Caroline Hwang - Korean Food Made Easy

Korean cuisine is one of the simplest, healthiest and friendliest in the world its dishes are perfect for sharing. Its fun to cook Korean: with just a few easily sourced ingredients youll be able to create your first banchan, the small but delicious side dishes that are served at every meal, and the amazingly simple gut-affirming kimchi, which works with just about any vegetable. Soon youll graduate to the ever-popular Korean barbecue recipes, sushi, noodles, one-pot stews and dosirak the perfect packed lunch. Koreans often start a meal with the joyful phrase Please, eat well! because they know that food is best eaten in good company and that good health begins with a happy gut.

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Korean Food At the beginning of every meal, Koreans often serve it saying, Please, eat well! Health is of the utmost importance to Koreans, and eating well goes hand in hand with that as health begins at the gut. Eating is also a communal experience banchan, the small side dishes that are served at every meal are meant to be shared as are most of the mains that are served.

The dishes are meant to be eaten all together, with no serving utensils, just personal chopsticks and spoons dipping into the communal pot. This is the moment in the day, if nothing else is said, where something is shared with those you eat with. To many people, Korean food seems complicated and probably very difficult, but it is one of the easiest cuisines to cook. It is a cuisine that requires essential ingredients to get started, but once the pantry and fridge has been filled, you should be ready to go. korean food made easy is filled with recipes for all the staple banchan you love TO EAT at your favourite Korean restaurant. This book also has recipes for shop-bought treats likes melon ICE LOLLIES or mochi filled with red bean, but without the MSG or additives you would normally find in them if you bought them at the shop.

For some dishes, all it takes is a little marinading and grilling, such as the ever so popular Korean barbecue dishes like that will be the envy of all your co-workers. youll find yourself confident enough to have a little party to share your new culinary discoveries after just cooking a few of these wonderful recipes A party where friends and family can commune at a table and share a story over a hot pot of stew or fight over the last fried chicken wing. korean food made easy will leave you feeling nourished and ending your meal saying what Koreans always say when theyre done with a meal: Thank you so much. I have eaten very well.

TOP 12 STAR Experiences of Korea 1. 2. 2.

Namdaemun Market in Seoul One of the busiest street markets in Korea, bustling with street food from Ddukbukki to fried chicken. Find the best doenjang, gochujang and other Korean ingredients here as well. 3. DMZ The Demilitarized Zone at the border of North and South Korea. 4. 5. 5.

Sokcho Try soondae , Koreas black pudding (blood sausage) in this beach village, heavily populated with North Korean refugees. 6. Chungcheong-do Enjoy a temple stay at Beopjusa Temple and sleep in renovated hanoks. See the largest standing golden Buddha in Korea. 7. 8. 8.

Wonju Experience James Turrells Colourful Night at Museum San, a beautiful museum built within its natural setting by Tadao Ando. 9. Namsan in Seoul Take a romantic hike up Namsan and place a love lock on the North Seoul Tower. 10. Han River in Seoul Ride bikes and then picnic by ordering fried chicken and beer to be delivered! 11. 12. 12.

Seoraksan Spend a day in the clouds and visit the hot springs of these rocky mountains.