Quick & Easy Tsukemono: Japanese Pickling Recipes

by Ikuko Hisamatsu

Among the many authentic flavors of Japan, tsukemono, or pickled vegetables, has been a must for everyday meals and with tea. For most of the Japanese nothing can replace enjoying plain hot rice with tsukemono, and dinner is not complete without it as the final course. Today most dishes are available at Japanese grocery stores or specialty supermarkets, but they often lack the seasonal quality and freshness of true tsukemono.

The term tsukemono covers a wide range of dishes from a marinated salad to preserved foods. Traditional tsukemono such as takuan or umeboshi might seem difficult to prepare but Quick & Easy Tsukemono makes these and many more, easy with its simple step-by-step, full-color photo instructions. There are myriads of methods to make them, some as simple as just rubbing fruits and vegetables with salt just before serving, while other require several days to fully marinate.

Packed with over 73 mouthwatering recipes for easily preserving fruits and vegetables, Quick & Easy Tsukemono is the perfect book for beginning cooks and seasoned foodies alike.

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

104 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2005

Reviews

[Licia]

Fun so far. Not all the recipes are what I think of as pickling. Some are really cooked, but they're all interesting.

[Lewis Zimmerman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pickles!

[Darice Chang · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book that got me into tsukemono! I've made maybe a quarter of the recipes in this book and the instructions are easy to follow with clearly photographed results.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

Traditional Japanese pickles including 'lazy housewife' pickles, my family likes these. Includes ingredients hard to find in the US plus many recipes require a fermentation location that won't stink up your house!

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Terrific variety and excellent step-by-step instructions. Nice emphasis on using vegetable greens that usually get thrown away.

A few recipes not at all "quick" or "easy."

[Jeannie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very authentic sweet to savory pickling recipes. Yet, another treasure to add to the culinary library...