Tteokbokki

Korean rice cake, also known as “Tteokbokki”, has become a very well known korean street food that people must try when they visit South Korea. If you can’t afford your flight to South Korea, no worries, you can simply make your own tteokbokki at home with a few recipes below and you can eat a delicious tteokbokki in 5 minutes. So what are we waiting for? Let’s start cooking together!

Recipe

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Ingredients
  • 1 bag of Korean rice cake: You can get it at Korean grocery store such as Hmart or Zion
  • Tteokbokki Sauce: For beginners - if you are not confident in making your tteokbokki sauce or you don’t have time. No worries. I got your back. You can buy a ready-made sauce that is available at many asian grocery stores.
  • Instant noodles - It is optional. Some people like to add instant noodles into Tteokbokki especially when they are with a group of friends. It increases everyone’s appetite and it is everyone’s favorite :)
  • Chopped green onion: 2 tbsp
  • Sesame seed: 1 tbsp or more according to your preference
  • 2 Hard Boiled Eggs
  • One bag of fish cake
  • Two cups of water or broth
    • Instructions
  • Add two cups of water/broth into a pan and let it boil
  • Add 4-5 spoons of tteobokki sauce and half of green onion into the pan.
  • Now add the rice cake in and let it boil for at least 5 mns. If it’s still chewy, you can leave for a few more minutes.
  • Then add the fish cake and eggs in and let it soak completely in the broth and let all the fish cake flavor come out.
  • As someone who likes noodles, you can add noodles into the tteokbokii. Leave the pot on for another 30 seconds and then it’s ready.
  • Place Tteokbokki on a plate and sprinkle some sesame seeds on top. It will bring up the flavor to another level.
  • Now, it is ready to serve. Enjoy your tteokbokki :)
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