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The Asian Slow Cooker: Exotic Favorites for Your Crockpot Paperback – November 8, 2016
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Named one of the best cookbooks of 2016 by the Washington Post.
Faster, Easier, Tastier and Healthier Than Takeout
Kelly Kwok, founder of Life Made Sweeter, provides great new flavors to try in your slow cooker. These simple and delicious recipes will have your favorite Asian dishes waiting for you right when you get home. With the press of a button, you can make authentic dishes that are healthier and tastier than their restaurant counterparts.
You'll experience a wide variety of flavors; choose spicy, vegetarian, noodles or rice. There are even recipes that have 5 ingredients or less. Extra long day? Kelly’s fuss-free one-pot and skillet recipes will have dinner on the table in 30 minutes or less―and with only one pan to wash, cleanup will be a breeze. Whether you're in the mood for General Tso's Chicken, Pad Thai Noodles with Chicken, Beef Chow Fun, Panang Curry, Mapo Tofu or Tom Yum Hot and Sour Soup, you can have fast, delicious meals every day of the week the easy way.
- Print length208 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPage Street Publishing
- Publication dateNovember 8, 2016
- Dimensions8.02 x 0.56 x 8.65 inches
- ISBN-101624142907
- ISBN-13978-1624142901
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“This cookbook is full of delicious ideas for Asian meals that call for real ingredients! It's a must-have for your slow cooker cookbook collection.” ―Lori Lange, RecipeGirl.com
“The Asian Slow Cooker represents the best in healthy and affordable home recipes while showcasing page after page of stunning visual imagery.” ―Tyler Mader, celebrity chef, Trad to Rad
“What's easier than ordering takeout? Making your own at home in your slow cooker! The Asian Slow Cooker is a must-try!” ―The Six Sisters, SixSistersStuff.com
“If you are looking for authentic Asian food and great slow cooker meals, you are in luck! Kelly walks you through how to make popular Asian recipes that are easy and delicious!” ―Namiko Chen, Just One Cookbook
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- Publisher : Page Street Publishing (November 8, 2016)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 208 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1624142907
- ISBN-13 : 978-1624142901
- Item Weight : 1.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 8.02 x 0.56 x 8.65 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #588,346 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #604 in Slow Cooker Recipes (Books)
- #1,086 in Asian Cooking, Food & Wine
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Kelly Kwok is the voice behind Life Made Sweeter. She is a mom of two and married to her high school sweetheart. She grew up cooking alongside two foodie parents and got caught with the baking bug after her son was born in 2011.
She shares authentic Asian meals, easy family-friendly and one-pot meals and delectable desserts.
Kelly's work has been featured on numerous websites such as Country Living, Huffington Post, The Food Network Canada, MSN.com, Brit & Co, Buzzfeed, Delish and more!
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Most of these qualify as one-pot dishes (despite the title, not all involve the slow cooker), making prep and cleanup easy. Ingredients are listed in both US and metric equivalents, and most ingredients should be readily available at your grocery store. Each recipe has a gorgeous full-color photo as well. The sauces in particular are standouts, even more so considering that relatively few ingredients are used (so no trips to the Chinese/Oriental supermarket trying to track down hard-to-find sauces and pastes).
As a vegetarian, I loved the Asian-inspired soups like the Thai pumpkin curry soup, miso soup with vegetables and soba noodles, and Chinese hot and sour soup. There is a whole chapter devoted to meatless mains, including a vegetarian mapodofu, Thai red curry vegetables, Chinese eggplant with garlic sauce, General Tso's Brussels sprouts and sweet potatoes, and Thai basil tofu and vegetable rice casserole.
THAI BUTTERNUT SQUASH CURRY SOUP
YIELD: 4–5 SERVINGS
5 cups (2250 g) butternut squash (or pumpkin), peeled and cubed
1 cup (200 g) sweet potatoes, peeled, roughly cubed
1 medium onion, peeled, diced
1 tbsp (8 g) fresh ginger, peeled
3 garlic cloves, sliced
3 cups (710 ml) chicken or vegetable broth
1 (13.5-oz [400-ml]) can coconut milk
½–1 tbsp (8–16 g) red curry paste, to taste
½ tsp turmeric
1 tbsp (15 ml) fresh lime juice
Salt and pepper, to taste
Drizzle of coconut milk, for garnish (optional)
Pumpkin seeds, for garnish (optional)
Chopped cilantro leaves, for garnish (optional)
Sliced red chili pepper, for garnish (optional)
Place the squash, sweet potatoes, onion, ginger, garlic and broth in a 4- to 5-quart (3.8- to 4.7-L) slow cooker. Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours or on high for 3 to 4 hours, until the squash and sweet potatoes are soft and cooked through.
