Tteokbokki Recipe

May 12, 2024

Tteokbokki also referred to as Spicy Rice Cakes is a conventional Korean recipe that’s popular throughout Korea. It’s made with chewy rice cake called as garaetteok cooked in a sweet and spicy sauce. On this blog post, I’m sharing you how you can make Tteokbokki easily at home with step-by-step pictures and video.

Tteokbokki

Tteokbokki is comparatively recent to make until I visited Korea. Many of the street vendor in Korea sells bubbly hot tteokbokki made in a big trays. I even got a probability to try few of them. Tteokbokki was hot, spicy and sweet at the identical time, the chewy rice cake added on this sauce complimented very well. Depending on the tteokbokki you purchase, you get fish cakes, boiled eggs, even cabbage added to it.

Once I tried to recreate rice cake at home, I used to be surprised how easy it’s to make at home. The following day I made a pot of tteokbokki using homemade rice cake. It’s essential to do this if you happen to enjoy Korean food.

About Tteokbokki (Spicy Rice Cakes)

Tteokbokki also referred to as spicy rice cakes. It’s made with chewy rice cake called as garaetteok cooked in a sweet and spicy sauce. The sauce plays a vital role in making of tteokbokki. It’s made with gochujang, gochugaru, garlic, soy sauce, ketchup and sugar. It’s spicy, sweet and engaging at the identical time.

Tteokbokki is cooked in some sort of stock. Traditionally it’s cooked in dried anchovy and kelp stock. Personally I do not prefer the fishy taste of the stock, so I exploit veg stock or chicken stock.

Should you are using fresh rice cakes, you may add them directly into the stock which is what I did. But if you happen to are using frozen, it needs to be soaked in warm water for quarter-hour prior cooking to melt them.

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Watch Tteokbokki Recipe Video

I used my shallot earthern ware pot to make tteokbokki so I can serve directly in them. You’ll be able to cook them in a shallow frying pan or sauce pan.

Tteokbokki is a one pot meal by itself. You’ll be able to add extra ingredients like fish cakes, boiled eggs, boiled quail eggs, boiled mandu and even veggies like cabbage, zucchini to make it a one pot meal.

You’ll be able to serve this with some steamed rice if you happen to want. But traditionally it’s had by itself with a bowl of noodles, pan seared Korean dumplings and kimchi. You’ll be able to enjoy this with soup as well.

Tteokbokki Ingredients

Ttteokbokki Sauce – tteokbokki sauce is made with gochujang, gochugaru, sugar, soy sauce. I prefer to use some tomato ketchup which adds to the taste of the sauce. Ensure you employ tons of garlic which is certainly one of the essential ingredient.

Stock of Alternative – Dried anchovies and kelp stock is utilized in making tteokbokki. You should use chicken stock or veg stock as per availablity.

Rice Cakes – I used homemade fresh rice cakes which I added directly in to the stock. if you happen to are using frozen rice cakes, thaw them first after which soak them in warm water for quarter-hour prior cooking to melt them.

Spring Onions – a number of spring onions is added for taste and flavour.

Sesame Seeds – ensure you garnish with sesame seeds and if needed some toasted sesame oil for flavour.

The best way to Make Tteokbokki (Stepwise Pictures)

Mix Tteokbokki Sauce

1)Take gochujang paste in a small bowl. There are a lot of number of gochujang available out there ranging from mild to spicy. You should use which ever you favor. Add in sugar into the gochujang. As a substitute of white sugar you should use unrefined brown sugar as well.

2)Add in gochugaru and soy sauce. Gochugaru is a Korean chilli pepper powder, which is comparatively mild.

3)Add in tomato ketchup which is used mainly for taste and add in a number of finely chopped garlic.

4)Mix this very well. That is your sauce.

Making Tteokbokki Stock

5)Traditionally Tteokbokki is cooked in anchovy stock. But I prefer to use either vegetable stock or chicken stock. Use some sort of stock else Tteokbokki could be bland without much flavour.

6)Add in finely chopped spring onion white part. As a substitute of this, you should use one sliced onions.

7)Bring this to a full boil.

Making Tteokbokki

8)Once it starts boiling, add within the korean rice cake. Bring this to a boil.

9)Now add within the sauce which we mixed earlier.

10)Mix the sauce into the Tteokbokki and let it boil.

11)You’ve to cook this until the sauce thickens. It can take around 10 minutes.

Ending Touches

12)Add in spring onion greens which I even have cut into shards.

13)Mix well and let it cook.

14)Now the Tteokbokki has thickened beautifully and appears glossy.

15)Finally add in sesame seeds, toasted sesame oil, and spring onions and revel in.

16)This is an easy version of constructing tteokbokki. I even have shared more ingredients you can add on this below. Ensure you check it.

Expert Suggestions

You’ll be able to taste and adjust the ingredients within the sauce. Should you want you should use more gochugaru for spicy kick.
Fresh tteokbokki cooks faster than frozen.
You’ll be able to add boiled eggs, fish cakes, mandu into the tteokbokki for making it a full meal.
Sliced onions could be used as an alternative of spring onions.

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