Tteokbokki Korean Spicy Rice Cake

Tteokbokki is a popular Korean street food. It is stir fried spicy rice cake. This is a simple and easy tteokbokki Korean spicy rice cake recipe that takes around 20 minutes!

Course Appetizer, Main Course, Snack

Cuisine Asian, Korean

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 15

Servings

Calories 479kcal

Author Tracy O.

Ingredients

2 cups Korean rice cake (sticks)
8 pieces Fish cake (Long ones, 10 oz)
2 sticks Green onion

Sauce:

2 cups Water
1 tablespoon Hondashi (Dashi, fish soup based powder)
½ teaspoon Paprika
½ tablespoon Brown sugar
3 tablespoons Korean red chili paste (You can adjust to suit your spiciness.)

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Instructions

Cut 8 fish cake sticks (10 oz) into half.
Then, cut 2 sticks of green onion.
Turn on medium small fire, pour 2 cups of water into the non-stick pan. Then, add 1 tablespoon of hondashi and mix it well.
Next, add ½ teaspoon of paprika, ½ tablespoon of brown sugar and 3 tablespoons of Korean red chili paste. (If you want less spicy, you can add 2 tablespoons of chili paste or adjust to your spiciness.)
Mix the sauce very well.
After that, add 2 cups of Korean rice cake sticks into the sauce.
The following, add the cut fish cake sticks into the sauce. Mix it and make sure they are covered with the sauce.
Cover the lid and simmer for 10 minutes.
After, uncover the lid and keep stirring it once a while and let it simmer for a few minutes until the sauce thickens a little bit.
Lastly, add the green onion, mix it well and ready to serve.

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Notes

Cooking tips for how to make easy tteokbokki:

If your rice cakes are frozen, soak the rice cakes in cold water for 20-30 minutes to soften them before cooking. This helps them cook more evenly and gives them a better texture.
Use a non-stick pan to prevent the rice cakes from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
Add hondashi into water and mix with chili paste, paprika and brown sugar.
Put the rice cakes and fish cakes into the sauce and let it boil then turn on a small fire and simmer for 10 minutes covered with the lid.
After Uncovering the lid and let it simmer until the sauce thickens.

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