https://thewoksoflife.com/category/how-to/cooking-methods/ 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/cooking-methods/ 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/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/chinese-whole-chicken-recipes-guide/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-whole-chicken-recipes-guide/#comments Sat, 16 Dec 2023 08:39:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76892 With Lunar New Year coming up, many a Chinese table will soon be graced by a whole chicken. Whether it’s poached, braised, or salt-baked, a whole chicken is a deeply symbolic food in Chinese culture. Today, we have a complete guide to preparing a whole chicken in the Chinese style, so you can keep this ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-whole-chicken-recipes-guide/feed/ 12 https://thewoksoflife.com/umami-ingredients/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/umami-ingredients/#comments Thu, 22 Jun 2023 04:22:51 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=73125 It’s easy to create umami (the savory fifth taste) when you’re cooking with meat or seafood. But what about with vegan and vegetarian umami ingredients? In this post, we’ll talk about some key plant-based sources of umami that we use in vegan and vegetarian Chinese dishes every day. What Is Umami?  If we have four ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/umami-ingredients/feed/ 19 https://thewoksoflife.com/lo-mein-noodles-how-to-cook/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/lo-mein-noodles-how-to-cook/#comments Fri, 12 May 2023 18:00:39 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=72774 Lo mein noodles are one of the most recognizable types of Chinese noodles in the U.S. Today, we’ll teach you how to cook lo mein noodles properly, so that they’re perfect—not overly starchy, sticky, soggy, dry, or undercooked.  We also have a Chinese takeout menu’s worth of lo mein recipes, linked below! Whether you love ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/lo-mein-noodles-how-to-cook/feed/ 28 https://thewoksoflife.com/cooking-with-garlic/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/cooking-with-garlic/#comments Mon, 01 May 2023 20:48:15 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=72545 After developing recipes for 10 years now, I feel like I’ve gained a better intuition when it comes to cooking with garlic in just about any kind of dish or flavor combination. It’s also worth stating outright that Chinese food explores the full spectrum of garlic in a way that I think is uniquely robust. ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/cooking-with-garlic/feed/ 69