Ryu Soo-young's Lifelong Recipes: Simple and Delicious Home Cooking from Eo Nam-seonsaeng That Will Feed Me Until I Die

Author Ryu Soo-young · Publisher Semicolon · Published 2025-06-25 · ISBN 9791194087700

About the Book

"When I added vinegar to soybean paste stew, it enhanced the umami and removed any gamey smell."
"Gimbap made by stir-frying all ingredients with just carrot oil has the best aroma and flavor."
"Simple to make, restaurant-quality taste, no dishwashing worries – one-pan pasta is a revolution!"
"You add apples when cooking seaweed soup? Oh, this is amazing. You must try it."

Proven by countless reviews daily,
The first cookbook from Ryu Soo-young, Korea's representative home cooking master!

Ryu Soo-young, affectionately known as 'Eonam-seonsaeng,' is a self-proclaimed home cooking master who has flipped Korean dinner tables upside down with his incredibly easy and delicious recipes. He has meticulously selected and compiled over 300 recipes he developed over the years into a single book. From dishes that appeal to all ages to special meals perfect for any occasion, this book features 79 of the most beloved recipes introduced on TV shows like Pyeon Restaurant. During the book production process, ingredients, measurements, and cooking times were thoroughly re-checked, resulting in even more precise and perfect recipes.

This book is a must-read for everyone in Korea, regardless of age or circumstance – be it students living alone in small kitchens, young professionals struggling to prepare meals, newlyweds, parents raising children, or even retired fathers. Ryu Soo-young's cooking is characterized not by complex and difficult techniques, but by achieving deep flavors with inexpensive, everyday ingredients in a simple and easy manner. Furthermore, he emphasizes extreme convenience by using everyday utensils like rice spoons, teaspoons, water glasses, and soju cups for measurements instead of measuring spoons or cups, and by allowing direct measurement of pepper or cooking oil from their containers. Especially in this book, all dishes can be made with only basic cooking tools like a frying pan, pot, and knife, without the need for an oven or air fryer.

One of the biggest charms of this book is its detailed explanations of even the smallest aspects, making it easy for cooking beginners to follow. For example, it explains that pork stir-fry seasoning mixes well by shaking it in a sealed container, that potatoes in spicy braised chicken won't break if placed around the edge of a wok, that oil is sufficiently preheated when ripples appear on the bottom of the pot, how to truss a chicken for baeksuk by making an incision next to the leg tendon and tucking the other leg through, that minced garlic should be added last for better aroma, or that using a fork helps mix curry or batter well. The vivid tips provided at almost every step are as friendly as if someone is guiding you right beside you. These are Ryu Soo-young's wishes that readers experience fewer trials and errors, as these refined recipes are based on years of his own failures and successes.

The cumulative views of videos that appear when you search for 'Ryu Soo-young recipes' or 'Eonam-seonsaeng recipes' on YouTube exceed 300 million (as of May 2025). Adding shorts and other SNS channels like Instagram makes it almost impossible to keep track. The abundance and splendor of home-cooked meals prepared at low cost are guaranteed by daily pouring reviews. "I'm a complete cooking novice. Thanks to you, our dining table is much richer." "Eonam-seonsaeng is just a cooking genius." "I've tried many recipes, but none were as easy and delicious as Ryu Soo-young's." "It was so delicious I wondered if I really made it." Indeed, many viewers post reviews, 인증샷 (proof shots), or videos of dishes made using Ryu Soo-young's recipes on social media, and hundreds of comments are left on every related YouTube video, showing high engagement and positive responses.

