Free online courseChinese Cooking for Beginners: Wok Skills, Stir-Fry Basics and Essential Recipes

Course Description

Learn the foundations of Chinese home cooking with a practical beginner course focused on wok confidence, stir-fry fundamentals, and reliable everyday recipes. You will build core technique from the ground up so you can cook with better heat control, timing, and flavor balance.

Get clear guidance on choosing, seasoning, and maintaining a wok, understanding what makes stir-frying different from sautéing, and developing the muscle memory behind fast, high-heat cooking. You will also explore essential pantry items to look for at a Chinese supermarket, including key aromatics and cooking wines that appear across many classic dishes.

The course walks you through adaptable approaches for vegetables, tofu, pork, and beef, helping you master a few flexible flavor templates you can reuse with whatever you have on hand. You will also learn how to make foundational stocks, prepare aromatic chili oil, render lard, and handle fish for simple Chinese-style steaming.

Along the way, you will practice iconic comfort foods such as fried rice, braised dishes, and fluffy steamed buns, while strengthening the skills that make Chinese cooking feel approachable at home. By the end, you will be able to plan, prep, and stir-fry with more consistency, turning basic ingredients into restaurant-style results in your own kitchen.