Lucky Peach 101 Easy Asian Recipes
Lucky Peach 101 Easy Asian Recipes is the perfect cookbook for someone who loves non-traditional Asian food. The recipes are simple and the ingredients are obtainable; both with the home cook in mind. The book starts off like most with an introduction into necessary equipment and pantry items. The pantry items were divided into 3 levels, basic, intermediate and champion. All levels thoughtfully explain ingredients with photos showing the brands that they recommend and use themselves.
My favorite chapter is the one titled Super Sauces. The premise of this chapter is that these “Super Sauces can be dumped over nearly any food lingering in your fridge to make delicious dinners".
Some of the text is slightly sarcastic, a type of writing that I very much enjoy. A great read, reminding one not to take themselves too seriously in the kitchen.
I prepared the Bok Choy with Oyster Sauce which was delicious. The bok choy was blanched until crisp-tender, the garlic chopped and cooked in oil until golden brown. I served these greens topped with the garlic and a drizzle of oyster sauce over a bed of brown rice. Any type of greens could be substituted here. Next on my list to make is the Carrot-Ginger Dressing which looks good enough to eat by the bowlful.
I received this book from Blogging For Books for this review.
The book looks really worthy
ReplyDeleteIt is a great book, totally worth it. They also have a quarterly magazine that comes out.
DeleteThis is my kind of cookbook. Perfect for weeknight meals. We had green beans and carrots tonight - haha so bok chop and rice is right up my alley!
ReplyDeleteHi Tricia, we are eating more and more veggie based meals, sometimes hubby doesn't even notice anymore.
DeleteThis is a great recipe. I grow bok choy in my garden during the fall/winter season. This recipe looks delightful.
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Hi Velva, thats amazing that you can grow bok choy, will check it out and see if I can grow it here. Thanks for checking the email thing out for me.
DeleteI love a cookbook with a sense of humour :)
ReplyDeleteThe bok toy looks delicious :)
Thanks so much for sharing,
Julie
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Hi Julie, it's a great one. Thanks!
DeleteThe recipe sounds good, but I think the cover would have put me off buying the book :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Tandy!
DeleteI haven't had BOK CHOY is FOREVER - it needs to be re- acquainted to my taste buds!
ReplyDeleteHi Gigi, I know I never have it enough either. Great recipe!
DeleteI bought my book! Love it already. Have tried a shrimp recipe and it was fab! We eat a lot of Asian here and I love Lucky Peach so I love the book and for good reasons! It is good. And fun to read!
ReplyDeleteHi Abbe, I agree, I love reading the Lucky Peach articles on-line too.
DeleteSounds like a very nice recipe. I just heard a lecture on all the numerous types of garlic, which originated in China. I wonder if the types of garlic make a difference in Chinese foods.
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Hi Mae, I would imagine they would, how interesting.
DeleteVery interesting book. Thanks for posting it. I love bok choy and we do prepare many greens this way - with oil and garlic and then oyster sauce to bump up the final flavor. It's so good.
ReplyDeleteI agree Monica, I will be fixing spinach and broccoli this same way to try it out.
DeleteWhat a wonderful idea, Cheri! I love the idea of serving this alongside another Asian dish and having a simple homemade 'takeaway'. The book looks great!
ReplyDeleteThanks Helen, it is a great book.
DeleteLook this type of cookbook. This recipe sounds and looks divine, Cheri.
ReplyDeleteThanks Anu!
DeleteIt sounds like a great cookbook and bok choy with oyster sauce looks very tasty, Cheri.
ReplyDeleteThanks Angie, never thought to drizzle oyster sauce over veggies like that before, delicious!
DeleteLove the idea of approachable Asian food. Most of the time I don't have the ingredients to make most recipes, I stock my pantry with basics. This book sounds great. Love the bok choy dish.
ReplyDeleteThanks Suzanne, we did too!
DeleteSounds like a great cookbook to add to my repertoire! We love Asian inspired dishes around here :)
ReplyDeleteHi Liz, you are so right!
DeleteThe bok choy looks yummy. Sounds like a wonderful cookbook.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dawn, we are enjoying it very much.
DeleteLooks like a delicious recipe and a fun book. D
ReplyDeleteThanks Dena, you are so right.
DeleteI first head of Lucky Peach from my SIL who has a culinary degree. Great recipes and I love those Asian flavors too.
ReplyDeleteHi Susan, the recipes are perfect for the home cook.
DeleteGreat cookbook for those times when you crave some yummy food. bok choy is so good and healthy.
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda, I agree!
Deletesarcasm would almost make me read a recipe book. ;)
ReplyDeleteHi Theresa, exactly, love this cookbook.
Deletegreat cookbook! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks Marcela!
DeleteDefinitely going on the wish list! I also delight in a bit of spice in a sentence... Think I might head straight to the sauces section. Your bok chou with oyster sauce looks sublime!
ReplyDeleteHi Kim it was, I have used fish sauce in dishes like this and was always turned off, oyster sauce is so much more mellow but with a wonderful flavor. Thanks!
DeleteOh, my mouth is watering! That dish sounds absolutely delicious.
ReplyDeleteThanks Susan!!
DeleteI love bok choy and used to cook with it all the time. I'll definitely be picking some up tonight on my way home from work!
ReplyDeleteI enjoy some witty writing as well, Cheri. Sounds like a fun read :)
This sounds like a cookbook that's a good reader too. On my wish list too!
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds like an interesting cookbook to have.Bok Choy dish looks delicious and we love to eat Bok Choy too.Once I prepared Bok Choy with Soy sauce,that came out delicious too and other steps are mostly similar to the recipe shared here...
ReplyDeleteLooks like a really fun cookbook! And I love the tone! Sarcastic and fun is just my style!
ReplyDeleteThis book is on my list! I almost bought it the other day, but I have a bunch of cookbooks that I haven't even cracked yet, so I can't buy more until I've used them a little. (I need rules.)
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