I'll take 14 litres, thanks.
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How do you store the oil, and how long does it last before it goes bad?
ok for a second I thought it said woke oil and thought it was a meme or something.
That's so cool! I plan getting a work once I move to the new place. Thanks for sharing.
Are you frying that in a … nonstick skillet? Is there a reason? Why not in the wok?
No. One can make wok oil in anything, in this case a cheap wok I will fry noodles and rice in it later. The wok pictured is 34cm in diameter with 1,5 liters of oil + ingredients.
It looks like nonstick, but since OP says it isn't my guess is carbon steel.
Carbon steel is matte black when in use, and shiny silver when new. The spotted granite-like texture in the image is nonstick. I was surprised because to me nonstick seems fundamentally incompatible with wok cooking that I am familiar with.
- Heat the wok at high heat empty and dry.
- Add oil and cook stuff.
- Deglaze.
I would expect that steps 1 and 3 would hurt nonstick.
I make my own chilli oil from scratch, but mold starts growing after a few weeks. Do you have any tips to keep it from molding?
Pasteurize
Get hot boiling a steamer, put empty clean canning jars in. Steam for 30 min.
Take jars out with tongs. Add oil. Steam again for 1 hr.
Or just look up how to do canning at home. Heat kills the bugs, chili oil doesn't give a flying doo-diddly about getting hot, bugs do.
Should I strain out the proper, garlic, and green onions I cook in the oil?
You need to cook longer; there should be enough moisture to support mould. That and saltiness.
You put cinnamon in the wok oil? Stay where you are for a little while.
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