Table of Contents

Foreword
How to Measure

PART 1 Lifelong Special Meals

Lifelong Jeyuk Bokkeum (Spicy Pork Stir-fry)
Emergency Jeyuk 119
10,000 Won Dakbokkeumtang (Spicy Braised Chicken)
10,000 Won Galbijjim (Braised Short Ribs)
One-Pan Back Ribs
Kkwari Myeolchi Chicken (Shishito Pepper Anchovy Chicken)
Pot BBQ
Super Simple Crispy Bulgogi
Galbi Chicken
Eohyang Gaji (Sichuan Eggplant)
Everyone's Dakbaeksuk (Whole Chicken Soup)
Kimchi Jjim (Braised Kimchi)
Butter Shrimp
Butter Gambas
Donpayuk (Braised Pork Belly)
Seasoned Yukhoe (Beef Tartare)
10,000 Won Jjimdak (Braised Chicken)
Gochujang Butter Back Ribs
10,000 Won Half-and-Half Chicken
Squid Hoe Muchim (Spicy Raw Squid Salad) and 1,000 Won Perilla Leaf Jeon
Ganjang Gejang (Soy Sauce Marinated Crab)
Yangnyeom Gejang (Spicy Marinated Crab)

PART 2 Lifelong Rice Dishes

Lifelong Gimbap
Lifelong Kimchi Fried Rice
Egg Fried Rice
Spicy Crab Meat Fried Rice
Spam Deopbap (Spam Rice Bowl)
10-Minute Risotto
10-Minute Egg Deopbap (Egg Rice Bowl)
Eonam-seonsaeng Paella
Egg Abalone Porridge
Waterless Garlic Curry

PART 3 Lifelong Noodle Dishes

One-Pan Tomato Butter Pasta
Chadol Bokkeum Pasta (Beef Brisket Stir-fry Pasta)
Spam Ketchup Pasta
Myeongran Butter Pasta (Pollack Roe Butter Pasta)
One-Pan Milk Butter Pasta
One-Pan Milk Butter Vongole
One-Pan Carbonara
Boiling Crab
Golbaengi Somyeon (Spicy Whelk Salad with Noodles)
Chamganchomyeon (Sesame Oil, Soy Sauce, Vinegar Noodles)
One-Pan Samgyeop Japchae (Pork Belly Glass Noodles)
Bunsikjip Rabokki (Snack Bar Tteokbokki with Ramyeon)
Eomuk Guksu (Fish Cake Noodles)
Seolma Gochujang Bibimyeon (Spicy Gochujang Noodles)

PART 4 Lifelong Soups/Stews

Super Simple Mussel Soup
Hanwoo Yangji Miyeokguk (Korean Beef Brisket Seaweed Soup)
Eonam-seonsaeng Gamjatang (Pork Bone Soup) – The Ultimate Version
Lifelong Kimchi Jjigae (Kimchi Stew)
Lifelong Doenjang Jjigae (Soybean Paste Stew)
Spam Sundubu Jjigae (Spam Soft Tofu Stew)
Gochujang Jjigae (Chili Paste Stew)
Rosé Budae Jjigae (Rosé Army Stew)
Nokdu Samgyetang (Mung Bean Ginseng Chicken Soup)
Love Hwangtae Haejangguk (Dried Pollack Hangover Soup)
Lifelong Yukgaejang (Spicy Beef Soup)

PART 5 Lifelong Snacks

Instant Tteokbokki
Lifelong Tteokbokki
Jjajang Tteokbokki (Black Bean Sauce Tteokbokki)
Gungjung Tteokbokki (Royal Court Tteokbokki)
Rest Stop Butter Potatoes
Crazy Sweet Potato
Egg Sandwich
Corn Cheese
Honey Shrimp Pizza
One-Pan Guljeon (Oyster Pancake)
One-Pan Tteokkochi (Skewered Rice Cakes)
Cream Cheese Salmon Sandwich
Original Street Toast
Cheese Fondue
Honey Mayo Tteokbokki
Mandu-pi Churros (Dumpling Wrapper Churros)
French Toast
Sachi-ppang (Luxury Bread)
Potato Soup
Hogam Soup (Sweet Potato Soup)
Carrot Soup
Shrimp Tapas