Remove the lid and stir in the coconut milk, red curry paste, turmeric and lime juice. Allow the soup to cool slightly before puréeing. Using an immersion blender, purée directly in the slow cooker or pour contents into a blender and purée until smooth. Adjust seasonings as needed with salt and pepper.
Serve warm in bowls and garnish with a drizzle of coconut milk, pumpkin seeds, cilantro and sliced red chili pepper, if desired.
I love that so many of the ingredients are readily available; nothing is more frustrating than finding a dish that looks great, but not being able to locate specialty ingredients (especially true with some Chinese and Asian cookbooks).
The addition of desserts was a nice touch as I love to use my slow cooker for desserts (I also highly recommend Michele Scicolone's "The Mediterranean Slow Cooker" for its desserts chapter). Here you'll find a mandarin orange cheesecake, Asian pear pudding cake, black sesame brownies, Chinese steamed sponge cake, ginger tea poached pears, Lunar New Year sweet rice cake, mango coconut tapioca pudding, matcha green tea cake, sweet green bean soup, and Thai coconut sticky rice with mango.
Here is Kelly's recipe for Black Sesame Brownies: the ground black sesame seeds lend an almost peanut-butter-like depth.
BLACK SESAME BROWNIES
YIELD: 10 SERVINGS
1 cup (125 g) all-purpose flour
¼ cup (30 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp (5 g) black sesame powder or finely ground black sesame seeds
¾ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
½ cup (58 g) unsalted butter
½ cup (90 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup (225 g) sugar
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
½ cup (90 g) semi-sweet mini chocolate chips, plus more for topping, if desired
Take a long piece of aluminum foil and fold it lengthwise into a long strip. Press it along the inside perimeter of your slow cooker, creating a ring. This will prevent the edges from burning. Next, line the bottom with a piece of parchment, leaving an overhang on the sides for easier removal.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, sesame powder, baking powder and salt.
Place the butter and chocolate chips in a medium microwave-safe bowl. Heat on high power for 30-second increments, stirring well after each, until completely smooth and melted. Whisk in the sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs, one by one, then add the vanilla.
Slowly stir in the flour mixture until just combined; do NOT overmix. Fold in the mini chocolate chips. Pour the batter into the lined slow cooker and smooth out using a rubber spatula. Top with additional chocolate chips if desired.
Cover the slow cooker with a double layer of paper towels then place the lid securely over the towels. This prevents any water from dripping into the cake batter.
Cook on low for 21⁄2 to 3 hours, then remove the cover and cook for an additional 10 to 15 minutes. Remove the insert from the slow cooker and allow to cool completely. Lift the parchment paper to remove the brownies and slice into squares.
Kelly has also provided a handy guide to browning, cuts of meat, layering, sizes and brands of slow cookers, and general tips. In addition, a section on the Asian pantry includes a brief overview of staples such as black bean sauce / paste, sambal oelek, coconut milk, doenjang, dried chilis, fish sauce, spices, and other seasonings that you'll need to create the dishes in "The Asian Slow Cooker."
Verdict: If you love Asian cuisine but think you don't have the time to create it at home, think again! "The Asian Slow Cooker" will have you throwing out your takeout menus in favor of easy homemade versions with far fewer additives, plus there is enough variety and range of Asian cuisines (Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Korean) to keep you happily cooking for months to come. Happy (slow) cooking!
(Thank you to YC Media for permission to reprint recipes and photos from The Asian Slow Cooker!)
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 15, 2017
Most of these qualify as one-pot dishes (despite the title, not all involve the slow cooker), making prep and cleanup easy. Ingredients are listed in both US and metric equivalents, and most ingredients should be readily available at your grocery store. Each recipe has a gorgeous full-color photo as well. The sauces in particular are standouts, even more so considering that relatively few ingredients are used (so no trips to the Chinese/Oriental supermarket trying to track down hard-to-find sauces and pastes).
