Korean Cooking Favorites

Book excerpt: Spicy, Salty, Sour, Sweet Create the Amazing Flavors of Korean Home Cooking Step into the kitchen of Hyegyoung K. Ford, founder of the blog Beyond Kimchee, and discover the delicious, fail-safe meals she ate growing up in South Korea and now cooks for her own busy family. Perfected through generations, classics like Korean Sweet & Sour Pork are quick and comforting, and popular dishes like Spicy Korean Fried Chicken are surprisingly easy to make at home. Authentic flavors are simple to create with special tips for sourcing and working with key ingredients. Feast on an impressive spread of soups, stews, noodles and stir-fries, or dig into a delectable selection of sweet and salty snacks and appetizers. No Korean meal is complete without an array of banchan, or sides. Options such as Panfried Tofu with Soy Chili Sauce, Spicy Cucumber Salad, Addictive Soy Sauce Eggs and more make it impossible to try just one. And don’t forget the kimchi! Learn to make seven different varieties of this healthy Korean staple. With so many combinations to choose from, these meals will quickly become favorites in your own kitchen.