How to Season and Maintain a Carbon Steel Wok - Ultimate Care Guide

How to Season and Maintain a Carbon Steel Wok - Ultimate Care Guide A step-by-step real time guide. Steel woks are great. They can generate 'Wok Hei' which is like a cooking superpower, and they're so versatile as you can use them for stir frying, steaming, boiling, deep frying, blanching. They are the icon of Chinese and Asian cooking - but you can also use them to fry your breakfast! However they can be intimidating because you have to 'season' and maintain them. Non-stick alternatives are easier to use and look after but can't really cook like a steel wok in the right hands. So this video is your one stop, in depth guide on how to season and maintain your steel wok. It's actually quite easy and fun to do. And cooking with a well seasoned wok is a real joy. So if you've just got a new wok, you've come to the right video. And if you've still got a brand new one still in its box gathering dust, this is the perfect time to learn how to use it. If you want to buy any of the kit I use the links are below. If you purchase using these links my channel gets a small commission BUT you don't pay any more. It's a great way of supporting my channel :) Check out more recipes, news and merch at https://www.chowwithlau.com/ Instagram @Chowwithlau FaceBook: Chow With Lau e: hello@chowwithlau.com https://www.patreon.com/c/chowwithlau My carbon steel wok https://amzn.to/3oHPSyW My non-stick wok https://amzn.to/3njJlIi My Chinese ladle and chan (spatula) set https://amzn.to/3aidt0S My Deep Fry Spider https://amzn.to/30SoowI My knife set https://amzn.to/3uRPlLH My chopping board https://amzn.to/3BkKEMR My Pressure King Pro https://amzn.to/3EZBtCY Lee Kum Kee Premium Light Soy Sauce https://amzn.to/2YoubsA Lee Kum Kee Premium Dark Soy Sauce https://amzn.to/3Fn75DH Rice https://amzn.to/2WQbDkF Camera https://amzn.to/3DlZYtg Tripod https://amzn.to/3mugUY0 Microphone https://amzn.to/3adICCq Lighting https://amzn.to/306IvXB My editing computer https://amzn.to/3FGd3Q3 My monitor https://amzn.to/3BAmyhf My wireless keyboard https://amzn.to/3FBBwGx My wireless mouse https://amzn.to/3oWYqSO My workstation https://amzn.to/3FIz80r 0:00 Intro 0:23 Introduction to carbon steel woks 1:01 Wok Hei 2:00 Prepping a new wok 2:55 The 1st burn 8:18 The oil burn 16:48 The cooking test 19:26 The taste test 20:30 How to clean your wok 21:55 How to maintain/store your wok 23:24 Conclusions