As a vegetarian, I loved the Asian-inspired soups like the Thai pumpkin curry soup, miso soup with vegetables and soba noodles, and Chinese hot and sour soup. There is a whole chapter devoted to meatless mains, including a vegetarian mapodofu, Thai red curry vegetables, Chinese eggplant with garlic sauce, General Tso's Brussels sprouts and sweet potatoes, and Thai basil tofu and vegetable rice casserole.
THAI BUTTERNUT SQUASH CURRY SOUP
YIELD: 4–5 SERVINGS
5 cups (2250 g) butternut squash (or pumpkin), peeled and cubed
1 cup (200 g) sweet potatoes, peeled, roughly cubed
1 medium onion, peeled, diced
1 tbsp (8 g) fresh ginger, peeled
3 garlic cloves, sliced
3 cups (710 ml) chicken or vegetable broth
1 (13.5-oz [400-ml]) can coconut milk
½–1 tbsp (8–16 g) red curry paste, to taste
½ tsp turmeric
1 tbsp (15 ml) fresh lime juice
Salt and pepper, to taste
Drizzle of coconut milk, for garnish (optional)
Pumpkin seeds, for garnish (optional)
Chopped cilantro leaves, for garnish (optional)
Sliced red chili pepper, for garnish (optional)
Place the squash, sweet potatoes, onion, ginger, garlic and broth in a 4- to 5-quart (3.8- to 4.7-L) slow cooker. Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours or on high for 3 to 4 hours, until the squash and sweet potatoes are soft and cooked through.
Remove the lid and stir in the coconut milk, red curry paste, turmeric and lime juice. Allow the soup to cool slightly before puréeing. Using an immersion blender, purée directly in the slow cooker or pour contents into a blender and purée until smooth. Adjust seasonings as needed with salt and pepper.
Serve warm in bowls and garnish with a drizzle of coconut milk, pumpkin seeds, cilantro and sliced red chili pepper, if desired.
I love that so many of the ingredients are readily available; nothing is more frustrating than finding a dish that looks great, but not being able to locate specialty ingredients (especially true with some Chinese and Asian cookbooks).
The addition of desserts was a nice touch as I love to use my slow cooker for desserts (I also highly recommend Michele Scicolone's "The Mediterranean Slow Cooker" for its desserts chapter). Here you'll find a mandarin orange cheesecake, Asian pear pudding cake, black sesame brownies, Chinese steamed sponge cake, ginger tea poached pears, Lunar New Year sweet rice cake, mango coconut tapioca pudding, matcha green tea cake, sweet green bean soup, and Thai coconut sticky rice with mango.
Here is Kelly's recipe for Black Sesame Brownies: the ground black sesame seeds lend an almost peanut-butter-like depth.
BLACK SESAME BROWNIES
YIELD: 10 SERVINGS
1 cup (125 g) all-purpose flour
¼ cup (30 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp (5 g) black sesame powder or finely ground black sesame seeds
¾ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
½ cup (58 g) unsalted butter
½ cup (90 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup (225 g) sugar
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
½ cup (90 g) semi-sweet mini chocolate chips, plus more for topping, if desired
Take a long piece of aluminum foil and fold it lengthwise into a long strip. Press it along the inside perimeter of your slow cooker, creating a ring. This will prevent the edges from burning. Next, line the bottom with a piece of parchment, leaving an overhang on the sides for easier removal.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, sesame powder, baking powder and salt.
Place the butter and chocolate chips in a medium microwave-safe bowl. Heat on high power for 30-second increments, stirring well after each, until completely smooth and melted. Whisk in the sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs, one by one, then add the vanilla.
Slowly stir in the flour mixture until just combined; do NOT overmix. Fold in the mini chocolate chips. Pour the batter into the lined slow cooker and smooth out using a rubber spatula. Top with additional chocolate chips if desired.
Cover the slow cooker with a double layer of paper towels then place the lid securely over the towels. This prevents any water from dripping into the cake batter.
Cook on low for 21⁄2 to 3 hours, then remove the cover and cook for an additional 10 to 15 minutes. Remove the insert from the slow cooker and allow to cool completely. Lift the parchment paper to remove the brownies and slice into squares.
