Tteokbokki (spicy rice cake)
Tteokbokki (spicy rice cake)

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, tteokbokki (spicy rice cake). One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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These spicy rice cakes are super delicious, umami rich and highly addictive! Tteokbokki is one of the most popular Korean street foods in Korea. Among other things, today's recipe is made with Korean rice cakes, Korean fish cakes, Korean soup stock / dashi stock and gochujang (Korean chili paste)!

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have tteokbokki (spicy rice cake) using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Tteokbokki (spicy rice cake):
  1. Get 200 g cylindrical tteok (rice cake)
  2. Take 150 g eo-muk (fish cake)
  3. Make ready 1/8 head small cabbage (optional)
  4. Take 1/4 small carrot (optional)
  5. Get 1 cup chopped spring onion (optional)
  6. Take 1 small onion (optional)
  7. Get 2 boiled eggs (optional)
  8. Prepare 500 ml water
  9. Make ready 1.5 tbsp gochujang (chili paste)
  10. Prepare 1 tbsp chili powder
  11. Make ready 2.5 tbsp soy sauce
  12. Make ready 6 tbsp sugar
  13. Make ready 1/2 tbsp minced garlic

The quality of the tteok/dduk varies quite a bit. Tteokbokki, also spelled dukbokki, topokki, or ddeokbokki, are Korean hot and spicy rice cakes. It is made with rice cakes (garaetteok, cylinder-shaped rice cake), fish cakes, boiled egg, and seasoned with chile paste. The rice cakes are chewy and tender.

Steps to make Tteokbokki (spicy rice cake):
  1. Gather the ingredients.
  2. Pour 500 ml of water in a large saucepan on high heat.
  3. Add chili paste, chili powder, soy sauce, sugar, and minced garlic to the pan and mix well.
  4. Chop the vegetables into bite-size and add them to the saucepan.
  5. When it starts to simmer, add the rice cake and fish cake to the pan.
  6. When it starts to boil, add the spring onion and boiled egg, if using.
  7. Reduce the heat to medium and let it boil for about 8-10 minutes, until the sauce slightly thickens. Serve hot.

It looks super spicy and, originally, it is! But you can control the amount of chile paste. You might be able to find it easily at food vendors on. In this version, we sear the chewy rice cakes until the outsides are crisp before tossing them in the spicy-sweet gochujang sauce. Top with eggs, sesame seeds, and remaining scallions.

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