Walking You Through Seasoning a WOK

The video shows how to season a new wok

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• wok
• cooking
• stir fry

[dennisminnick]

Not to worry. You cannot burn or ruin a wok. Whatever you do to your wok will be salvageable. Scour the wok, stir fry handful of chives with couple TBS cooking oil, rubbing chives up and around sides of wok. Stir fry chives until charred. Discard chives, wash wok with hot water , dry; wok is good to go. As you use your wok it will season itself, get blacker, better and naturally nonstick. Not to worry. Good luck. The Wok Shop

[veggieroak]

thank you so much. this is so much more clear than the printed out instructions that came with my carbon steel wok. one question - how am i to treat the wok in between cooking with it? a friend has a cast-iron wok and oils the inside after each wash, and never washes with soap. please let me know what is appropriate for my carbon steel wok. and thank you again.

[dennisminnick]

Carbon steel woks have to be seasoned just like the castiron ones. After seasoning in the oven, stir fry chives or pungent veggies until charred, tossing and rubbing the sides of the wok with the chives, veggies. . Toss charred veggies and wash wok with hot water. Wok is ready. If wok should get a little crusty, just scrape the crusty spots with a plastic scraper (e. g. like an old credit card) and spots will easily scrape off and patina will remain. necessary. THE WOK SHOP

[dennisminnick]

Yes, just season your wok any way that will get it bronze/black. Use a little cooking oil. You can also season it by stirfrying chives or a handful of pungent veggies until charred, rubbing and tossing up and around the sides. Not to worry, you wok will be fine and as you cook with it, it will season also. It is carbon steel I am assuming. Good Luck. The Wok Shop

[dennisminnick]

Thank you so much. Love to hear from wokers and so happy we can be of help. Keep woking and the more you wok, the healthier and the better and blacker and naturally nonstick your wok becomes. Also, you cannot ruin the wok and whatever you do to it, will be salvageable. The Wok Shop

[dennisminnick]

Yes, you can season a wok on the stove. Burner on high and with a couple of TBS of cooking oil stir fry a handful of chives (or pungent veggies) until charred, rubbing up and around the sides and wok will season. China has no ovens and season woks on the stove top with coals, wood, gas, whatever. Your wok will season. Demo in our store we season woks with a small butane burneer and woks/works fine. Good luck. The Wok SHOP

[Teewentnatural]

Im scared I just burned my wok. I brought my wok a couple weeks ago and seems like since I just started using that wok ring is when I actually burned mine. I probably did that wrong but it just looks black on the bottom and not smooth like it was before I used the ring. help :( If I do the oil and chives again will that help?

[TheLittleDeath1]

Thank you for your video. It is really too bad that I'm not in america and the shipping costs to my place are too much for me. But I found a flat bottom steel wok. Seasoning it on my stone didn't worked so well. I will get a small butane stove. I think it is a good compromise.

What do you think about moving the wok over the flame while seasoning, so that the sides are heatet too? I saw it in the other seasoning videos here. Is that a good idea?

Thank you for help. I will recommend your shop.

[dologany]

I would to take the time to say : THANK YOU. I recently purchased a wok almost exactly like yours (the 1st one shown) with a wooden, unscrewable handle. The indications on the lable were poor and had no indications has to when the wok was "ready for use". I followed your video step-by-step, using vegetable oil & chives (and covering the wooden handle) ... and I now have a beautiful, seasonned wok ! I truly appreciate what you are doing, keep it up ! :)

[TheLittleDeath1]

Thank you for the video. I have only a 2000W elektronic-stove and no oven. Can I season a wok on this stove too?