A Splash of Soy
Everyday Food from Asia
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- $24.99
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- $24.99
Publisher Description
Delicious, modern, versatile Asian-influenced recipes from an international rising star of cookery
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Asian food has it all - contrasts of flavour and texture, straightforward dishes you can eat straight from the wok in socks and pyjamas, as well as celebratory meals your friends will talk about for months after.
A Splash of Soy is full of everyday family recipes you'll love to eat. It is the simplicity and usefulness of soy that this book is named after, an ingredient so impressive it can transform a meal with just a splash.
In this book, Lara gives us 80 game-changing recipes that close the gap between classic Asian dishes and easy, quick-to-table meals. Here you'll find inventive brunch ideas like a Tom Yum Bloody Mary, spicy sides like Sambal Patatas Bravas, easy noodles like Cheesy Kimchi Linguine with Gochujang Butter and many more punchy curries, stir-fries and rice recipes from glazed meat to fragrant veg. She also includes pantry swaps and vegan swaps so these fuss-free recipes can adapt to your own busy home kitchen.
Lara Lee is a rising star of the international food scene. This book builds on her breakout debut Indonesian cookbook, Coconut and Sambal, to explore the incredible contrast of sweet, salty, umami, sour and spicy flavours across Asia.
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'Simple, beautiful food to electrify the tastebuds' Meera Sodha
'Makes me want to head straight into the kitchen' Anna Jones
'Every recipe a thrilling adventure for the tastebuds and the imagination' Ixta Belfrage
'Eclectic, imaginative and fun – a must-have for every kitchen shelf' Ken Hom
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"Subtlety is not within my sphere of qualities," declares Lee (Coconut & Samba) in this bold, zippy guide to cooking Asian classics with speed and confidence. Indonesian and Thai cuisine are especially well represented, but the collection is pan-Asian, with savory Japanese pancakes, customizable Korean bibimbap, and a Philippine adobo presented alongside hybrid adaptations including steak with Asian chimichurri and sambal patatas bravas. Lee has a way with words, from chapter titles ("Sticky, Grilled & Glazed," "Pickle-Me, Fill-Me, Sauce-Me") to mouthwatering recipe intros: peanut sauce is "a nutty, spicy and sweet-and-salty pool of joy," and lemongrass charred brussels sprouts offer "the moreish flavor of a really delicious bag of potato chips you can't stop eating." Her casual approach encourages simple substitutes (lasagna strips for biang-biang noodles, for example) and playful experimentation; a riff on Vietnamese banh mi urges readers to "finish off... with as many condiments as you can dream up." Speedy dishes abound, from 15-minute tom yum soup to an "almost-instant" chicken curry, and a final chapter—titled "The Asian(ish) Kitchen"—provides a useful shopping and cooking guide to soy sauces, chilies, and other essentials. The result is a fun and practical companion for home cooks looking to expand their Asian repertoire.
