Chinese night and trying the new Spider out

tarheelmatt

We do Chinese food very often, however it is done in the house and makes the house smell terribly.  So, seeing all these other posts about wok-ing on the Egg, I thought I would give it a try.  Order up a Spider from Tom on Tuesday, it is here on Friday!  Shout out to @tvj!   Great service there.  

Local place had chicken tenders on sale so I go some of those for my dish.  About 1.8lbs of chicken. 

Chicken dish consisted of chicken, onion, green pepper, mushrooms, cabbage, carrots, and celery.  Sauce consisted of soy sauce, orange juice, fresh ginger, fresh garlic, oyster sauce, hoysin sauce, chile sauce, black pepper, and brown sugar.  Brought that to a boil and then to a simmer for about 5 min, then set to the side.  

Fried rice consisted of the same veggies above, egg, and soy sauce.  

Overall it was a pretty dang good meal if I say so myself.  Wife loved it and I took some to my Mom and she loved it too.  

Now for the picture goodness.....

The setup (mostly)

Chicken going in a little canola and sesame oil.  Chicken was seasoned before hand with soy and black pepper then coated with cornstarch.  

Throw in the veggies....

Then the sauce....

Tada!!!!

Fried rice veggies...

Included the rice....

Love this combo! 

Plated picture....

DMW

I'm going to need your number so I know who to call for takeout next time...

Nice!

tarheelmatt

Thanks @DMW! 

bboulier

Looks great!

tisoypops

Nice! Get er done...

tarheelmatt

Thanks @bboulier and @tisoypops! 

bcsnave

tarheelmatt

That is some Asian porn there

Tinyfish

Rocking that wok.

Mattman3969

Awesome wokkin!!! Looks like your wok worked fine with the spider.

Ozzie_Isaac

Wowza that looks good.

Hawg Fan

That's impressive. You've inspired me to give the wok a try on the Egg.

blind99

Dayum. I'm going to start calling you Panda Express! Heck of a cook!

Froman

Looks awesome. Can't wait until I order my spider so I can do it!

grege345

You the man

mgd_egg

Looks delicious! Now I want to try a wok!

tarheelmatt

Mattman3969 said:

Awesome wokkin!!! Looks like your wok worked fine with the spider.

It doesn't sit flush on the spider like it should, but appears to not effect the cook at all. I may look into getting a different wok, though this one is well seasoned already and I would hate to get another.

tarheelmatt

Thank you everyone for the kind words.

I was expecting a lot less from my first wok cook on the Egg, however I feel it turned out well.

Spring Chicken

Looks really nice.  Now that you have woking down pat, maybe you can get some ideas from this video I put together from photos posted by some of your fellow Eggheads. 

http://youtu.be/GuAf_jEMzIg

We love the wok. 

Spring "Me Try Woking Breakfast Maybe" Chicken

Spring Texas USA

tarheelmatt

Spring Chicken said:

Looks really nice.  Now that you have woking down pat, maybe you can get some ideas from this video I put together from photos posted by some of your fellow Eggheads. 

http://youtu.be/GuAf_jEMzIg

We love the wok. 

Spring "Me Try Woking Breakfast Maybe" Chicken

Spring Texas USA

Thanks @Spring Chicken , I'll check it out.

Also want to thank @theyolksonyou for helping me with some questions about the setup.

johnmitchell

Good one Matt..Looks like a fine meal..Enjoy your weekend..

Terrebandit

Great job.

tarheelmatt

Thanks @johnmitchell and @Terrebandit.

10_42bbq

This thread put me over the tipping point. After seeing this one and many others I couldn't take it any more! I just ordered a large spider and wok from CGS.  I can't wait to start using it. 

theyolksonyou

Looks great Matt! Glad the wok worked out.

SGH

The grub looks great brother Tar. Enjoy that new spider.

tarheelmatt

Thanks guys!

caliking

Great cook! We cook a lot of Asian grub, some of it on the egg, and it all turns out good. But wokking on the egg is way more fun than cooking inside!

tarheelmatt

caliking said:

Great cook! We cook a lot of Asian grub, some of it on the egg, and it all turns out good. But wokking on the egg is way more fun than cooking inside!

It really is a lot of fun, plus the house doesn't smell as bad. Also, the egg really gets the wok hot and keeps the temp unlike my electric range.

RiverDoc

Great looking food @tarheelmatt ! I like the cornstarch I'm gonna try it tonight. How hot are you running your egg? I've only done it once and ran it approx 450° I'm just curious

tarheelmatt

@RiverDoc I got the Egg up to 550-600°, then placed the wok on the spider.

Make sure you fill up with well with lump, it burns up quickly with the lid open. I left the bottom slide vent open as well.

RiverDoc

Thanks @tarheelmatt sounds good I appreciate the help