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Start a Healthy Lifestyle and Become a Wok Star with 3 Easy Steps

November 3, 2022 By Eleanor Hoh Leave a Comment

Do you find cooking a mundane chore, can’t get kids or partners to eat vegetables or never succeeded with diets?

I’ve got the answer, I’ve eliminated ALL the obstacles and much more. Start a Healthy Lifestyle and become a Wok Star with 3 Easy Steps which I’ve outlined below.

Cooking with family will become a creative and bonding time

Effortlessly lose weight with dishes full of FLAVORS, TEXTURES & COLORS

Family & friends will shower you with praises for all the delicious meals and enjoy dinners together with lively conversations

3 EASY steps to Become a Wok Star!…

Step 1 – Start Simple

Once you have the WOK STAR KIT, you’re on the road to being a Wok Star. Start small, wok up a stir fry vegetable side to go with how you presently cook. Your kids/partner will enjoy eating your crunchy vegetables.

Step 2 – Build your confidence

Next, add protein with your vegetables and make one dish dinners, they’re quick, simple and easy. This will build your confidence for the next stage.

Step 3 – You’re a Wok Star!

You know you’re a Wok Star when you start experimenting and get more creative with combining grilled steaks, slow cooking foods and start cooking ethnic dishes. Best part of this Healthy Lifestyle? The praises are so rewarding when you throw a dinner party for your family, friends or a date. You’ll feel like a rock star, i.e. a WOK STAR!

READY TO BE A WOK STAR?

Roundup of Festive Dishes, Wok Star Way

December 27, 2020 By Eleanor Hoh Leave a Comment

If you need some last minute ideas what to cook for a festive occasion, I’ve put together a Roundup of Festive Dishes, the Wok Star Way. It’s what being a Wok Star is all about! Do things differently and out of tradition with your own twist!

Let’s start with a few appetizers that are sure to please…

This wok frittata or tortilla can be made ahead of time and served at room temperature. It’s so versatile, good as an appetizer, for breakfast when you have a lot of people or a perfect tapas or brunch dish.

Wok Frittata

Rainbow Lettuce Wrap is always a BIG HIT and will WOW your guests. As the name says, it’s a “rainbow” of colors and beautiful presentation with flavors and textures that explode in every bite.

Rainbow Lettuce
Wrap

Next course, and going the Wok Star Way, an Asian 5 Spice Roast Pork joint so there’s enough for several meals. It’s so simple, helps save time and most important, it’s delicious!

5 Spice Pork

OR, you could go with Grilled Korean Style Kalbi Short Ribs, who doesn’t love beef ribs?

Kalbi, curry quinoa and stir fried baby bok choy

Grilled Kalbi

OR CHEAT and purchase a whole Roast Duck from Whole Foods, then reheat and crisp up!

Roast Duck

OR CHEAT again and purchase ready cooked Maple Leaf Farm duck, grilling it and stir fry some Brussels Sprouts. This combination immediately conjurs up a Festive Dinner.

Grilled Duck
Leg

Sides are EASY, there’s so much to choose from…

This Stuffed Squash a la Wok Star Style is festive, colorful and tasty. Use whatever colorful veggies you have, add quinoa, or rice and voila!

Stuffed
Squash

My Honey Ginger Wok Brussel Sprouts were inspired by Sakaya Kitchen’s dish. They cause such a stir when you mention them, you either hate or love them.

Ginger Honey
Brussels Sprouts

These vegetables were all holiday colors with crispy textures to complement any bird or surf and turf, a lovely Festive Side.

Festive
Vegetables

For the following day, if you have any leftover duck, throw some into a noodle soup. It is so quick and easy to put together. If you don’t have any Asian green vegetables, throw some romaine lettuce leaves in the soup last minute. A great Duck Noodle Soup using leftovers.

Duck Noodle
Soup

Now, for an Asian dessert that will round out your festive feast…my mom’s Malaysian Banana Fritters with ice cream of your choice but I think vanilla complements instead of overpowers the fritters.

Malaysian Banana
Fritters

My Roundup of Festive Dishes has something for everyone! With the Wok Star Way, you’ll be introducing your family and friends to new flavors and spark some interesting conversations around the dining table.

Iwatani Gas Stove, Best for Home Wok Cooking!

July 10, 2020 By Eleanor Hoh 2 Comments

Love Chinese food but never succeeded in getting it to taste like your favorite Chinese restaurant?

Tried various permutations of woks and stoves and still never figured where you’re going wrong?

IT’S NOT YOU!

There are many reasons why you’ve not been successful in wok cooking at home. HIGH HEAT is one of them, I’ve resolved that with this portable Iwatani VA-30 gas stove, the other three are good ingredients, the right technique and the right wok, that’s why I put together a WOK STAR KIT.

As a cooking teacher and entrepreneur, it’s important to recommend tools that function efficiently and help to solve problems. I remember growing up in Hong Kong, everyone in Asia uses a gas stove for wok cooking, so this was an AHA moment and it will be for those of you who’ve tried every permutation to fry up your favorite Asian dishes at home and not succeeded.

You don’t need a 40,000 BTU gas stove for home cooking, that’s an overkill. If you have a residential gas stove at home, make sure it’s at least 10K or else you won’t be successful. Check this post how to figure out the best burner to fit your wok.

This Iwatani portable gas stove together with my WOK STAR KIT has basically transformed wok cooking at home.

Advantages of this Wok Gas Stove:

FOCUSED HEAT – 2 3/4″ diameter burner where heat is needed most.

TASTY FOOD – high heat gives your food FLAVOR, TEXTURE & COLOR.

TRAVELING KITCHEN – together with my WOK STAR KIT, this stove has its own carry case. It is perfect for boating, RVs, tailgate parties, picnics, entertaining friends poolside or just out on your balcony.

CONTROL – switching to high or low heat is instant.

FIT – snug fit with my 15” lightweight, round bottom, thin walled cast iron wok.

SAFE – good for indoor use, caterers and restaurants use them.

STURDY – steel casing and compact.

WINDGUARD – prevent flames blowing out when you use it outdoors.

PRACTICAL – cheaper than piping in gas, it’s light to move around. A stir fry takes very little time, so you will get many meals from one refill. Gas cartridges last about 1 hour and cost about $2-$4.

CONVENIENT – leave out on your counter or on top of electric stove so you’ll use it for cooking everything. Has rubber feet so it won’t scratch your electric stove. You’ll have BEST OF BOTH heat sources, gas for wok cooking, electric for flat pan cooking.

LIFESAVER – during hurricanes and power outages, you’ll rely on this stove to make coffee, lunch & dinners.

Always, always get backup gas cartridges so you don’t run out of gas in your Wok Star moment!

I am an Amazon affiliate, I will get a commission if you use this link to order gas cartridges and I hope you will.

Here’s a short video how to install a gas cartridge in this stove and a longer, detailed version on Youtube.

Enjoy! Happy to answer questions in comments below.