Quick & Easy Korean Cooking: More Than 70 Everyday Recipes

by Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee, Julie Toy (Photographer)

Imagine sitting down to a sumptuous and fragrant dinner of Dumpling Soup with Rice Cakes after a long day of work. And a hot summer afternoon just begs for a picnic basket stocked with Chilled Cucumber Soup delicate Chicken Skewers with Green Onions and Seaweed Rice Rolls. Using ingredients that are readily available and techniques already familiar to home cooks these Korean specialties can easily be dinner any night of the week. With appetizers and snacks soups and hot pots side dishes entrees rice noodles and a whole chapter devoted to kimchi Quick & Easy Korean Cooking will bring new flavors to the dinner table.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction, Reference, Asian Literature

168 pages, Paperback

First published March 25, 2009

Reviews

[크리스티 (Kristy) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Probably one of the best Korean Cooking books I've read...easy to follow recipes and ingredients make this book truly a no brainier. Recommended for anyone who wants to try some simple Korean recipes in the kitchen...they key though...finding a Korean grocery store...damn you Wisconsin!!!

[Erica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Being Korean-American myself, it was fantastic to find an appealing, authentic Korean cookbook. I love all the recipes, have made most of them by now and found that it is a great introduction to Korean cooking.

[Ivonne Rovira · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had a lovely Korean cookbook that I foolishly lent to a Korean friend who wanted to borrow it for a while. But then she moved to Seattle and the cookbook went with her.

But now I’ve got Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee’s Quick & Easy Korean Cooking. It doesn’t have enough pictures, but the recipes are as yummy and good as the Korean food I enjoyed when I spent a year living just south of Seoul in Bupyeong Province. Whether boolgogi (seasoned sliced beef), galbi (barbecued beef ribs, which is my favorite), or bibimbap (mixed rice bowl) or so many other lovely dishes, I’m very grateful to Lee for a second chance.

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite Korean spots near my house is closing and the whole building is being turned into a parking lot so hopefully her cookbook will tide me over.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clear instructions, easy recipes, perfect for the beginner and everyday use.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Authentic without being over-complicated. A perfect cookbook for beginning to learn Korean cooking, with several recipes that have already become staples in my own repertoire.

[Garry Whitmore · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was offered as a free download from Amazon so I was happy to take a chance with it. That said, it is an interesting introduction to Korean cooking with some interesting text and tales from the author accompanying the recipes. Sadly it has the typical weakness of a lot of the free cookery books, in that it is a US version and takes no account of readers from outside that fine country. So a predominance of cup and spoon measurements, Fahrenheit temperatures, etc. Ingredient wise access to a source of Koren basic foods, herbs, and spices is needed, but I would hope most are now available online.

It is a good translation to the Kindle format, with a decent index, and search function. I am looking forward to trying out some of the recipes.

[Greymalkin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the big color pictures of every dish, but I didn't find any recipes that really grabbed me and said "make me!". Plus I like her older cookbook better- it has more interesting recipes and charming stories, though it lacks the great food photos.

[Stephanie · Rating 2 out of 5]

When cooking foods that are completely unfamiliar to me, it would be nice to have more photos. This book gave me too many photos from Korea and not enough of the food.