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    Home » Asian Vegan Recipes

    Bibimbap Recipe & Vegan Without Borders Book Review + GIVEAWAY!

    Published: Dec 18, 2014 · Modified: Dec 18, 2014 by Richa 90 Comments

    Bibimbap Recipe Vegan Richa

    If you want to try your hand at cuisines from around the world, and add some adventure to daily meals, This is the book for your. Robin Robertson, takes you on a journey all over the world with simplified recipes that are easy to make and easy to like!

    The recipes are categorized by region, Europe (Italy, France, Spain and Portugal , Greece, Eastern, British Isles), Americas (US, Mexico, Caribbean, South), Africa, Middle East, India, Asia (China, Thailand, Japan, Korea, Vietnam).

    Each region includes appetizers, main courses, side dishes and desserts. There is a global pantry in the beginning with helpful tips. There are gorgeous pictures sprinkled throughout the book. 

    There are dietary options with every recipe. Gluten free, soy free, low or no oil. The back of the book also has the recipes categorized according to the dietary restrictions. 

    Get Robin Robertson’s Vegan Without Borders today or enter the Giveaway at the end of the post. 

    The book is a gem in the cookbook collection. Where else would you find so many countries and their cuisines being covered in one place!

    9781449447083

    I have my eyes on the Brazilian Feijoada, Mojito roasted sweet potatoes, Spanakopita tart, Portobellos with Bearnaise Sauce. Sicilian Cauliflower, Spicy Lemon Chickpeas – buticha and all the Ethiopian dishes of course. 

    And the Umbrian Lentil Salad, Kung Pao Eggplant and Seitan, Banh Mi Spring Rolls, Sesame-Spinach Donburi, and so many more recipes and so much to learn! There is Papri Chaat, Momos, Hakka noodles and many more Indian recipes!

    We tried the Bibimbap, so good! and the baked eggplant fries. Eggplant should always be made into fries and the tzatziki sauce balances it out beautifully. 

    Keep an eye on #veganwithoutborders on Instagram to catch all the awesome food being cooked from the book!

    Look at these gorgeous Pina colada squares!

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    Photographs other than Bibimbap are by Sara Remington

    The layout and design of the book is gorgeous and easy on the eyes. The recipes are written very clearly so you don’t have to re-read them again and again (which of course I am trying to learn from Robin’s books 🙂 ). 


    Plan each week to explore a new country and their cuisine with this book! The book has a great balance of mostly easy and some involved recipes. The recipes keep you interested to try more of the particular cuisine without being overwhelming. When you think that there possibly cannot be another book to add to your collection, Robin proves you wrong 🙂

    Bibimbap Recipe Vegan Richa

    Bibimbap

    Serves 4

    GLUTEN-FREE SOY-FREE OPTION QUICK AND EASY

    Bibimbap, literally “stirred or mixed rice,” features a variety of vegetables and is flavored with the spicy Korean chili paste known as Gochujang. This dish is typically made with white sticky rice, but I prefer to use brown rice because it is more nutritious. Bibimbap is frequently served topped with a fried egg, which is obviously omitted from this vegan version. Swapping coconut aminos for the soy sauce will make this recipe soy free.

    3 tablespoons gochujang paste (Korean chili paste)
    1 tablespoon soy sauce
    1 tablespoon dark sesame oil
    1 teaspoon rice vinegar
    1 teaspoon agave nectar
    1 tablespoon grapeseed oil or other neutral oil
    1 large yellow onion, chopped
    1 red bell pepper, seeded and cut into matchsticks
    2 cloves garlic, minced
    3 cups shredded green cabbage
    1 carrot, coarsely shredded
    1 cup thinly sliced white or shiitake mushrooms
    3 cups cooked brown rice
    ½ English cucumber, peeled and cut into matchsticks
    1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds

    Method:
    In a bowl, combine the kochujang paste, soy sauce, sesame oil, vinegar, and agave. Stir to mix well. Set aside.

    Heat the grapeseed oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Add the onion, bell pepper, and garlic and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add the cabbage and carrots and stir-fry for 2 minutes longer. Stir in the mushrooms and stir-fry for 1 minute, then add the reserved sauce and cook, stirring to coat. Add the cooked rice and cook, stirring, until well mixed and heated through. To serve, spoon the rice and vegetable mixture into bowls and top with cucumber and sesame seeds. Serve extra kuchujang sauce and soy sauce on the side.

    From Vegan Without Borders: Easy Everyday Meals from Around the World by Robin Robertson, Andrews McMeel Publishing LLC

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    Baked Eggplant Fries with Tzatziki sauce. Above. 

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    1. g

      December 18, 2014 at 11:06 pm

      SO hard to choose ….India

      Reply
    2. Vegyogini

      December 18, 2014 at 9:58 pm

      Ethiopia! Thank you so much for the giveaway.

