Wok hei

Level up your stir fry skills with this garlic and ginger shrimp dish!

In Asian cooking there is something called Wok Hei which imbues food with those elusive, smoky flavors that are oh-so-good! It's incredibly hard to achieve at home, but home chefs, ranging from amateur to sophisticated culinary savants, are completely obsessed with trying to recreate that smokiness at home.    A lot of the skill that comes inherent with being able to sear at very high heat (i.e. at or above smoke point) is getting access to a cast iron wok, as opposed to a non-stick carbon steel counterpart.   But, if you don't have the time nor energy to properly season & maintain cast iron, stir-frying on a non-stick carbon steel wok might come as close as you get in terms of replicating that elusive charcoal-y, burnt taste.    This garlic and ginger shrimp stir fry recipe is perfect for those who are looking to whip up a mean stir-fry on a wok: the shrimp is the perfect protein for beginners to sear, and the bok choy & veg help cut the oil in the dish. Try it out and let us know what you think!   P.S. If you haven't heard, we're partnering with Neil Patrick Harris for a cool sweepstakes to the Galápagos. Get the full deets here!   Get The Recipe! Tasty Carbon Steel Non-Stick Stir Fry Pan/Wok Tasty Stainless Steel Megatoku Oversized Santoku Knife Tasty Ceramic Titanium-Reinforced Non-Stick Centerpiece Pan with Glass Lid Tasty 6 Piece Prep Knife Block Set Chinese Chicken Fried Rice Vegan Tofu Bao Buns With Pickled Vegetables Fried Carrot Cake Cereal Prawns Singapore Chilli Crab Prawn Paste Chicken (Har Cheong Gai) Chinese Fried Sesame Dessert Balls (Jian Dui) Crab Rangoon Egg Rolls BuzzFeed, Inc. 111 E. 18th St. New York, NY 10003 We hope you love the products we recommend! Just so you know, BuzzFeed may collect a small share of sales from the links in this email. View our privacy notice and cookie policy Unsubscribe