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Tteokbokki (Spicy Rice Cakes)

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Tteokbokki (Spicy Rice Cakes)

Chewy Korean rice cakes in a sweet and spicy gochujang sauce — popular street food. Simmering the rice cakes for the full 10 minutes before the fish cakes go in gives them that properly chewy texture rather than a firm, undercooked centre.

Total time
20 min
Prep
5 min
Cook
15 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
Korean
comfortAsian

Ingredients

500gtteok rice cakes
1 cupfish cakes, sliced
3 tbspgochujang
1 tbspgochugaru
2 tbspsugar
2 tbspsoy sauce
3 cupsdashi or water
spring onion and sesame seedsto garnish

Instructions

1

Bring dashi to simmer; add gochujang, gochugaru, sugar, and soy.

2

Add rice cakes; cook 10 min until tender.

3

Add fish cakes; simmer 3 more min.

4

Garnish with spring onion and sesame seeds.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories
52
Protein
1.5g
Fat
0.4g
Carbs
11.2g
Fiber
1.1g
Sodium
536mg

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