I received J. Kenji Lopez-Alt's The Wok for Christmas and am working my way through it. I thought it'd be fun to keep a log of the recipes and how they went.

I have no rules for this. I will skip recipes that do not look appealing to me, but I will try to be adventurous. At first I was skipping the spicy recipes because I know the kids would not eat them, but I have shifted strategy there and will offer them a fried egg instead. If I know that even my wife would not enjoy it, I will probably skip that recipe.

Here are the recipes I have done so far:

1. Velvet Chicken with Snap Peas and Lemon-Ginger Sauce
2. Pico’s Not-So-Bland Chicken
3. Gong Bao Ji Ding (Sichuan Chicken with Peanuts)
4. Chicken with Basil, Chiles, and Fish Sauce
5. Shredded Chicken with Pickled Chiles and Carrots
6. Pickled Chiles
7. Sliced Pork with Chives
8. Stir-Fried Kimchi Pork
9. Better-Than-My-Mom’s Chungking Pork
10. Sichuan Double-Cooked Pork Belly
11. Sliced Pork and Cucumber
12. Moo Shu (Moo Shi) Mushrooms
13. Mandarin Pancakes
14. Thai-Style Stir-Fried Ground Pork with Basil (Pad Bai Horapa or Pad Ka-Prao)
15. Extra-Crispy Fried Eggs
16. Nam Pla Prik
17. Beef with Broccoli
18. Ginger Beef (with or without Snow Peas)
19. Shredded Beef with Hot Peppers and Chiles
20. Thai-Style Beef with Basil and Fish Sauce
21. Fried Shallots
22. Pepper Steak
23. Cumin Lamb
24. Stir-Fried Fish with Wood Ear, Celery, and Oyster Sauce
25. Stir-Fried Fish with Ginger and Scallions
26. Peel-and-Eat Shrimp with Garlic, Scallions, and Chiles
27. Soy and Fragrant Oil Dipping Sauce
28. Kung Pao Shrimp
29. Shrimp- or Fish-Stuffed Chiles in Black Bean Sauce
30. Slippery Egg with Mushrooms
31. Shrimp with Lobster Sauce
32. Creamy Layered Scrambled Eggs (Whampoa Eggs)
33. Home-Style Tomato and Scrambled Eggs
34. Stir-Fried Corn and Mushrooms with Hot Peppers and Soy Butter
35. Khai Jiao (Thai-Style Omelet)
36. Tiger-Skin Peppers
37. Sichuan-Style Blistered Green Beans
38. Soy-Glazed Mushrooms
39. Hot and Numbing Spice Blend
40. Stir-Fried New Potatoes with Hot and Numbing Spices
41. Korean Stir-Fried Shredded Potatoes (Gamjachae Bokkeum)
42. Sichuan-Style Hot and Sour Stir-Fried Shredded Potatoes
43. Cantonese-Style Clams in Black Bean Sauce
44. Sichuan-Style Fish-Fragrant Eggplant
45. Stir-Fried Eggplant with Sake and Miso
46. Slippery Egg with Beef
47. Clams with Garlic, Sake, and Butter
48. Stir-Fried Kabocha Squash with Sake and Miso
49. Smoky Bok Choy with Garlic Sauce
50. Stir-Fried Napa Cabbage with Vinegar and Chiles
51. Chinese Broccoli with Oyster Sauce
52. Pad Khana Bacon Krop (Thai-Style Stir-Fried Chinese Broccoli with Oyster Sauce and Bacon)
53. Snow Pea Shoots with Lobster Sauce (with or without Crabmeat)
54. San Choi Bao
55. Gireum Tteobokki (Stir-Fried Korean Rice Cakes and Korean Chile Paste)
56. Rice Cakes with Pork, Shrimp, Pine Nuts, and Vegetables
57. Tamago-Kake Gohan
58. Oyakodon
59. Basic Dashi
60. Homemade Furikake from Spent Katsuobushi
61. Gyudon
62. Japanese Katsu
63. Homemade Tonkatsu Sauce
64. Katsudon
65. Sanshoku Don
66. Miso-Glazed Broiled Black Cod or Salmon
67. Nasu Dengaku (Broiled Miso Eggplant)
68. Bibimbap
69. Bibimbap Sauce
70. Basic Congee (with “The Mix”)
71. Thai-Style Jok with Pork Meatballs
72. Prik Nam Som
73. Cheesy Congee with Bacon, Charred Corn, Scallions, and Cilantro
74. Congee with Wilted Lettuce and Mushrooms
75. Dakjuk (Korean-Style Congee with Chicken and Vegetables)
76. Congee with Pumpkin and Pine Nuts
77. Mushroom and Spring Vegetable Congee
