Stir Fry

Joyce Chen 3-Piece Burnished Bamboo Stir-Fry Set
$9.99
This Joyce Chen, 3 piece burnished Bamboo Stir-Fry Set is absolutely WONDERFUL!! You can was in the diswasher, does NOT bother the finish. Tools are ergonomically made to correctly lift and stir your ingredients in so easily!! They are perfect in size...not too long and not short. The price is super low...and you will actually enjoy woking with these fine tools!

Juanita Williams

The Everything Stir-Fry Cookbook: 300 Fresh and Flavorful Recipes the Whole Family Will Love (Everything: Cooking)
$14.95
I bought this book shortly after I was given a beautiful electric stand alone wolfgang puck wok. It has been super easy to use. Some of the ingredients may seem a little sketchy at first, but everything I have tried so far has been awesome. I recommend the chicken fajitas recipe. My husband loved it. The only flaw with the book was that it does not have any pictures which would have been nice and also make sure not spill ANYTHING on it. I dumped about a tablespoon of vegetable oil on it and the whole front part of the book seperated from the binding. I recommend this to any first time beginner or even a long time user. Enjoy!

Anolon Advanced Ultimate 12-Inch Covered Stir-Fry Pan
$80.00
If you enjoy cooking, you know how useful it is to have quality cookware. Cheap cookware doesn't last, nor does it perform well (uneven heating, insulated grips that get very hot, poor grip design, non-stick surface that degrades, poor lid seal, etc). You can spend $15 on a pan that may *look* nice and seem like a bargain, but then you find in a year or two you're wishing you had a better one.

The best thing is to go all out, invest a nice chunk of money, and get a major cookware set by Calphalon, All-Clad, Paderno, Le Creuset, etc. But if you're budget conscious, this is a difficult thing to do. If you're like me, you buy your cookware one pot at a time, when you find a good quality one on sale.

I bought this Anolon pan at Macys when they had a one-day sale (got it a little cheaper than here, in store). The price presented on Amazon is actually quite good, considering the free shipping. I'm very happy with it. It is a substantial pan, that rivals pans from other makers at twice the price.

PROS:
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* Handle rivets on pan and lid are top-notch; no exposed screws or rough edges.
* Handles are rubber padded and insulate well, and can tolerate being in an oven up to 400 degrees (although they will get hot--you'll need a pot holder). This is super for when you're pan roasting meat (brown on one side cooking on the stove, turn the meat, then finish it in the oven).
* The pan shape is interesting, like a cross between a frying pan and a wok. Excellent for stir-fry. It has a good heated surface area and the curved edging is useful for arranging food that you want to cook slower or less.
* The lid fits on the pan perfectly, with a thick and even quality glass.
* The hard anodized non-stick surface is top quality, far better than something like T-Fal. It looks like it will last a very long time. It cleans up really well, too.
* "Restaurant Tested" -- apparently they conducted a field test with the cookware and had great results. Anolon does not provide any specific details about it... but if it isn't just marketing speak, this is a very nice testimony for durability.
* Nicely weighted. It is heavy, but not extremely so for this size. You don't want something too light weight anyway, as a lighter pan gets knocked around rather easily.

CONS:
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* The grips are well made, but I'm not sure how well they will hold up if exposed to repeated high heat in the oven over a long period of time. That would only be a concern if you do a lot of pan roasting (your alternative would be to just transfer the meat when you're ready).
* The edging on the lid is stainless steel, but it's not super thick--it may suffer dents if you're careless with it.

Overall, an excellent buy. It really feels and looks like a pan costing several times more. And as of this writing, almost all of the reviews are 5 star. It's no wonder! :-)

Iplay Stir Fry Set
$24.99
Stir Fry Cooking Set
By iPlay

Fry up some fun with the Stir Fry Cooking Set by iPlay! Burner features realistic sound and lights. The salt shaker sounds like the real thing. Includes 2 "crackable" eggs with removable yokes. Other accessories include: 2 bowls, 2 plates, 2 rice patties, 2 pieces of Bok Choy, spatula, 2 sets of chop sticks, 2 spoons and soy sauce container. Ages 3+