      Reply
    3. Michelle

      December 18, 2014 at 8:15 pm

      I love to make anything Mexican

      Reply
    4. Melissa K.

      December 18, 2014 at 8:03 pm

      Ethiopian is on my list! This book looks woNDERFUL!

      Reply
    5. Nora

      December 18, 2014 at 7:28 pm

      Turkish and Persian for me!

      Reply
    6. fran

      December 18, 2014 at 6:58 pm

      would love to try some of these recipes

      Reply
    7. sandra w

      December 18, 2014 at 6:54 pm

      Thai recipes are of interest to me.

      Reply
    8. Mary Syrenne

      December 18, 2014 at 5:54 pm

      I’d love to learn more about African cuisine. I’ve dabbled with Ethiopian, but want more!

      Reply
    9. Julie

      December 18, 2014 at 5:41 pm

      Robin Robertson’s “1,000 Vegan Recipes” was the very first vegan cookbook I bought 3 years ago when I stopped eating animal products. I am excited that she has written a cookbook with recipes from around the world since I rely heavily on her book that I already own! South American and Middle Eastern cuisines sound wonderful to me:) Thank you for having this giveaway!

      Reply
    10. Lynsi

      December 18, 2014 at 5:31 pm

      Hold the phone, kung pao eggplant? *drool*

      Reply
    11. Linda

      December 18, 2014 at 5:30 pm

      Always looking for new, interesting vegan recipes and ideas!

      Reply
    12. Mary Buzzell

      December 18, 2014 at 5:19 pm

      The recipe looks delicious. Would love to win a copy of the book. 🙂 Thanks for the offer.

      Reply
    13. Rebekah

      December 18, 2014 at 5:08 pm

      I actually was looking for the children’s book (“Bee Bim-Bop”) as a gift for my new Chinese niece, when I stumbled on this post. Now I can read to her and cook for her also!

      Reply
    14. Holly E

      December 18, 2014 at 5:05 pm

      Thai food sounds yummy.

      Reply
    15. jaya

      December 18, 2014 at 4:51 pm

      i love all food from around the Mediterranean region : Greece, morocco, Italy, Turkey, etc.

      Reply
    16. Michaela

      December 18, 2014 at 4:50 pm

      I would love to learn more about African dishes. It’s something I know close to nothing about and would love to learn more about!

      Reply
    17. Beth

      December 18, 2014 at 4:42 pm

      I’d love to learn how to make Vietnamese food! I had this amazing tofu, tomato, and onion dish in a Vietnamese restaurant in Denver, and if I could make anything close to a replicant of that, I’d be so happy. 🙂

      Reply
    18. Purnima Barve

      December 18, 2014 at 4:37 pm

      Vegan Thai food.

      Reply
    19. Martha

      December 18, 2014 at 4:36 pm

      This looks amazing! I love getting inspiration in the kitchen from other cultures. I’ve lived in Italy and other European countries for a while now, so have slowly started mastering some areas here – I’d love to learn about African influences and more from the Middle-East too!

      Reply
    20. Kathleen

      December 18, 2014 at 4:31 pm

      Italian 🙂

      Reply
    21. Susan

      December 18, 2014 at 4:23 pm

      India!

      Reply
    22. Lesli

      December 18, 2014 at 4:22 pm

      All cuisines interest me! The great thing about being vegan is the awesome cultures who have great vegan foods and new and interesting spices!

      Reply
    23. Terri Cole

      December 18, 2014 at 4:16 pm

      I love so many different cuisines, but it’s Ethiopian that I would really like to learn how to cook!

      Reply
    24. Connie

      December 18, 2014 at 4:13 pm

      These recipes look great. I’d love to add this book to my vegan cookbook collection.

      Reply
    25. Kathy

      December 18, 2014 at 4:03 pm

      Robin Robertson has done it again. I LOVE her recipes. I can not wait to try this cookbook!

      Reply
    26. Maureen Koplow

      December 18, 2014 at 4:01 pm

      I love food from every culture, but I’d really like to learn more about African cuisine. Whether it’s Ethiopian or Moroccan or Tunisian or any of the other countries, I think the flavors of Africa are delicious and I’d love to learn how to prepare them.

      Reply
    27. Marcy

      December 18, 2014 at 4:00 pm

      I love middle eastern food, but would truly LOVE to have this book to try everything.
      Yumm!

      Reply
    28. Sally

      December 18, 2014 at 3:53 pm

      Looks like an amazing book! India would be a favorite, but I’d like to know more about African and Vietnamese as well.

      Reply
    29. Becca F

      December 18, 2014 at 3:47 pm

      I’d love to learn about Persian food since my boyfriend is Persian

      Reply
    30. Ellen Lederman

      December 18, 2014 at 3:45 pm

      Mediterrasian for me! Mediterranean (Greek, Italian, Lebanese) and/or Asian (equal opportunity: Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, etc.).

