Hello Scanpan Wok! |
I got sick of debating cheap wok? Expensive wok? Which Wok? I bought this Scanpan wok. Look it's a Scanpan and it's non-stick which is probably another wokking fail? Don't judge alright? So it arrived really well packed and delivered in 2 days of ordering even though I ordered it during their sale. What happens? Wok sits there for a long time and doesn't get used. LOL
Eggie Hokkien Prawn Noodles |
Off to Preston market to get some prawns and pork. Another failure at being Chinese - I did not know what cut of pork to get. We shall all ignore this and get to the cooking bit shall we?
Ingredients
Hokkien noodles - get this in hot water first
Vegetables - your choice .. another fail I couldn't find the right Chinese greens I wanted. I had to google asian greens last night as I didn't know what choy sum is called!
Prawns - marinated in soy sauce, pepper (LOTS) and I put in a pinch of chilli powder
Pork - sliced and marinated in soy sauce, sugar, cornflour, shaoxing wine
2 Eggs beaten
Garlic and spring onions
Brown the sliced pork then add in your garlic and brown that too. Add your prawns in and toss that about. Chuck your noodles in and toss that about. Shove above green vegetables in.
Add one cup of water and I also threw in the marinade for the pork and cook that for about 5mins.
Add your 2 beaten eggs. Stir that about quickly and it should coat your noodles.
Now I am beating myself up for not buying a bigger wok and not getting a big cover for it. I need it to steam kuehs and chinese essentials like carrot cake!
lol! I've never used a wok before.. they look too complicated to me.
ReplyDeleteHow can it be complicated? :) HAHAH
DeleteHaha I am "Asian" just like you... I can't cook Asian food to save myself! Mum has been feeding us lots of yummy Chinese food but when we move into the new place Liam wants me to cook lots of oriental treats! Luckily the new place is sol conveniently just around the corner from my parent's place so my plan is to drop in each night for pick up service! :)
ReplyDeleteOMG it's around the corner from your folks! Lucky you! Scrap the kitchen, just use it as storage.
DeleteI want to buy a wok - how much was this one?
ReplyDeleteI love cooking Asian dishes so i think i would get a lot of use out of it. However, a stir fry that takes everyone else 5 minutes always seems to take me 20 minutes...I am stupidly slow in the kitchen!
Erm.. Kitchenware direct has the Luke Ngyuen one that Applefruitini recommends at half the RRP $99.
DeleteOtherwise my scanpan i think was about $70+ on sale.
You're a bad asian for not having a steamer for those kuehs! Just kidding ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm right there with you on being a bad asian - I don't drink bubble tea and eat rice from a plate with silverware (not chopsticks).
I KNOW ... I need a steamer for big kuehs at gatherings! HAHHA
DeleteI'm a faux Asian too. When I was at Taiwan Canteen today with my white friend, I called the waitress over and asked for a fork. They all stared at me like WTF, including my white friend who was cleverly eating with chopsticks.
ReplyDeleteReally! I'm not that bad with chopsticks but you had rice right? I need spoons and fork for that.
DeleteI love my wok!! I even use it to make pasta sauce! hahaha
ReplyDeleteOk that's it, i'm wokking it for everything from now on.
DeleteBeen through many woks and my fav is the Luke Nguyen one, it's humongous and comes with a lid and steaming tray *loves my wok*!
ReplyDeleteI wished that we had this discussion prior to this. Now I want a steamer one.
Deletethis looks so yum!
ReplyDeleteIt was absolutely yum and I feel like I want to cook it again this weekend. :)
Deletethe best wok i've used is a $11 one from victoria street... my teflon coated expensive ones are too thick and make the food gluggy or liquidy... the thin ones are the shit (Adam from Coda taught me this at a cooking class!) you just season them and they're non stick and last forever. i've reseasoned mine like 3 times in four years and it makes the best food. i have a steamer basket wooden thing that sits in it over a little bit of water and one of our big saucepan lids fits over the food if i need it
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ps prawnzzzzzzzzzz. you know i love.
ReplyDeleteWe all love prawnsss! I need a new cheapie wok!
DeleteNo wok but I made mee siam tonight. Yeay,
ReplyDeleteMee Siam by Prima taste?
DeleteOh I love my wok but it takes up so much room. Stir fry is the only way my toddler will eat vegetables as she hates steamed/boiled/raw vegetables.
ReplyDeleteGet wokking girl! :) Yeah i know, i am wondering where I will shove another wok. HAHAH
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