How to Rescue your Wok

Bring a rusted wok back to life with a few key tricks to restoring and re seasoning your rusty kitchen equipment. Make sure to watch Jeremy Pang's Dr Wok videos to learn how maintain and care for your wok to ensure delicious and successful wok cooking for years to come.

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[TheDPStL]

The Best 'Rescue your Wok' video I've seen & I've seen quite a lot.

[stevegeorge]

Echo the sentiments of other posts. This is by far the simplest approach to re-seasoning 👍. A really good scour with a steel scourer + detergent, a proper rinse with clear water, dry on high heat, and season until smoke clears. Do it regularly and it's not even a chore, and even the oli/smoke reduces and becomes a skill 😂. Thanks.

[urbanapache]

My new favourite Wok channel. Cheers mate.

[thecsslife]

Absolutely perfect, exactly what I was looking for, extremely helpful thank you.

[filosofodemierda]

Thanks, I am in need of re-seasoning mine because I didn't do it right the first time. I will definitely follow this video's instruction.

[Bullitt]

I just fixed my restaurant wok from this video! I bought a really nice restaurant wok, I burned some food in it used salt to fix it, then encountered the rust issue. Quick note - after removing the rust, dry your wok w a good towel, or strong paper towels, then use high heat to finish drying before applying oil.

I use coconut oil to season my wok, worked perfectly. Took me 2 tries because, the fire drying method still left me with flash rust. After drying with paper towels, then the high heat, I applied the coconut oil, and now it is perfectly seasoned.

Thank you for your video, too bad you left out that little step. FLASH Rust will occur every time, even on cast iron.

[minominmina]

Im glad i watched this video. Im planning to replace my rusty wok. This video helps to save some money.😊

[booksandcleverness]

Thanks so much! Now I know what went so wrong with my last wok, I wasn’t taking good care of it! I’ll do better this time around!

[BrianMarcWhittaker]

Thank you! I'm going to try that now. I accidentally cleaned it with Bar Keepers (baking soda). I hope that this method works!

[the_voice_of_reason]

Thank you so much! I thought I would have to throw it away as I may have botched the seasoning part. Phew! 😊

[XSLS]

Thank you for this infotmation. Save me chucking my Wok and buying a new one. 👍🏽

[ginajonson]

Brilliant! best clip on youtube thankyou

[simonsdiesel]

Thanks school of wok, my new wok is seasoned to perfection. Now I just have to get my wok clock sorted😀

[harryhthenorwegian]

You have absolutely increased my wok-skill for sure. Thank you for that :-)

[lofoten]

I have the same wok and rusty, ill clean the same as you did thank you

[prembasky]

A Tip: Scrub with steel wool. Boil water with a heavy dose of white vinegar. This should bring the colour to a dull grey. Rinse thoroughly and proceed to oiling and seasoning the wok.
The avid in vinegar or a dish with plenty of tomatoes eg Indian style Butter Chicken will bring the wok or any iron/carbon steel wok or pan to a clean uniform grey colour. Season subsequently.

[fourwinds]

Hi Dr Wok! Thanks for sharing these videos, they are really help. So I’m a total newbie to seasoning a wok. I have just purchased a carbon steel one from my local Chinese food shop and followed your video on how to do the first seasoning. I thought I had removed all of the anti rust later when scrubbing for several minutes with a metal scourer and detergent but as I did the first burn it looked like there were areas which still had the anti rust coating. Would you recommend starting again like in this video? Thanks!

[littledumbrainbow]

I got my first wok for christmas, ive used it once and right away the bottom burned, and it rusted just from being soaked. I know my wok is meant to be of good quality since I only saw rave rewiews. Turns out taking care of a wok isn't as simple as the basic frying pans that I've had my whole life. Thank you for the video! I'll try and see if your tips can still save my wok, as it's super pretty and I can't afford a new one. 😭

[patriciamentor]

Thanks for the good tips. Would appreciate your advice how to remove the stained oil marks making the wok looks dirty. Tried scrubbing but not able to remove it. 🙏

[cochinochang]

What kind of stove top is that? I've never seen an electric stove that you can fit a wok in.... Would be great to know since I I'm remodeling my kitchen.