Poh's Kitchen | how to season a wok

[knlngzlover]

Poh is so god damn hot unlike the wok i would never wan't her to cool down ever

[BahHumbug6]

I used a mixture of videos on you tube, (and cantonese blog instructions too) for seasoning my wok. I have an electric stove and a flat bottom wok. I heated the dry wok all over until blue black, then added pig fat ( in UK, it is simple lard) and heated it on all sides to burn it in. Then cooled it to room temp and wiped clean, before repeating the process three times. Then fried/burned in a mixture of chives and spring onion greens until wok had a lovely shiney patina. Brilliant.

[dtsa2465]

Look whether you are White , Asians or black people. It doesn't matter. This is just a video clip,  just chill out. Enjoy and be happy. Poh is very nice, 1st, 2nd it doesn't bother her anymore. She is bubbly, has a great show on Ch2, good on her. Let's enjoy cooking and put other things at rest . Thanks ! 21/8/11.

[LibertyDownUnder]

I filled my whole neighbourhood with smoke trying to do this...

Still didn't get it right I think.

[frouzakisg]

do you have to season a wok of this kind again and again before cooking every meal? Thanks!

[JonNicc]

@frouzakisg No. this is the woks only contact with a hard metal scrubber. Unless you use acidic foods (Tomatoes, boiling water, or vinegar), the coating should be fine. Treat it as you would a cast-iron pan. Just make sure to always reheat-dry the wok after washing it, and to lightly coat it with oil after it cools, after every use.

[Kennylol]

whats the seasoning for? 

[kingdarko]

@Kennylol Makes the wok almost non stick and after time gives your food it's own flavour.

[takadi]

wow perfectly seasoned. Mine looks so mottled and horrible

[JonNicc]

@takadi Take heart, Takadi: just scrub it again, oil it, and repeat the process. As you cook with it, the coating will get darker and more non-stick. After using the wok over a year, it should look like hers. I am sold on cast iron cookware, and woks. To me, they're the best!

[WeddingBomboniere]

@mrossainz "A seasoned wok's worst enemies are soap and steel wool, so use a plastic scouring pad or a bamboo brush."

[mrossainz]

Can someone transcript what she says at 0:40 ?

[anderscheng313]

@mrossainz  and remember....

[PROTOGgouki]

I love this show, not only for the food but the insight. One example, among many, is the fact that they can go in the kitchen of a restaurant and casually reveal to you the techniques for good food. When I started cooking to me the Asian dishes to me seemed secretive, but due to this shows insights there are no secret walls.

[BrotherTree1]

I love you Poh. I don't love you Julie.

[flydaddyA]

wow, that's a big ass burner

[1982FMJ]

im still not keen on carbon steel. it may offer the best frying and never sticks when seasoned but it gives food a somewhat mettalic taste even slightly. i dont like the fact of cooking in something which will rust very quickly if not oiled. carbon steel woks seem to give food a funny metal taste. i liked them at first but now have started to go off them.

[utopiadali]

awesome i just bought a new wok and this is the best video for how to season a wok I can't wait to start cooking with it =D

[AJtteoe]

Poh should have won :)

[iluvlamingtons]

why do you season a wok?

[anderscheng313]

@iluvlamingtons chinese wok's are not non-stick when bought. When you season it, you're creating thin film of oil which creates a natural non-stick surface

[EverythingMe15]

oh no i didn't season mine i just used it :S

[animecrazy102]

Ah jeez. I don't get this seasoning thing for the wok. I have to start all over again .__."

I'll probablly fix it by the end of the day.

[xWithBrokenWingsx]

whats the diffrence between a new wok and a seasoned one?

[superheaton]

@xWithBrokenWingsx

I can tell you that cleaning it with the steel wool is correct. The seasoning I believe is to create better contact between the wok and foods. I am not too sure. I guess sorta like heating up the pan and then applying butter throughout? It doesnt matter that much.

[benvb85]

@chechnya

Well in that case, we'd better start kicking the xenophobes out to free up a bit of room.

[BayanAreef]

I completely failed at seasoning my Wok. Hopefully the guaruntee will get me another, or even my money back, as the explanation they had given me was unclear.

[royism]

Homer says " .... mmmmmmmm seasoned wok."

[TheVirtualCaptain285]

Woks need to be seasoned? Wok is the reason for that?

Can only seasoned chefs do it?

I'll stop with the puns now.

[vadgeviper]

Stop it...your just 'stirring'.

[TheVirtualCaptain285]

Guess I should only stir on 'fry-days'.

[vadgeviper]

Nice wording. A good choysum would say.

[leydensjar]

Awesome, I was trying to do this the other day. I will try again!

[rolficus]

lol you forgot skippy poof and gook

[Dleigh975]

I'd like to season that wok ;)

[ti3nt]

Why would it matter what race she is, the show was a cooking show where one's cooking ability SHOULD have been celebrated and treasured, but instead it decided on ur typical fat mom who could sell moar books. So in essence your saying an asian can't represent Australia? That is racist in itself becoz ur implying that to represent Australia you hafta be white, so you can say multicutural all you like but we all know most of u "Aussies" are closet racists.

[Forestblade]

dude in saying aussies are racist your being racist yourself

[psychonavigator]

@Forestblade No, because Aussie is not an ethnicity.

[Pokemongo1]

@Valtonio100

It seems like you have nothing in between your two ears...

1) Poh didn't come first, she came second.

2) Does it matter if she is Asian? Are you racist or something? Pathetic, if you are.

3) If you are racist, why? Do you feel threatened by other cultures? Is it because your parents told you not to appreciate other nationalities? Or is it simply because you're a narrow-minded biggot who is incapable of accepting the diversity that this world has to offer?

You sicken me.

[Forestblade]

a little harsh

[Hzqi]

@Pokemongo1

Does anyone really care enough to be emotionally invested? Masterchef was a crock of shit, riddled with dubious rules, rulings and obviously prejudicial sentiments on the part of the guest panelists.

That "Cookbook Expert" that sauntered in, obviously had it in for Chris from the moment she deduced that he wouldn't appeal to the WD morons.

The whole thing is a flaccid exercise in marketing deception perpetrated against gullible saps. "Cyclone Julie" is a pliable ditz.

[solconnection2]

@Pokemongo1 thumbs up! youtube seems to be full of retards that think your ability to learn to cook a certain cuisine depends on your race. I get sick of these people too.

[Bnutts3]

@Pokemongo1 I actually think this show is fantastic (at least the parts where she speaks about asia) there is no show like that in Québec and Canada... I wish I could look at this at home... I followed her in MasterChef she is just great, I love Asian food!

[mikeymike3232]

@Pokemongo1 if i start cooking in a wok will my eyes start to look like that....

[toocaran]

@benvb85 Well said

[millsy2625]

@Valtonio100 she did not

[moonlily27]

Oh I see you've been told already

[moonlily27]

She didn't win though?

[comedykrazy]

@Valtonio100 Julie won, Poh was the runner up

[millsy2625]

@comedykrazy exactly i was thinking he didnt watch master chef

[zakky82]

Retard, she came second!

[LiamNeesonsDick]

I thought she came second? Regardless, give me some good and genuine Australian dishes, really. If you'd seen her show, you'd know she does a lot more than Asian, in fact this is either the first or second thing she has done that is Asian, the rest being of completely different culture.

[comedykrazy]

@LiamNeesonsDick Yeah, she's a great chef! :D

[LiamNeesonsDick]

Indeed.

[benvb85]

@LiamNeesonsDick

What do you mean by "Australian dishes" exactly?