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Broccoli, mushrooms, bean sprouts and other ingredients being stir-fried in a wok
Stir frying (Chinese: 炒; pinyin: chǎo; Wade–Giles: ch'ao; Cantonese Yale: cháau) is a cooking technique in which ingredients are fried in a small amount of very hot oil while being stirred or tossed in a wok. The technique originated in China and in recent centuries has spread into other parts of Asia and the West. It is similar to sautéing in Western cooking technique.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “stir frying” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.