How to Cook Corn and Zucchini in a Wok

A wok optimizes the spread of heat while cooking food.

Using a wok to whip up your favorite vegetable stir-fry dishes isn't a difficult endeavor, thanks to the wok's design. A wok distributes heat evenly and uses less oil when frying foods as well. When you know how to use a wok to cook corn and zucchini, you can create healthy, flavorful meals that taste like a professional prepared them. The process only takes a few minutes of your time, which makes it a breeze to prepare quick vegetarian dishes.

Things You'll Need

• 1/4 cup peanut oil
• 1 cup sliced zucchini
• 1 cup baby corn
• Spatula

Instructions

1. Place a flat-bottomed wok on the stove top. Turn the stove on medium heat. If you have an electric wok, plug it in and turn it on. Allow it to heat up for 5 minutes.

2. Pour the peanut oil in the wok. Peanut oil is a fatty cooking oil that adds flavor to vegetables while withstanding high temperatures. This keeps the oil from burning when the wok is hot.

3. Add baby corn and sliced zucchini to the hot oil.

4. Use the spatula to move the mixture of vegetables around as they sizzle in the peanut oil. Do this for two minutes.

5. Move the baby corn and zucchini to the side walls of the wok. This way the vegetables won't soak in the oil, but they will remain hot. Turn off the stove and serve the vegetables with sticky rice or noodles, if preferred.

References

• "Essential Wok Cookbook"; MURDOCH BOOKS, Zoe Harpham;2004