I been using a wok for the last year or so we bought it from walmart for 10 bucks and it's now burning on the bottom. Is it bad to use cooking sprays on woks?
2006-11-27 04:00:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
If it's a nice, mild steel (grayish, not chrome-looking or black-from-the-factory) wok, that burning is actually a buildup of carbon and is highly desirable. That is what makes a wok almost more nonstick than teflon or calphalon or any of that stuff.
The burned-on bits should be knocked off in cleaning, of course, but the older and blacker a wok gets, the more highly prized it is.
Cooking sprays are merely propelled oils and will be just fine for light stir-frying. If you're doing big batches, get a bit of peanut oil and heat it up rocket-hot!
It only takes a couple of tablespoons and you'll see the difference immediately!
Best wishes!
2006-11-27 06:00:55 · answer #1 · answered by HeldmyW 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walmart Woks
2016-10-29 05:16:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's the coking spray, it sounds like the cheap wok.
Go to an Asian market and buy a very heavy one. And keep using the pam if you like.
2006-11-27 05:40:07 · answer #3 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no cooking spray! just use wok oil and make sure your wok is very hot, the burning may just mean your wok is seasoned, like a cast iron pan.
2006-11-27 04:12:53 · answer #4 · answered by ChrisF1241 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If its nonstick, you shouldn't be using cooking spray-- that's whats causing the burning.
2006-11-27 04:08:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I use it on mine; also if you spray it on after you wash it this will also keep it from rusting.
2006-11-27 04:03:17 · answer #6 · answered by kim806 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all it's better and healthier.
2006-11-27 11:09:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