments Tue, 20 Aug 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=80931 In this post, we’ll talk about how to freeze summer tomatoes at their peak of freshness to use in dishes later in the year. Rather than turning all your tomatoes into sauce, this method allows you to save tomatoes for a wide variety of cooked recipes!  This is a PSA that my mom wanted me ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-freeze-tomatoes/feed/ 7 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-toast-sesame-seeds/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-toast-sesame-seeds/#comments Wed, 17 Jul 2024 06:09:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=80143 Learn how to toast sesame seeds—and how to tell when they’re done—without burning them! Toasted sesame seeds are a useful ingredient to have around, so make a big batch and keep it in the fridge for various recipes!  Why Toast Your Own Sesame Seeds Why would you want to toast your own sesame seeds when ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-toast-sesame-seeds/feed/ 2 https://thewoksoflife.com/yangzhou-food-guide-huaiyang-cuisine/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/yangzhou-food-guide-huaiyang-cuisine/#comments Sun, 14 Jul 2024 05:30:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=80322 On our recent trip to China, we went on a culinary journey to the city of Yangzhou (Jiangsu Province), the birthplace of the popular Yang Chow Fried Rice (sometimes spelled “Young Chow Fried Rice”). It is also the birthplace of Huaiyang Cuisine, one of the four original cuisines of China. In this Yangzhou Food Guide ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/yangzhou-food-guide-huaiyang-cuisine/feed/ 52 https://thewoksoflife.com/zongzi-recipes/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/zongzi-recipes/#comments Sat, 01 Jun 2024 15:30:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=57388 The Dragon Boat Festival is coming up on Monday, June 10th, 2024. That means it’s time to make Zongzi, or sticky rice dumplings! Luckily, we have a few zongzi recipes you can try, including savory and sweet. We also have a lazy version for those of you who aren’t feeling up to all that wrapping ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/zongzi-recipes/feed/ 53 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-use-chopsticks/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-use-chopsticks/#comments Fri, 03 May 2024 10:19:23 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?page_id=246 Chopsticks are probably the most versatile utensil ever. They’re a fork, knife, pair of tongs, a whisk, and a steamer stand (just place them in your wok, and they’ll hold your dish above water) all rolled into one. Learn how to use chopsticks in this post! We’ve updated it with new information on how to ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-use-chopsticks/feed/ 167