{"id":24881,"date":"2017-07-17T07:40:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T23:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=24881"},"modified":"2017-08-30T16:52:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T08:52:49","slug":"thermomix-stir-frying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2017\/07\/17\/thermomix-stir-frying\/","title":{"rendered":"Thermomix &#8211; Stir Frying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stir-frying veggies using Thermomix requires some getting used to. I did miss the experience of feeling, i.e. sight and smell, the food as it cooks in a wok. I had to trust that the machine can do a good job at &#8216;spinning&#8217; up the dish. Instead of wielding a spatula, I press a few buttons to stir-fry veggies. How weird is that.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, I felt like giving up. So unnatural. But I persisted (because it is such a costly kitchen gadget!) Caixin, Kailan, broccoli, cauliflower, apparagus, baby corn, carrots, mushrooms, etc, the list goes on. After 2 months into using Thermomix to do Chinese stir-fry veggies, I&#8217;m starting to appreciate this machine&#8217;s consistency in producing crisp and evenly cooked greens. It has this sous vide ability to ensure that the veggies are cooked at the correct temperature without burning it. And I don&#8217;t have to be physically present to stir the veggies. I&#8217;m freed to prepare other dishes, do cleaning up, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it better does more than just stir-fry veggies! Otherwise, it wouldn&#8217;t justify the price. I will try to share bits and pieces of my experiences here especially for friends who might be considering getting one for their family.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-20046281_10213456173900219_5253296027317735156_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-20046281_10213456173900219_5253296027317735156_n.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-20046281_10213456173900219_5253296027317735156_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-20046281_10213456173900219_5253296027317735156_n-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-20106264_10213456173700214_92048897145522811_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-20106264_10213456173700214_92048897145522811_n.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-20106264_10213456173700214_92048897145522811_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-20106264_10213456173700214_92048897145522811_n-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-19990409_10213456173460208_6756714914921741977_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-19990409_10213456173460208_6756714914921741977_n.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-19990409_10213456173460208_6756714914921741977_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-19990409_10213456173460208_6756714914921741977_n-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-18922190_10213456172900194_6496609934159525672_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-18922190_10213456172900194_6496609934159525672_n.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-18922190_10213456172900194_6496609934159525672_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-18922190_10213456172900194_6496609934159525672_n-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stir-frying veggies using Thermomix requires some getting used to. I did miss the experience of feeling, i.e. sight and smell, the food as it cooks in a wok. I had to trust that the machine can do a good job<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-read-more\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2017\/07\/17\/thermomix-stir-frying\/\">Read More<span class=\"cleanwp-sr-only\">  Thermomix &#8211; Stir Frying<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,14],"tags":[597],"class_list":["post-24881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at-home","category-recipes","tag-thermomix","wpcat-6-id","wpcat-14-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-18922190_10213456172900194_6496609934159525672_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}