78. Congee with Shrimp, Saffron, and Spanish Chorizo
79. Basic Vegetable and Egg Fried Rice
80. Bacon and Egg Fried Rice
81. Egg Fried Rice with “The Mix”
82. Blistered Green Bean Fried Rice
83. Easy Pork Fried Rice with Corn and Shishito Peppers
84. Crab Fried Rice
85. Sweet and Sour Chicken or Pork
86. Spring Vegetables with Olives and Sichuan Peppercorns
87. Kimchi and Spam Fried Rice
88. Homemade Kecap Manis
89. Nasi Goreng: The Funkiest of Fried Rices
90. Umami Oil (“XO Pepperoni Sauce”)
91. Burnt Garlic Sesame and Chile Oil
92. Shanghai-Style Scallion Oil
93. Fried Peanuts
94. Homemade Sesame Paste
95. Sichuan Málà (Hot and Numbing) Chile Oil
96. Dan Dan Noodles
97. Shanghai-Style Sesame Noodles (Ma Jiang Miàn)
98. Noodles with Thai Basil and Peanut Pesto
99. Zhajiang Miàn (Beijing “Fried Sauce” Noodles)
100. San Francisco-Style Vietnamese American Garlic Noodles
101. Sichuan-Style Cold Noodles
102. Spicy Shirataki and Cucumber Salad
103. Sesame Chicken Noodles My Way (Or Your Way)
104. Đồ Chua
105. Nước Chấm
106. Bún Trộn Tôm (Vietnamese Shrimp and Rice Noodles Salad) with Citrus and Herbs
107. Hiyashi Chūka
108. Chinese American Stir-Fried Lo Mein with Shiitake, Chives, and Charred Cabbage
109. Chinese-Style Lo Mein with Oyster Sauce, Lettuce, and Butter
110. Easy Stir-Fried Noodles with Mushrooms, Carrots, Basil, and Sweet Soy Sauce
111. Yakisoba (Japanese Fried Noodles)
112. Crispy Chow Mein Noodle Cake with Toppings (Liang Miàn Huang)
113. Shiitake and Bok Choy Topping for Crispy Chow Mein
114. Shrimp Topping for Crispy Chow Mein
115. Cantonese Superior Soy Sauce Noodles (with Bean Sprouts and Scallions)
116. Chow Mein with Beef and Peppers
117. Beef Chow Fun on a Home Burner
118. Pad See Ew with Chicken
119. Pad Thai
120. Ants Climbing Trees (Sichuan Cellophane Noodles with Pork and Chiles)
121. Pancake Dipping Sauce
122. Kimchi or Sauerkraut Buchimgae (Korean-Style Pancakes)
123. Haemul Pajeon (Korean-Style Seafood and Scallion Pancakes)
124. Chinese-Style Scallion Pancakes
125. Cheesy Scallion Pancakes
126. Scallion Pancake Breakfast Sandwiches
127. Panfried “Garlic Knot” Pancakes
128. Easy Tortilla “Jian Bing”
129. Pork and Shrimp Dumplings
130. Homemade Dumpling Wrappers
131. Japanese-Style Pork and Cabbage Gyoza Filling for Dumplings
132. My Mom’s Beef and Vegetable Filling for Dumplings
133. Vegetarian Eggplant, Mushroom, and Carrot Filling for Dumplings
134. Fried Brussels Sprouts with Fish Sauce, Shallots, and Chiles
135. Fried Broccoli with Honey and Balsamic Vinegar
136. Fried Shishito Peppers
137. Sukang Sawsawan (Philippine Chile-Vinegar Dipping Sauce)
138. Crispy Fried Pork Belly
139. Sichuan Dry-Fried Beef
140. Jaew
141. Nua Kem (Thai-Style Beef Jerky)
142. Chongqing-Style Dry-Fried Chicken
143. Chicken Karaage (Japanese-Style Fried Chicken with Soy, Sake, and Ginger Marinade)
144. Agedashi Tofu (Fried Tofu with Soy-Dashi)
145. Dry-Roasted Salt and Pepper Blend
146. Cantonese Pepper and Salty Shrimp
147. Málà Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings
148. Extra-Crispy Korean Fried Chicken
149. Sweet Soy-Ginger Glaze
150. Sweet and Spicy Korean Chile Sauce
151. Korokke (Japanese Potato Croquettes)
152. All-Purpose Tempura Batter and Dredging Mixture
153. Gochugaru Yogurt Ranch Dressing
154. Honey-Miso Mayonnaise for Tempura
155. Soy-Dashi Dipping Sauce for Tempura
156. Vinegar-Caramel Dipping Sauce for Tempura
157. Tempura Vegetables or Seafood
158. Tempura Sauerkraut and Onions