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Cooking with Wok Star Video, Sid's Lobster Stir Fry

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CALLING ALL WOK STARS!

We’re so excited to share our first video showcasing Wok Stars! Yes, YOU!

For our premier Wok Star video launch, we’re featuring Sid, a famous photographer with 12 Addy’s, wow!   He’s wokking up fresh lobster with Chinese broccoli and noodle stir fry. 

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Sid goofing around with Zara setting up for the shoot.
We didn’t know how famous till we started digging into his story. And I’ve slept under one his shell photography on RCL’s cruise ships!  It was so much fun shooting in his Wynwood studio!  I took some “behind the scenes’ photos of Sid’s beautiful photography (doesn’t do it justice of course) and his amazing studio and of course, the oh so juicy lobster stir fry. Sid specially caught fresh lobster for this shoot, how sweet, it was so fresh and tasty!

If you’re interested in having Sid make your product beautiful, visit his website or his blog and you’ll discover he’s a huge foodie and loves a good tipple! At his BBQs, he grills gourmet sausages and surprise treats and his annual Crawfish Parties are legendary.  What a swell guy to hang with.

Thanks Wok Star Sid! 

So if you’re up for it, email me wokstar at eleanorhoh dot com.  You’ll get a nice surprise swag bag full of goodies for being in our Wok Star video!

You must own my Wok Star Kit and portable gas stove setup to be featured.

  Check back for more Wok Stars!  Next up OBGYN, Dr. Eric then interior designer, Carolina.

Zara Castany, a film grad and a Wok Star is my producer/director and editor.  We’re trying to figure out how to feature her in one of these! Guess, we’ll have to switch positions.

 
 

Wok Curry Salmon Video

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Happy New Year!  I’m excited to share my first video Cook Like a Wok Star using My Spice Sage’s curry powder that’s included in my Wok Star Kit!  Love to hear what you think, all feedback is welcome.  My video series will be short tips and tricks and all things to help make you a Wok Star without recipes or measuring! Curry powder is one of my favorite spices, it’s so versatile, has an intense flavor, perks up anything you sprinkle it on, especially leftovers and is a staple in my kitchen! Once you try it, it’s addictive, you’ll want to add to everything.  For more details about My Spice Sage, click here and here.
I took some ‘behind the scenes’ photos…

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Wok Curry Salmon Setup at Alno Cera Kitchen. mise-en-place

Note about the production of the video:  Thanks to ALNO, the beautiful German kitchen design showroom for sponsoring this shoot, I’m so excited they are hosting my cooking classes! This video was shot, directed and edited by Zara Elizabeth who also happens to be a super Wok Star in her own right and has assisted in my classes and a huge fan of my Wok Star project. I’m so proud she won a family cooking competition using her Wok Star Kit and stove making the two dishes she learned in class, Rainbow Lettuce Wrap and Tilapia in spicy brown bean sauce.  We’ll be hard at work updating my class DVDs and it’ll be refreshing to produce them from a different perspective now she’s been through my class.

 

Stir Fry Veggies, perfect with hoisin pork

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Three different stir fried veggie side dishes with grilled hoisin pork bistec done in half an hour surprised me too, so I wanted to share!
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Pork ‘Bistec’ is spare rib steaks with lovely marbling but thinner not chunky chops so they cook much faster, perfect for quick weeknight dinners. I really had a craving for hoisin and used same 3 seasonings for my signature Hoisin Spare Ribs, you can  get how to make the marinade here.
While the hoisin pork bistecs were grilling, I prepared my veggies. I decided I didn’t want all my veggies in one dish. So, it was a matter of frying them separately which I do anyway so as not to lower the heat of the wok and cause veggies to sweat and become soupy (a very common mistake!)
Chinese eggplant & red bell pepper went together, then Shanghainese Bok Choy & scallions and last I blanched some ready chopped kale left from a soup I made.
When you can smell yummy grilled pork, it’s time to turn them over & grilled till sauce looked cooked and slightly crispy edges. Not too long cause chops are thin.  Get your butcher to get these chops for you if you don’t see them, they’re the answer to quick, tasty dinners! I switched off grill and let them sit till I finished stir frying. They were perfectly done, tender & juicy.  I hate ‘tenting’ which is covering your meat with foil to let it continue cooking, it never works for me, it’s too scientific.
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Hubby and I shared one chop with a spare chop for our lunch, yippee. Another tip: always cook more to save time and effort! Enjoy.