wok
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Also, when we had first walked in, the flames coming out of the wok were at least several feet high.
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- noun A metal pan having a rounded bottom, used especially for frying and steaming in Asian cooking.
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- The chef cast them into the vast wok, added a handful of monosodium gluta-mate, whisked them twice and scooped them out, put a handful of steaming peapods on two platters and divided up the pink, glistening succulent prawns on top equally. — Noble House
- In a moment, the wok was emptied, filled again, and Tak and So-Peng were delivered of baby eels sauted in sesame oil; crisp baskets of deep-fried yam noodles. — The White Ninja
- The rice and the wok were too precious to be abandoned; an iron wok was hard to obtain, especially in wartime. — WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA
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Also, when we had first walked in, the flames coming out of the wok were at least several feet high.
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Seasoning a wok is the best way to prepare for convenient and conventional cooking.
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- Chinese (Cantonese) wōk, equivalent to Chinese (Mandarin) hù, huò.
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