500 Wok Recipes

This title features sensational stir-fries from around the world. There are fabulous quick wok dishes from China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia and Japan with soups, appetizers, fish, meat, noodles and desserts shown in over 500 photographs. This is the best-ever guide to wok and stir-fry cooking, with practical step-by-step recipes plus glorious pictures of the finished dishes for perfect results. It offers a mouth-watering collection of traditional and modern meals for every occasion including vegetable tempura, steamed fish skewers on rice noodles, stir-fried chicken and cashews, and spicy shredded beef. It makes use of all the many techniques used in cooking with a wok such as steaming, shallow- and deep-frying, stir-frying, glazing and simmering. It features at-a-glance nutritional analysis of energy, carbohydrate, fat and cholesterol to help you plan your meals. Cooking with a wok brings out the best in fresh food with enticing spices and tangy taste combinations. The wok is ideal for making all kinds of dishes, including crab dim sum with Chinese chives, special chow mein, and classic beef rendang. You can enjoy 500 failsafe wok recipes, using cooking techniques such as stir-frying, steaming, braising and deep-frying. This book includes snacks and finger food, soups, appetizers, poultry, meat, shellfish and fish, vegetarian main dishes, noodles, rice, salads and side dishes, plus desserts. From crispy tempura seafood to green curry puffs and sizzling red-hot chilli beef there is something here for every occasion.