For all you stir fry'ers out there... Stir Frying to the Sky's Edge by Grace Young is on sale

caliking

http://www.amazon.com/Stir-Frying-Skys-Edge-Ultimate-Authentic/dp/1416580573/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1451617228&sr=8-1&keywords=stir+edge

Mattman3969

Do you have this book Cali?  I'm always looking for a fresh take on the wok.  

caliking

I have cooked some of her recipes form Breath of a Wok and liked them. I just ordered this book since the price dropped, so I haven't cooked anything from it yet. 

I highly recommend Fuchsia Dunlop's books if you like Chinese food (especially Sichaun). We keep a pretty well stocked Asian pantry, so most of the recipes are feasible. Her first book was Land of Plenty, and I don't think we have made anything out of it that wasn't terrific. 

Mattman3969

Thanks Cali.   Another $20.00 gone to the forum. Lol

northGAcock

caliking said:

I have cooked some of her recipes form Breath of a Wok and liked them. I just ordered this book since the price dropped, so I haven't cooked anything from it yet. 

I highly recommend Fuchsia Dunlop's books if you like Chinese food (especially Sichaun). We keep a pretty well stocked Asian pantry, so most of the recipes are feasible. Her first book was Land of Plenty, and I don't think we have made anything out of it that wasn't terrific. 

@Mattman3969
Do you guys make your own sauces or do you purchase ready made from the Asian markets?

Mattman3969

I generally will make my own and on occasion I will mix store bought to achieve the taste I'm after.  

Mattman3969

@caliking - look what just got left at my front door!!!   Lot of instructional reading.  Can't wait for the weekend to start the new wokking adventure 

thanks for the heads up!!

caliking

@Mattman3969 - this forum + Amazon Prime= big hole in my wallet

I got my copy a couple of days ago. Its a nice read. Haven't tried any recipes yet. The recipes seem Cantonese style ( we prefer Sichuan), but I like that there are other types of Chinese recipes too. 

I'm almost certain you'll beat me to a first cook out of this book. Hope you enjoy it

@northGAcock - I make my own sauces too, but no harm in trying some ready made sauces to get your feet wet.

The base pastes (toban djian, fermented black bean, chili garlic, etc.) last a good while in the fridge and other stuff (light and dark soy, chin kiang vinegar, fish sauce, etc.) are available at most Asian markets. The sauces come together pretty easily if you have the ingredients at hand. 

northGAcock

@caliking  thanks.....I am awaiting the Mini Max Woo modification for the new MiniMax. Once I get that and the wok.....I am looking forward to getting started. Is there a good cookbook or resource for the sauce recipes that you or @Mattman3969  might recommend I start with?

Mattman3969

I'm goin to send you to the same place @caliking sent me.  Good cooks 

http://www.finecooking.com/recipes/Stir-frying/52366.aspx

caliking

northGAcock said:

@caliking  thanks.....I am awaiting the Mini Max Woo modification for the new MiniMax. Once I get that and the wok.....I am looking forward to getting started. Is there a good cookbook or resource for the sauce recipes that you or @Mattman3969  might recommend I start with?

Many folks on here liked Grace Young's first book Breath of a Wok. I can't recommend Fuchsia Dunlop's books (Land of Plenty was the first) highly enough. 

caliking

Mattman3969 said:

I'm goin to send you to the same place @caliking sent me.  Good cooks 

http://www.finecooking.com/recipes/Stir-frying/52366.aspx

Stupid me - I forgot about that link. And its free!

Botch

Got my copy yesterday too.  I was supposed to stop buying cookbooks; losing weight is easier.  

Fred19Flintstone

I just ordered it.  I'm looking at getting a propane turkey fryer to wok on.  Never worked before so this should be fun.

Chubbs

I need to get a smaller wok. One that can fit on my mini. The one for my large is great just so big. Thanks for the reminder. Need to break out the spider and wok

Dredger

I've had that one for awhile and it is excellent. Grace Young also offers a Craftsy class that is excellent. http://www.craftsy.com/classes/food-and-cooking?_ct=sbqiiui-cuwqsqjuweho-ikr-dql-byda&_ctp=Cake+%26+Cooking,food-and-cooking I got it on sale and I can't see how much they're charging for it now since I am already enrolled. I got my woks from The Wok Shop, but haven't seasoned them yet since I realized that I don't have anywhere to store them inside yet. About the same time, I hit my electric wok with an IR gun and discovered that it hits 550 degrees in about 2 minutes. Still need to find a place for the big woks inside.

chrisc133

Fred19Flintstone said:

I just ordered it.  I'm looking at getting a propane turkey fryer to wok on.  Never worked before so this should be fun.

I picked up a turkey fryer after thanksgiving that I'm going to use.  Also just picked up a nice hand hammered carbon steel wok.  I feel i've mastered grilling...time to master something else. ha