Best electric woks according to redditors
We found 4 Reddit comments discussing the best electric woks. We ranked the 2 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 4 Reddit comments discussing the best electric woks. We ranked the 2 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
I can give you the same advice I gave a good <vegan> friend of mine back in his college dorm days; purchase an electric wok.
You can get them fairly cheaply... and be able to create endless varieties of vegetarian and vegan meals... soups, stir fry, all sorts of things. You can steam with it, roast vegetables... all sorts of things. And its easy to get creative. Tofu is always useful to supplement whatever you're cooking with; nuts and mushrooms fill you up and make a great addition to various dishes.
It would really help if you googled to see if there are any 'international' (indian, pakistani, eastern) markets or chinese markets nearby to find all sorts of vegetarian/vegetable ingredients you might not find available locally. It's fairly easy to find vegetarian wok recipies online... or substitute tofu or cooked beans/lentils/mushrooms as a meat.
I have this and like it.
Breville BEW600XL Hot Wok https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0042RUPFC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_i-w4CbTK3P1RC
Great knife for the money I outfitted the last restaurant I worked at with these, and have one at home as well. They take a good edge pretty easily, and hold it reasonably well. Not the best knife I have, but by far the best value knife I've ever used.
Ceramic Rod to take care of the knife. This one is double sided, one side is coarse, other is fine. For occasional touch ups, run the knife - spine first/blade trailing up and down the fine side. I normally do 5x on one side, 5x on the other, 4x each side, 3x each side, 2x each side, 1x each side. For more serious sharpening, start at 10 on the coarse side, then again on the fine side.
Cutting Board I like these, they don't warp like the thin flex ones, and the rubber on the ends does a good job keeping the thing still on your counter. I dunno anything about it being anti-microbial, as I wash mine to take care of that sort of thing, but it's a more than serviceable board at a good price.
That leaves you $70 for whatever else.
If you're a poor college student, a slow cooker can be a wise investment.
I'd look for Wok as well. You ought not to pay very much for a wok, and get one made of carbon steel, not cast iron IMO. If your place has an electric stove it won't work very well to put a wok pan on it, so check out electric woks.
Rice cookers are also very versatile, and most people can't cook rice to save their life, so their 'intended' purpose is useful as well.
Don't feel like you've got to buy anything new either, yard sales, thrift shops etc can l and you rice cookers and slow cookers for next to nothing.
The induction idea is probably the best.
I went with a wok though. I wanted something more stable because my friends generally drink during hotpot and lack basic safety skills. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0042RUPFC/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1485917676&amp;sr=8-1&amp;pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&amp;keywords=breville+wok&amp;dpPl=1&amp;dpID=31zXWFXZvjL&amp;ref=plSrch