Tteokbokki (Spicy Rice Cakes)
Chewy rice cakes in a sweet and spicy gochujang sauce - Korea's most beloved street snack, made at home.
- ⏱ 20 min
- 📊 easy
- 🍽 For Two
Ingredients
- 400 g rice cakes (tteok)
- 2 tbsp gochujang
- 1 tbsp gochugaru
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 100 g fish cake (optional)
Instructions
- Soak the rice cakes in warm water 10 minutes.
- Simmer gochujang, gochugaru and sugar in water.
- Add rice cakes and fish cake; cook until sauce thickens.
- Finish with green onion and sesame seeds.
💡 Chef's tip
Let the sauce reduce until it clings and glazes the rice cakes - a watery sauce means it has not cooked long enough.
Soaking the rice cakes in warm water before cooking softens them so they turn pleasantly chewy rather than hard in the center.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories: 320 kcal
- Protein: 6 g
- Carbs: 68 g
- Fat: 3 g