Kelly has also provided a handy guide to browning, cuts of meat, layering, sizes and brands of slow cookers, and general tips. In addition, a section on the Asian pantry includes a brief overview of staples such as black bean sauce / paste, sambal oelek, coconut milk, doenjang, dried chilis, fish sauce, spices, and other seasonings that you'll need to create the dishes in "The Asian Slow Cooker."
Verdict: If you love Asian cuisine but think you don't have the time to create it at home, think again! "The Asian Slow Cooker" will have you throwing out your takeout menus in favor of easy homemade versions with far fewer additives, plus there is enough variety and range of Asian cuisines (Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Korean) to keep you happily cooking for months to come. Happy (slow) cooking!
(Thank you to YC Media for permission to reprint recipes and photos from The Asian Slow Cooker!)
I normally use my slow cooker because I'm gone for 9-10 hours. Recipes that can cook on low for 8 hours can usually stretch to 9 and be ok. But you can't do a 4 hour recipe for 9 hours and think that it'll be ok. That was my chief disappointment in the book - the recipes that do utilize a slow-cooker do so for times that are impractical for long days (when slow-cookers tend to be the most useful).
On the plus side, the few recipes I've cooked out of it so far have been great, so I am sure I'll enjoy the rest of what I cook out of here, I just can't use the slow-cooker recipes except on weekends! The first recipe, the broccoli beef was particularly tasty.
I had this one on my list for some time. Its not a very large, thick cookbook, but it has a good variety of recipes and a unique approach to Asian cooking by largely forgoing the wok (most slow cooker books being oriented towards stews and southern U.S. cooking etc...)
The recipes and the photos of them are all very diverse and look amazing. I admit I haven't made any yet. The ingredient lists are not difficult either (many foreign based cookbooks have hard to find ingredients/spices and I didn't see that here). Many foreign cookbooks also call for types of meat that is not often used in the U.S. such as lamb, unusual types of fish, goat etc. I did not see a preponderance of that here either.
One thing several other reviewers have mentioned is that all the recipes in this book are not slow cooker recipe-s. That's true, in some cases such as with a couple rice dishes, but for the most part the recipes do call for the use of a slow cooker in some capacity. A few call for using a standard pot on the stove where a slow cooker could be substituted, but as far as I can tell most of the recipes are genuine slow cooker ones. (This was a pet peeve of mine that I made sure to verify before buying the book - cookbooks are often mis-titled but this one really is not).
This is a unique, well thought out, quality cookbook worth the money for anyone looking to diversify their evening meals...
out of this every week since I purchased it and have not found one that I didn't like. Yes, I had to purchase a few new ingredients, but since I am using them over and over I am definitely getting my money's worth!
Wish she would write a second book, since the other slow cooker recipe books I have tried are not as good as this one!
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Most of these qualify as one-pot dishes (despite the title, not all involve the slow cooker), making prep and cleanup easy. Ingredients are listed in both US and metric equivalents, and most ingredients should be readily available at your grocery store. Each recipe has a gorgeous full-color photo as well. The sauces in particular are standouts, even more so considering that relatively few ingredients are used (so no trips to the Chinese/Oriental supermarket trying to track down hard-to-find sauces and pastes).
As a vegetarian, I loved the Asian-inspired soups like the Thai pumpkin curry soup, miso soup with vegetables and soba noodles, and Chinese hot and sour soup. There is a whole chapter devoted to meatless mains, including a vegetarian mapodofu, Thai red curry vegetables, Chinese eggplant with garlic sauce, General Tso's Brussels sprouts and sweet potatoes, and Thai basil tofu and vegetable rice casserole.
THAI BUTTERNUT SQUASH CURRY SOUP
YIELD: 4–5 SERVINGS
5 cups (2250 g) butternut squash (or pumpkin), peeled and cubed
1 cup (200 g) sweet potatoes, peeled, roughly cubed
1 medium onion, peeled, diced
1 tbsp (8 g) fresh ginger, peeled
3 garlic cloves, sliced
3 cups (710 ml) chicken or vegetable broth
1 (13.5-oz [400-ml]) can coconut milk
½–1 tbsp (8–16 g) red curry paste, to taste
½ tsp turmeric
1 tbsp (15 ml) fresh lime juice
Salt and pepper, to taste
Drizzle of coconut milk, for garnish (optional)
Pumpkin seeds, for garnish (optional)
Chopped cilantro leaves, for garnish (optional)
Sliced red chili pepper, for garnish (optional)
Place the squash, sweet potatoes, onion, ginger, garlic and broth in a 4- to 5-quart (3.8- to 4.7-L) slow cooker. Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours or on high for 3 to 4 hours, until the squash and sweet potatoes are soft and cooked through.
