The Lion's Rear

this Book by roam:J. Kenji Lopez-Alt is about cooking with roam:Wok . I have an inductive electric wok, and I have Kenji's The Food Lab cookbook which i want to read one of these days soon too.

buy a 14" flat-bottom carbon-steel wok, around 2mm thick.

season it with neutral oil, don't scrub it, rinse and rubdown after you cook. rub vegetable oil on it after your'd one to vapor-proof it. seasoning a wok is more about building up layers of oxide rather than polymerized oils

• chuan spatula

• bowls for mise en place, do your prep work before you get crazy with the wok.

• bamboo brush

• spider for simmering and deep frying

• steamer baskets

• hoak ladle

• japanese-style mandoline to mjake cutting veg easier

these recipes sure do love their sauces and small-quantity ingredients

• usukuchi shoyu from Yamasa, rarely used

• Koikuchi shoyu from Kikkoman or so, essential

• San-j Tamari essential for gluten-free

• Chinese Dark Soy Sauce, Pearl River Bridge, essential

• Oyster sauce, Lee Kum Kee or so, essential [2022-04-08]

• Doubanjiang (sichuan broad bean chile sauce), Juan Cheng Pixia, Dan, or any brand made in Pixian essential, [2022-04-08]

• Lee Kum Kee hoisin sauce, essential [2022-04-08]

• Tianmianjiang (sweet fermented bean paste), Koon Chun Bean Sauce intermediate usage

• Lee Kum Kee's black bean garlic sauce, intermediate usage

• Gochujang, essential

• fish sauce, essential [2022-04-08]

• Miso, essential

• Doenjang similar to dark miso made 100% from soybeans, advanced

• Huy Fong Sambal Oelek as a condiment

• Tahini or Huy Fong roasted sesame paste, intermediate

• Me Chua Tamarind, intermediate (but essential for things like pad thai)

• Distilled white vinegar intermediate

• Marukan Rice vinegar, essential [2022-04-08]

• Black Vinegar

• a deep-fry oil, sesame or canola or soybean (see page 45) essential (duh)

• Kadoya Raosted sesame oil, essential

• Clear Chile oil, Rayu, etc, intermediate

• Crispy chile oil, Lao Gan Ma, Fly By Jing, etc, intermediate [2022-04-08]

• shaoxing wine, essential [2022-04-08]

• Junmai sake, intermedia roam:Ozeki Dry , roam:Sho Chiku Bai , etc... (try to not drink it!)

• Mirin or at least aji-mirin from Kikkoman or so, intermediate usage

oh ho ho... it just doesn't stop. I'm gonna need grocy lol.

• bay leave

• cardamon

• coriander seeds

• cumin

• cloves

• cinnamon

• fennel

• roasted peanuts

• white peppercorns

• black peppercorns

• pine nuts

• roasted or raw sesame seeds

• ground turmeric

• sichuan peppercorns, probably red ones

• star anise

• whole dried chiles [2022-04-08]

• ground thai chiles

• palm sugar (probably the nuggets not the paste)

• dried lily buds

• Wood Ear mushrooms

• dried shrimp, fish, or scallops

• kombu [2022-04-08]