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[Adventurer]

I, frankly, have not cooked in Korea. I, like many of you, don't have an oven. I was wondering if someone can provide me with recipes that would work well in Korea. Also, if you know of somethings in Costco that you purchase, such as certain soup mixes, large packs of beef patties, let me know. I am trying to economize and not eat out as often.

[SirFink]

I don't have an oven but I have a gas range. You have one of those, right?

It's easy to buy various vegetables and meats, some cooking oil, garlic and just toss it all into a frying pan. Toss some pepper and salt in there. Eat it as is or put it on rice if you wish.

There's also lots of meat patties and chicken nuggets type things that cook in about five minutes. Bacon and eggs are fairly cheap and make a good breakfast.

[chipotle]

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=60514&highlight=recipes

I personally recommend the pancake recipe

[billybrobby]

You can buy these ingredients, with the exception of oregano, parmesan, and good spaghetti sauce, at any sh*tty hole in the wall grocery store. and from them you can make a whole variety of very easy meals. if you need more instruction i can give them. this also represents the sum total of what i know about cooking.

INGREDIENTS

Salt
Oil
Butter
Soysauce
Milk
Mayo
Oregano
Lemon Juice
Spaghetti sauce
Dressing
Parmesan

Rice
Bread
Spaghetti
Flour

Eggs
Cheese

Canned Tuna
Chicken
Sliced Ham

Lettuce
Carrot
Onion

RECIPES

Chicken Alfredo--spaghetti, chicken, flour, milk, butter, parm
Chicken Parm -- spaghetti, chicken, flour, parmesan, s. sauce
Spaghetti -- sphagetti, s. sauce, onion, parmesan
Lemon Herb Chicken -- lemon juice, oregano, chicken
Grilled cheese -- bread, cheese
Tuna melt -- bread, cheese, mayo, tuna, onion
Tuna sandwich -- tuna, mayo, boiled egg, onion
Tuna n' rice -- tuna, mayo, rice
Ham sandwich -- bread, cheese, ham, mayo,
Chicken Sandwich -- bread, chicken, lettuce
Salad -- lettuce, carrot, onion, dressing
Fried rice -- rice, soy sauce, egg
Scrambled/Fried eggs -- eggs
Omlette -- eggs, ham, cheese, onion

[Ya-ta Boy]

There are also Korea-friendly recipes on this thread:

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=66556


There is no reason at all that you should be deprived of good food that interests you just because you live overseas. If you are really serious about eating at home, take an afternoon and google recipes. It just takes a minute to browse through a recipe to see if it requires ingredients or processes that you can't handle in Korea. Make a computer file for sandwiches, soups, salads, chicken, tuna, pork, beef main dishes, eggs, rice and pasta.

There are things you cannot do without an oven. Ignore them. Focus on what you can do. You will be surprised.

A side benefit of cooking at home: You have a lot of free time, so use a little of it to learn how to cook. You and your friends and family will enjoy it the rest of your life. Think of cooking as a hobby. Plan a big Sunday dinner once a month and invite friends over.

A good place to start is allrecipes.com. People who use that site rate and review the recipes. It's worth your time to read the reviews--you get a LOT of cooking tips and ideas for improving the recipes.

[Adventurer]

Many thanks for all those suggestions. I decided that I am going to buy a large toaster oven. According to my friend, you could probably make a small Turkey in it and many other things. It costs about 89 bucks. What do you guys think? Does anyone have a large toaster oven? Those suggested websites seem to be promising. So it is no problem to cook many things without an oven. I used to cook eons ago, but I somehow lost the motivation to do it. And as far as tupper ware, do you think the metal tupper ware is better than than the plastic one? What about the glass one? Don't worry, I will do a Thomas Edison in the kitchen and invent some kind of food no one heard of before. And it will be edible, too! As far as pancakes, I haven't attempted that. I know how to make pancakes.

[Ya-ta Boy]

[Adventurer]

[purephase11]

I would go for it. We've used our toaster oven to make hundreds of different things from cheesecakes and tarts to salmon, chicken and fricassee. The things work pretty great and don't require taking apart the entire Kitchen cabinet. Good luck and happy cooking!

Here are a couple Korean food blogs which might be of some inspiration

www.maryeats.com


http://www.zenkimchi.com/FoodJournal/