Description
This Tteokbokki recipe is a classic Korean dish featuring spicy rice cakes cooked in a flavorful sauce. It’s a popular street food in Korea and is easy to make at home.
Ingredients
Scale
Rice Cakes:
- 400 grams fresh rice cakes
Spring Onions:
- 3 spring onions (whites chopped & greens cut into long sticks)
Veg Stock:
- 2 cups vegetable stock
Sauce:
- 1/4 cup Gochujang (Korean red pepper paste)
- 1 tbsp Gochugaru (Korean red pepper powder)
- 4 tbsp garlic (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp tomato ketchup
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds
- 2 tsp toasted sesame oil
Instructions
- Prepare Rice Cakes: If using fresh rice cakes, add directly to stock. If frozen, thaw and soak in warm water for 15 mins.
- Mix Sauce: Combine all sauce ingredients, set aside.
- Cook: Boil stock with spring onion whites, add rice cakes, cook for 2 mins. Add sauce, boil until thickened (5-10 mins). Add green onions, cook a few more mins.
- Finish: Add sesame seeds, chopped spring onions, and sesame oil.
Notes
- You can adjust the spice level by adding more or less Gochugaru.
- For a richer flavor, you can add seafood or fish cakes to the dish.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Korean
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
Keywords: Tteokbokki, Korean, Spicy, Rice Cakes, Gochujang, Street Food