Remove the lid and stir in the coconut milk, red curry paste, turmeric and lime juice. Allow the soup to cool slightly before puréeing. Using an immersion blender, purée directly in the slow cooker or pour contents into a blender and purée until smooth. Adjust seasonings as needed with salt and pepper.
Serve warm in bowls and garnish with a drizzle of coconut milk, pumpkin seeds, cilantro and sliced red chili pepper, if desired.
I love that so many of the ingredients are readily available; nothing is more frustrating than finding a dish that looks great, but not being able to locate specialty ingredients (especially true with some Chinese and Asian cookbooks).
The addition of desserts was a nice touch as I love to use my slow cooker for desserts (I also highly recommend Michele Scicolone's "The Mediterranean Slow Cooker" for its desserts chapter). Here you'll find a mandarin orange cheesecake, Asian pear pudding cake, black sesame brownies, Chinese steamed sponge cake, ginger tea poached pears, Lunar New Year sweet rice cake, mango coconut tapioca pudding, matcha green tea cake, sweet green bean soup, and Thai coconut sticky rice with mango.
Here is Kelly's recipe for Black Sesame Brownies: the ground black sesame seeds lend an almost peanut-butter-like depth.
BLACK SESAME BROWNIES
YIELD: 10 SERVINGS
1 cup (125 g) all-purpose flour
¼ cup (30 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp (5 g) black sesame powder or finely ground black sesame seeds
¾ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
½ cup (58 g) unsalted butter
½ cup (90 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup (225 g) sugar
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
½ cup (90 g) semi-sweet mini chocolate chips, plus more for topping, if desired
Take a long piece of aluminum foil and fold it lengthwise into a long strip. Press it along the inside perimeter of your slow cooker, creating a ring. This will prevent the edges from burning. Next, line the bottom with a piece of parchment, leaving an overhang on the sides for easier removal.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, sesame powder, baking powder and salt.
Place the butter and chocolate chips in a medium microwave-safe bowl. Heat on high power for 30-second increments, stirring well after each, until completely smooth and melted. Whisk in the sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs, one by one, then add the vanilla.
Slowly stir in the flour mixture until just combined; do NOT overmix. Fold in the mini chocolate chips. Pour the batter into the lined slow cooker and smooth out using a rubber spatula. Top with additional chocolate chips if desired.
Cover the slow cooker with a double layer of paper towels then place the lid securely over the towels. This prevents any water from dripping into the cake batter.
Cook on low for 21⁄2 to 3 hours, then remove the cover and cook for an additional 10 to 15 minutes. Remove the insert from the slow cooker and allow to cool completely. Lift the parchment paper to remove the brownies and slice into squares.
Kelly has also provided a handy guide to browning, cuts of meat, layering, sizes and brands of slow cookers, and general tips. In addition, a section on the Asian pantry includes a brief overview of staples such as black bean sauce / paste, sambal oelek, coconut milk, doenjang, dried chilis, fish sauce, spices, and other seasonings that you'll need to create the dishes in "The Asian Slow Cooker."
Verdict: If you love Asian cuisine but think you don't have the time to create it at home, think again! "The Asian Slow Cooker" will have you throwing out your takeout menus in favor of easy homemade versions with far fewer additives, plus there is enough variety and range of Asian cuisines (Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Korean) to keep you happily cooking for months to come. Happy (slow) cooking!
(Thank you to YC Media for permission to reprint recipes and photos from The Asian Slow Cooker!)
I've had a cheeky flick through and there's some Asian faves in there as well as some new inspiring ones to try so I'm really happy with the quality and price, I think it will be a well recieved gift!
It did arrive a little bit scuffed on the front outside two corners, and I don't think that is the delivery, I think it's because it's a not widely available book that's been shuffled around the Amazon warehouse a bit before finally being sold.
I smoothed the corners down by weighting them under a heavier book, and the person I'm giving it to won't mind but for sure there will be people (who quite rightly) expect a perfect copy, especially if it's being given as a gift.






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