Jeremy Pang's School of Wok: Delicious Asian Food in Minutes

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Adding new ingredients will cool the pan down too. "If you wait for 30 seconds between adding each ingredient, then each time, it's more likely to have brought up the heat in the wok again," he explains. "That 30-second wait makes a massive difference to the finish of the stir-fry." Understanding the ways a wok can cool down will help you instinctively control the heat. Pang says: "That is what we call in Chinese or Cantonese, ‘wok hei’ – the literal translation is ‘wok air’. Adding new ingredients will cool the pan down too. "If you wait for 30 seconds between adding each ingredient, then each time, it’s more likely to have brought up the heat in the wok again," he explains. "That 30-second wait makes a massive difference to the finish of the stir-fry."

If you understand your wok hei – how to make air circulate around the wok – then you are a good wok chef." Place the steak in a mixing bowl and massage the marinade ingredients into the meat, saving the cornflour until last. Mix the sauce ingredients together in a separate bowl. Crucially, every recipe needs a wok, and it turns out we might have been using it all wrong. Here are some of the mistakes you might be making… If you understand your wok hei - how to make air circulate around the wok - then you are a good wok chef." Born in the UK to Chinese parents, Pang spent two years living in Singapore as a child ("Where I really found my love of food," he says) and later Hong Kong, but spent most of his childhood in the UK - while "having the best of both worlds" by travelling extensively across Asia.For the spice mix, toast the Sichuan peppercorns in a dry pan, swirling them around on a medium heat for one to two minutes until they pop and become fragrant. Add the salt to the pan, then transfer to a pestle and mortar or spice grinder, add the white pepper and sugar and pound or grind to a powder. I’ve watched this cook on tv a couple of times and found him enthusiastic and his recipes looked easy to prepare and not complicated to make. I bought this ebook on offer at 99p just to see what the recipes are like and I’m not disappointed. Heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in your wok over a high heat until smoking hot. Swirl the oil around the wok a little and then add the marinated beef and sear for 1 minute on each side. Next add the sliced red onion to the wok and start to fold through. Add the spring onion and garlic and continue to stir-fry for 1-2 minutes, giving the wok a good shake every 20-30 seconds. Understanding the ways a wok can cool down will help you instinctively control the heat. Pang says: "That is what we call in Chinese or Cantonese, 'wok hei' - the literal translation is 'wok air'.

One of my catchphrases is never lose your sizzle – if you don’t hear something sizzling, especially stir-frying, then you’re not stir-frying – you’re stir-boiling." Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Place the tofu into the middle of the pan and the carrot quarters around the edges. Fry, turning from time to time, until the tofu is browned on both sides. Now add the spring onion around the edge of the pan and continue to fry for 1-2 minutes. Pour the miso glaze over the top of it all and bring to a vigorous boil for 2-3 minutes until syrupy in texture. Soak the dried red chillies in hot water for 10 minutes, then drain. Mix the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl. The Chinese-British chef – who runs School Of Wok in London, and is a regular face on TV’s Saturday Kitchen and Ready Steady Cook – says: "The mass market mindset on Asian cuisine is definitely more educated today than it was 10 years ago, but the basic knowledge of what a wok is and how it should be used is still quite low level. [There’s] not enough in-depth education around this primary bit of equipment that over a billion people use in China."A wok is something many of us have in our kitchen cupboards – and yet most people don’t really know how to use it, says Jeremy Pang. If you want to add the classic soft-boiled egg, for a non-vegan version, add 15-20 tablespoons of dark soy sauce to a pan of boiling water and cook room temperature eggs for 6 minutes. Cool in iced water, peel and leave in the cooled soy liquid until ready to serve. Born in the UK to Chinese parents, Pang spent two years living in Singapore as a child ("Where I really found my love of food," he says) and later Hong Kong, but spent most of his childhood in the UK – while "having the best of both worlds" by travelling extensively across Asia. (Kris Kirkham/PA) Crucially, every recipe needs a wok, and it turns out we might have been using it all wrong. Here are some of the mistakes you might be making...