      Would love to win this. As someone who hates the Standard American Diet, I so much prefer other cuisines. There’s a local Meetup group that explores ethnic restaurants (Atlanta has more than you’d think), but I can’t do it since they order family style (which means almost every dish is meatcentric). So if I win this, I’ll just stay home and cook (which is mostly what I do anyway, but this would expand the repertoire!).

      Reply
    31. Claire T

      December 18, 2014 at 3:42 pm

      I would love to learn more about Thai and Indian cuisines.

      Reply
    32. Sara

      December 18, 2014 at 3:39 pm

      I hadn’t even thought of making Korean food at home! Great idea!!

      Reply
    33. Brad G

      December 18, 2014 at 3:29 pm

      I love discovering food from other countries!!! Sounds amazing!!

      Reply
    34. mm

      December 18, 2014 at 3:28 pm

      Where to get the gochujang sauce? I love Robin Robertson’s cookbooks and am repeatedly amazed by her prolific and wonderful cookbook catalog.

      Reply
      • Richa

        December 18, 2014 at 3:33 pm

        asian stores or online. i usually get it online on amazon , iherb, vitacost. abesmarket.

        Reply
        • Alyson

          December 25, 2014 at 9:01 pm

          Love your photography! It’s beautiful.
          I live in Seattle too. What stores sell this paste here?
          Thanks!

          Reply
    35. Jackie

      December 18, 2014 at 3:28 pm

      AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! This made me so happy! I LOVE Korean food but there aren’t any Korean restaraunts around me and a lot of the food just isn’t the same without egg in it (last time I had korean i was not vegan) I totally want to check out this book!

      Reply
    36. Sam @ PancakeWarriors

      December 18, 2014 at 2:45 pm

      wow these dishes sound amazing bid have to say Id love to see the European dishes

      Reply
    37. Lisa Peloquin

      December 18, 2014 at 2:37 pm

      Greek… 🙂 yumm

      Reply
    38. heather

      December 18, 2014 at 2:05 pm

      I would love to learn about the pizza.

      Reply
    39. Kim

      December 18, 2014 at 1:47 pm

      I would love to learn some easy Indian recipes! Thanks!

      Reply
    40. Chris

      December 18, 2014 at 1:39 pm

      Africa! I just had Ethiopian food for the first time and I want to learn more about African food.

      Reply
    41. Ashley

      December 18, 2014 at 1:35 pm

      This book sounds fantastic! I can’t decide if I’d start with a Greek or Vietnamese recipe… I’ll have to get my hands on a copy & see which looks easier!! Thanks for the recipe & giveaway!

      Reply
    42. Maranda

      December 18, 2014 at 1:17 pm

      Greece! I would love the Spanakopita recipe.

      Reply
    43. Ashlee

      December 18, 2014 at 1:09 pm

      This recipe looks absolutely to die for! I am obsessed with other country’s food and food culture. I love when I find good vegan recipes that are originated in our countries. If I don’t win this, I may just have to buy this book anyways!

      I did recently stop cooking with oil, so does it have oil alternatives or can these recipes that call for oil be made without oil?

      Reply
      • Richa

        December 18, 2014 at 1:33 pm

        there are lots of recipes in the book with that are either no-oil or have no-oil option.
        Some recipes don’t have the option mentioned though, but you can make them without if you generally do. Some recipes might not work as well without some oil, for eg. sesame oil might me an important flavor in the recipe

        Reply
    44. Constance

      December 18, 2014 at 1:06 pm

      Thai, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Italian–yum! Can’t wait!

      Reply
    45. Jacky

      December 18, 2014 at 1:00 pm

      Japanese!

      Reply
    46. Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

      December 18, 2014 at 12:49 pm

      This cookbook was made for me! I’d love to learn more about Japanese cuisine!

      Reply
    47. Kate

      December 18, 2014 at 12:17 pm

      There area few different cuisines I’d love to know more about, but Vietnamese definitely. Thanks so much for the giveaway!

      Reply
    48. Robyn

      December 18, 2014 at 12:05 pm

      I want to learn how to make Greek and Thai food!! Yum

      Reply
    49. Danielle

      December 18, 2014 at 12:03 pm

      I’m going to go with Greece. We have a quaint little Greek restaurant in town that has fabulous food. I’d love to learn more about the cuisine and make some dishes at home. Thanks!

      Reply
    50. Neeta

      December 18, 2014 at 11:33 am

      Hi Richa!

      I love this!

      Just a note, it is “Gochujang.” I use this all the time & adore it!

      You are fabulous! Such an inspiration to the Vegan community!

      Reply
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