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How to Prepare New Wok Star Cast Iron Wok!

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Just to be CLEAR, if you purchased my WOK STAR KIT, your new cast iron wok is ALREADY SEASONED!

Wok Star Kit to help you succeed
Wok Star Kit with everything for your success!

However, first you need to remove the top layer put on to prevent rust on its month trip from China. This will REVEAL your already SEASONED wok under that layer! Ta da…

Fun fact: at the time of taping the process, I didn’t realize the woks were SEASONED under the layer of shipping coating, so after frying the onions, I immediately saw the beautiful sheen of the SEASONED WOK, yay! The sales rep didn’t know there was a shipping coating added and insisted she had sent the seasoned woks like my sample.

There’s two short videos I posted on Instagram showing how I did the 3 Step Process AND there’s written instructions below as well.

It’s ESSENTIAL YOU DO THE FOLLOWING PRIOR TO USING…

A 3 STEP PROCESS…

  1. WASH 
  2. DRY
  3. FRY 

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Stainless steel scrubber (only time you use it)
Dish soap
Rubber gloves
Avocado oil (handles high heat 520F)
Paper towels
1 onion chopped. (Onions, scallions, chives, ginger all help to eliminate taste of metal and any discoloration. Use a combination or an onion will do.)

HERE’S 3 STEP PROCESS

Step 1: WASH

Use full strength dish soap and squeeze onto stainless steel scrubber.  Put your back into scrubbing your wok till there’s no discoloration coming off when you swipe the wok surface with your finger. Rinse off soap with hot water. 

Step 2: DRY

Use several paper towels and wipe dry completely. Next, put wok on stove and use medium heat to dry completely. When you see the first whisp of smoke, switch off heat and let wok cool. 

Step 3: FRY

Squirt Avocado oil onto a paper towel NOT directly into wok and wipe the entire inside of wok in quick strokes. Zing heat on medium HIGH. 

Add 3 rounds of avocado oil from squeeze bottle, add in chopped onion. Use your lovely spatula and push onions up the sides and all round the wok. 

Fry till wok is nice and black and onions are thoroughly browned. If wok looks dry, squirt more oil in and keep frying. Throw out onions. Use paper towel to wipe off any residual onion and oil.

You’re ready to start your WOK STAR JOURNEY!  

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Testimonials from Wok Stars

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Every time we cook “The Eleanor Hoh Wok Star System” ( I just named it ) we are at awe how well it works. It is not just the Cast Iron Wok or Butane Stove, it is the entire System that you have so thoughtfully put together. We see years of training and experience in each thoughtful element. You have added a wonderful new element to our routine cooking and dining as well as a bump to our many dinner parties. Bill & Judy

Bill excited with his new style of cooking!

World Wok Cuisine

“Thank You Eleanor for giving me the simplest, most impactful way to make flavorful memories! I give you Indian, Italian, Chino Latino and any cuisine you can fathom…it’s always Wok Cooking! This handy dandy cast iron wok has its own suitcase and I never leave home without it! Camping, beach, hiking or let me cook for you at your house! It is the single most important pan for cooking for me! “ Henri

Henri cooks dishes from all over the world in his wok!

Creative, Fun and Healthy Family Gift

“Mark opened his Christmas gift this morning and loved it. Thanks so much for this creative, fun and healthy gift for our family. We made our first meal tonight (turkey lettuce wraps and extra veggies), our girls were eager to help. The meal was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Eleanor (9) cooked the veggies and Annabel (7) cooked the turkey.” Heather & Mark

Annabel, Mark and Eleanor, fun time cooking dinner together as a family!

Put FUN back into Cooking! 

“You’ve made cooking fun again. Wok so much, can’t tell you how much you have changed my eating habits and inspired so much enjoyment for cooking. 🙂 The best part about your no-recipe technique is the technique is so easy to learn and build on without needing any cooking experience at all. I’ve gotten great results with every kind of meat and every kind of vegetable.” Dr. Eric Runyon

Dr. Eric Runyon finds cooking relaxing!

Cast Iron Wok Is Key To Success!

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I love weekends when hubby is the Wok Star and his wok of choice is my cast iron wok! He refuses to use anything else after his experience with a friend’s flat bottom carbon steel wok on their residential gas stove during a hurricane.   He ended up  literally throwing his hands in the air and turning it over to me!
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Breakfast is usually a toss between fried egg or an omelet filled with goodies.  Lately, the latter because he claims you need bread to sop up the squishy yolk. Since we both cut back eating starchy carbs like bread, potatoes, rice, I didn’t have any bread in the house. My solution? I suggested laying his fried egg on top of my version of Huevos Rancheros and let the yolks ooze with the lentils, umm!
It’s a joint effort in the kitchen in the weekends. Hubby likes to be the wok master (as most guys do!) and today he fried 3 eggs all in one go with coconut oil, smells amazing! So, boo to all the naysayers who poo pooed when I said you can fry more than one egg in a wok! We’ve done four eggs. He loves this cast iron wok because when the eggs are ready, they come away easily from the wok, no sticking, no mess, no frustrations.  The yolks are intact and always a success.
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I usually make the sides to go with his omelet or fried egg. My version of Huevos Rancheros with lentils (ready cooked) slathered with a spicy Cajun spice seasoning, chopped tomatoes and scallions and reheated. You can make loads of variations with different veggies to add to the lentils. A little spinach salad with chopped jicama, chayote and mini sweet peppers tossed with my homemade vinaigrette was a nice crunchy contrast to the soft lentils.
I think I’ve converted him, yay cause I heard him murmuring ‘umm’ quite a few times. It just shows, if you can make it tasty, the perception you need bread to sop up the yolk can be dashed.
If you want your partner to make you breakfast, give them the right tools so they’ll be confident, have fun and succeed in cooking and that my friend is a cast iron wok and a gas stove setup, enough said!