Wok cooking?

[santaman2000]

Anybody here use a wok? I'm interested in your experiences with a wok in a camp setting. What do you use? A cast iron wok? A hand hammered wok? A steel wok? How has it worked for you. If you don't personally use one, do you know somebody who does? How do you like it? I've used a hand hammered one at home on the stovetop and loved it but haven't taken one to the woods yet. Tell me anything you can and lets try to get a good thread going.

 

[Toddy]

I use a steel one. Mostly because it's lightweight yet a good material for this type of cooking.
It works very well indeed though I changed the lid for camping for one of the Ikea ones with fold down handles.

I'm vegetarian, I like stir fry, but the wok's good for cooking mushrooms, tofu, roasting oats and nuts and the like too.
I have one that's kept for meat and it's excellent for cooking thin strips (try venison or beef ham flash fried in butter with chilli and serve with rice or couscous) of meats. Brown meat and add a little liquid and cover and the wok makes a great job of chicken fillets (think curry), or just keep the chicken moving and it makes a really good quick roast chicken. Works on squirrel too I'm told.
It's great for a really quick omelettes and it works to make fresh egg fried rice if one of the microwave sachets is opened up and the contents stirred through, covered and allowed to finish cooking.

Basically, it's useful for frying, dry roasting, simmering and steaming.

On the down side, it's bulky to carry. Light though.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[maddave]

Makes a decent washbowl too !!

 

[shaggystu]

a wok also works really well as an oven if you turn it uspide down and heap embers on top of it, maybe not quite big enough for the christmas turkey but perfect for things like bannock

stuart

 

[Ahjno]

I use a steel one. Mostly because it's lightweight yet a good material for this type of cooking.
It works very well indeed though I changed the lid for camping for one of the Ikea ones with fold down handles.

I'm vegetarian, I like stir fry, but the wok's good for cooking mushrooms, tofu, roasting oats and nuts and the like too.
I have one that's kept for meat and it's excellent for cooking thin strips (try venison or beef ham flash fried in butter with chilli and serve with rice or couscous) of meats. Brown meat and add a little liquid and cover and the wok makes a great job of chicken fillets (think curry), or just keep the chicken moving and it makes a really good quick roast chicken. Works on squirrel too I'm told.
It's great for a really quick omelettes and it works to make fresh egg fried rice if one of the microwave sachets is opened up and the contents stirred through, covered and allowed to finish cooking.

Basically, it's useful for frying, dry roasting, simmering and steaming.

On the down side, it's bulky to carry. Light though.

cheers,
Toddy

What about a simple boil of water? I was looking at a 9" (or 11") one, as it's freeze dried rations only in the field atm - but like some stir frying aswell for a change. A wok would make both (and more) possible in 1 item.

 

[British Red]

Woks are probably the ultimate "one pot" for cooking

Here we have lemon chicken and basmati rice cooked on a wombled vent cover grill


Lemon Chicken by British Red, on Flickr

 

[British Red]

They make good tools for winnowing seeds and grains too!


19 - Winnow by British Red, on Flickr

 

[BOD]

Ketchup started one going a while back - the Wok.

 

[Squidders]

Woks are ace if you're in a base camp type setting... My preference is always a round bottom one and my advice is not to spend a fortune... I got mine from: http://www.wingyipstore.co.uk/display-product.php?ref=80318

As they have a branch on the Edgeware Road on the way into london - Bargain!

 

[bilmo-p5]

Wilko's do a lovely little 8" pressed steel job which, as you can see, fits a Lidl/Trangia clone stove like it was meant to. The handle is detachable which makes the wok a bit easier to pack.

 

[santaman2000]

They make good tools for winnowing seeds and grains too!


19 - Winnow by British Red, on Flickr

LOL. Almost reminds me of a miner panning for gold.

 

[santaman2000]

Has anybody used one (with a lid of course) for popping poppcorn?

 

[British Red]

Hell yeah - and for roasting green coffee skillet style

 

[WeThePeoplexfbm]

mm idont use a wok , mainly coz i cant find it.. plus im always on the move in the field ^^