The wok and accessories (not included)
The wok and wok stand can be obtained from your
Gaggenau dealer. The wok pan has a rounded base
and can only be used together with the wok stand.
Please be careful that the wok with the rounded
base is secure on the stand during cooking.
Always place the wok stand over the centre of the
cooking zone.
Do not heat up the empty wok.
Use the wok stand only on the induction wok
VI 411. The wok stand should not be used on a
normal glass ceramic cooking hob.
Use a chan (rounded spatula) or a wooden spatula
to turn foods. Use a ladle to remove foods.
Use a strainer to lift deep fried foods from the fat or
large pieces out of a sauce.
You can use bamboo baskets for steaming.
Cooking in the wok
You can fry, steam, deep fry, stew and cook normally.
Stir frying is the special cooking method for the
wok. Ingredients cut into small pieces are cooked
as briefly as possible under strong heat and
constant stirring. In the large, round pan everything
can be stirred and turned faster and with greater
ease than in a conventional frying pan. Thanks to
stirring, ingredients do not burn onto the pan.
Surplus oil drains off towards the middle. In next to
no time, you obtain delicious fried foods, the pores
in meat close and fish becomes nice and juicy.
Vegetables stay crispy. Aromas and healthy vitamins
are retained.
Important: the cooking time is so short that all
ingredients should be ready for cooking before you
begin. The correct sequence is also important. First
place the ingredients with the longest cooking time
in the wok. For example, these are hard-fibred
vegetables such as carrots. Soft vegetables such
as mushrooms or sprouts should be added later.
Proceed as follows:
– Pour sufficient oil into the wok to coat the surface.
We advise you to use peanut or soya oil.
– Heat up the oil to just before the smoking point;
only then begin with stir frying.
– Cut the food into pieces of equal size, but not too
small, thus making sure they do not burn.
– If you are cooking large quantities, fry in portions
as otherwise not all the food will reach the hot
base of the wok.
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