Korean BBQ: Master Your Grill in Seven Sauces [A Cookbook]

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JAMES BEARD AWARD FINALIST • A casual and practical guide to grilling with Korean-American flavors from chef Bill Kim of Chicago's award-winning bellyQ restaurants, with 80 recipes tailored for home cooks with suitable substitutions for hard-to-find ingredients.

Born in Korea but raised in the American Midwest, chef Bill Kim brings these two sensibilities together in Korean BBQ, translating Korean flavors for the American consumer in a way that is friendly and accessible. This isn't a traditional Korean cookbook but a Korean-American one, based on gatherings around the grill on weeknights and weekends.

Kim teaches the fundamentals of the Korean grill through flavor profiles that can be tweaked according to the griller's preference, then gives an array of knockout recipes. Starting with seven master sauces (and three spice rubs), you’ll soon be able to whip up a whole array of recipes, including Hoisin and Yuzu Edamame, Kimchi Potato Salad, Kori-Can Pork Chops, Seoul to Buffalo Shrimp, BBQ Spiced Chicken Thighs, and Honey Soy Flank Steak. From snacks and drinks to desserts and sides, Korean BBQ has everything you need to for a fun and delicious time around the grill.

Top Reviews

Tasty but maddeningly complicated by Kim's "Master Sauces"
by minimalist (3 out of 5 stars)
July 28, 2018

The final result of the recipes have all been quite tasty. However preparing them can be a real pain. Kim's "Master Sauces" that you make ahead of time seems like a great time saving idea ...in theory that is. Im sure it works great in a restaurant kitchen where you have staff who are constantly keeping these sauces and spice rubs in stock. But in the home kitchen it seems every recipe in the book requires a lot of one sauce and a little of this one and little of that one. Meaning you never have to right combination of sauces or the right amount on hand to make the recipes you want to make. Either you are out completely or you don;t have enough because you used a quarter cup in another recipe. So in the end you wind up remaking several of the master sauces along with the other recipes you are actually trying to cook... which means all afternoon in the kitchen.
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Korean Flavors and Outdoor Cooking - Delicious
by R. Payne (5 out of 5 stars)
May 15, 2018

I am truly enjoying this book and its recipes, and would recommend it highly. I have tried the Korean BBQ Salmon, Trout with Citrus Nuoc Cham Butter, and Jerk Pork Tenderloin Kebabs and have loved each. Korean flavors have seemed to gain more and more popularity over the last decade or so and I love to cook outside in all forms (grilling, slow barbecuing, smoking, etc.), so I was excited for this targeted cookbook when early reviews started coming out. After trying these recipes, I realized that the flavors so far are more subtle, nuanced, and delicious than slapping gochujang on steak. One caution: the recipes rely on seven master sauce recipes, so you typically will combine two or three sub-recipes (i.e. curry salt, Korean BBQ sauce, Nuoc Cham Sauce) and combine them for several or more different recipes. Not a problem for me, as I planned to cook several recipes over the next couple of months.
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Easy to use and versatile
by Kindle Unlimited Reader Little Starr (5 out of 5 stars)
May 28, 2018

This is the best cook book I have on the shelf. Considering I collect antique/antiquated (they say words like oleo in them) cook books and use many frequently trying to find things my 6 and 8 yr old will eat along with a well traveled husband, saying this is the best cook book is saying I wish I could give it more than 5 stars. My kids have eaten everything out of it and my husband won't stay out of the sauces. Plus it is EASY TO USE! I have even experimented with the sauces off the grill in my oven and on ceramic grill top on rainy days and still got all the yummy goodness (aka umami) that comes off the grill. Have not tried one recipe that wasn't a hit.
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A lot of wisdom dwells between these covers!
by Brad Mattix (5 out of 5 stars)
January 26, 2019

Thank you Bill Kim for a very concise, straight-forward, guide that has really helped me de-mystify Korean cuisine. The mother sauces and spice mixes are the key to balance in the wide variety of Korean spices. I've read the narrative throughout the book and have gained valuable insight. Having constructed only three of the recipes within the book, I'm totally satisfied. I've made all of the sauces and spices mixes. I can see an endless combination of uses for these perfectly balanced combinations. The sauces alone are well worth the price of the book. Take your Asian cooking to the next level. This book offers everything that you will need to get there. I couldn't be happier with this book! OUTSTANDING!
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Yummy BBQ
by K. L. Gallaher (5 out of 5 stars)
May 15, 2018

Many Korean restaurants have yummy BBQ.

This is a ticket to do it yourself.

Like most ethnic cookbooks this does require access to special ingredients. But things like pepper paste and Korean red pepper can be obtained on Amazon if you do not have a Korean grocery nearby (sometimes masquerading as Japanese).
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Great BBQ recipes and easy to make sauces - Love it ;)
by Jeff (5 out of 5 stars)
July 5, 2018

I already made some of the recipes and they were all a winner...the writing and recipes are easy to follow...the 7 mother sauces might take a little longer to make depending on your equipment and experience but they're all easy to make and fun. You can find everything in a 99 Ranch (Chinese supermarket) or Korean market - such as Zion or H Mart. For the Korean pepper make sure you look for it...it's grounded and not spicy.

Great book - now go enjoy and BBQ
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Delicious Korean-inspired Barbecue with Brilliant Chef Tips to Make It Easy
by Jeanette Mallet (5 out of 5 stars)
October 16, 2018

This is a terrific book book. It's not really Korean barbecue so much as Korean fusion. Chef Kim incorporates the many flavors, techniques and inspirations from his lifetime in the finest restaurant kitchens into recipes that are inspired by the Korean flavors he grew up with. Personally, I love the fact that Chef Kim's book encourages you to prep like a professional. If you have a range of basic condiments and spice mixes on hand already, you can whip up any recipe in this book in a matter of minutes. The instructions are clear and concise and the recipes deliver loads of big flavors! If you are more of a last-minute person, the advance prep may not be for you. However, if you have a large family or enjoy entertaining, this book will make it easy for you to deliver delicious, flavor-packed meals on command!
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A Lifetime in 7 Sauces
by Eugene Florence (5 out of 5 stars)
August 4, 2019

I've just bought my 3rd copy of this book. I took a Saturday afternoon to buy and make the sauces in double batches, and have the sauces in the garage refrigerator. Since then I've been grilling and cooking from the book a few times a week because with those money-in-the-bank sauces on hand I can make so many different, delicious things to share with friends and family quickly and easily. Ridiculously easy! Billy Kim's Korean BBQ food is more than Korean, it reflects his journey as a chef, his relationship with his Puerto Rican wife (Ko-Rican sauce with 26 cloves of garlic!) and new takes on "American" classics like his Mama Kim's Burger made with lemon grass sweet and hot chili sauce! By spending a Saturday afternoon making sauces you can take what Billy Kim spent a lifetime to do, and whip up some amazing BBQ anytime.
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This is a very interestin' book.
by daphne (5 out of 5 stars)
September 14, 2018

The recipes are a little complicated and here in WV some of the ingredients are impossible to get. Fortunately Amazon does carry quiet a few. Am lookin' forward to tryin' the recipes out.
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nice quality and clear recipies
by Tressemee (5 out of 5 stars)
December 31, 2018

Went to BellyQ in Chicago and fell in love with the food, it takes a lot to impress me and Bill Kim deff won me over. Wife got this as a surprise for me and i glanced over it, im excited to give a few of the items i tried in the restaurant a try in my kitchen.

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