Don’t try to cram too much food in there. Increasing the amount of ingredients will crowd the wok and lower the heat, thus making it pointless to go to the trouble of firing up the grill in the first place. If we want to double a recipe, we prepare two full, separate sets of ingredients, lay them all out (which can be a bit of a pain), and cook one full batch at a time before starting the next one.

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You can use a combination stove-top and oven-baked method to season your wok, do the seasoning entirely on a stove burner, or even follow the latter instructions outside on the grill instead, so you don’t have to deal with smoke indoors, and so you get that intense heat from the start. Once your wok is seasoned, be sure to care for it properly (never use dish soap or abrasive scrubbers, just hot water and soft sponges; allow it to dry completely before putting it away; give the interior a light coat of oil if you’ll be storing it for a while in between uses), and if it ever does start to show spots of rust, you can simply scrub them off and repeat the seasoning process. Prep Everything Ahead of Time Put the wok onto the grill and let it heat up. Add a splash of oil – it should start to smoke – then add the tofu, season well with salt and pepper and brown. Transfer to a plate. Heidi has an MA in Creative Writing for Brunel University and was previously a restaurant critic for The Infatuation London. Her specialist subjects included natural wine bars, handmade pasta spots and restaurant accessibility. She has also written for The Sunday Times Style and OpenTable. She is currently working on her debut novel. This wok is something of a one-hand wonder. Throughout testing, it proved to be comfortable and easy to hold and balance, whether we were tossing vegetables or transferring it from hob to table.About seasoning: Use detergent only once with hot water to remove oil residue etc. Flush/rinse and set your gas-burner to the max and leave it this way. Now really burn-in your wok. Making sure the flames hit every corner (if any) on your wok. Typical colouring should appear (OCC exhaust type) when you think you're done, continue until the steel turns nearly dark, and turn of the heat. Now moisten? (slightly wet) a paper towel with good quality sesame oil or if you're allergic to that, sunflower oil. Rub the inside of your wok with this towel, it should smoke a lot. That's it you're done. Cleaning: Bamboo brush and hot water, goodbye Mr. Muscle and other crxp!. Enjoy!

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Woks tend to either have one long handle for easy tossing and turning, or two smaller c-shaped handles for easy manoeuvrability. There are some hybrid models that have a long handle on one side and a small grip handle on the other though, such as the high-scoring M&S Chef Hard Anodised 30cm Wok we tested.Since a properly heated wok cooks food fast, it’s important to have all your ingredients prepped and laid out before you even begin. This means you need to read the recipe, wash, dry, mince, chop, and slice everything that requires it, and measure it all out into small bowls or onto plates (as many as necessary; ingredients that get added to the wok at the same time can be held in the same bowl, but otherwise it’s best to keep them separate). But producing that bed of coals takes time, which is why, to recreate this stir-fry environment at home, the combination of the Weber Genesis® II gas barbecue and a heavy, rounded cast iron wok are just perfect. Another durable option, we like how sturdy this wok felt on the hob and appreciated its oven-safe design. Massage the pork again, this time until the lean meat feels silky to the touch, then leave to marinate at room temperature for a further hour and a half.