Spicy Rice Cake (Tteokbokki) with Vegetables and Fish Cake
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Spicy Rice Cake (Tteokbokki) with Vegetables and Fish Cake
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This recipe is based on a jeuksuk (instant) tteokbokki version served hot pot style at restaurants. You can try that with an electric hot pot for some great fun with the whole family.
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Ingredients
- 16 oz rice cake for tteokbokki
- 2 heets Korean rectangular fish cake (Sahgahk Oden, cut into squares)
- 2 cups cabbage (cut into strips or 1 in squares)
- 1 carrot (sliced)
- 1/2 onion (sliced)
- 1 Tbsp chopped garlic (or 1 tsp garlic powder)
- 3 cups water (or anchovy stock is even better)
- 2 Tbsp Gochujang (spicy red bean paste)
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1/4 tsp salt
- dash of black pepper
- 1 tsp ketchup (optional)
- 1 tsp guk kanjang (Korean soy sauce for soups – optional)
Other optional vegetables
- 1-2 green onions (cut into 2 in long pieces)
- 2-3 perilla leaves (cut into thin strips)
Instructions
- If the rice cakes are frozen, defrost in cold water while you prepare other ingredients. The type of rice cakes used for tteokbokki are shaped like little logs but you can also use the thin ovalettes used for Tteok Guk. They are all the same rice cakes but just cut differently.
- Cut cabbage, carrots and onions and any other vegetables. Korean fish cake (Uhmook also called oden which comes from Japanese) comes in various shapes but the ones normally used here is one that comes in thin rectanglular sheets (Sahgahk Oden). They can be found in the freezer aisle in most Korean markets.
- Get a saute pan deep enough to hold all the ingredients. Non stick is easier since the dduk tends to stick to the bottom of the pan. Add water or anchovy stock, carrots, cabbage and onions to the pan and bring to a boil.
- Add gochujang, garlic, soy sauce, salt and sugar to this mixture while you wait for it to boil.
- Once it starts to boil, add tteok, fish cake and stir. Simmer for 20 min. stirring occasionally to make sure rice cakes don't burn at the bottom. Taste when it’s close to 20 min and adjust your seasonings. Don’t taste it in the beginning because the seasoning will not have fully penetrated into the tteok yet and it will taste very bland. Add ketchup to add that little extra something at the end. Sprinkle some black pepper.
- And if you are going to add green onions or perilla leaves, add it at the end, right before turning your heat off.
Notes
- What other things can I add to ddukbokki?
- Ramen noodles – you can add ramen noodles directly into the ddukbokki while it is cooking. However, this is a bit risky for 2 reasons – the noodles soak up the liquid very quickly so you will have to keep adding extra water; it’s very easy to overcook the noodles which makes the whole dish into one giant blob of dduk… SO… I recommend that you boil the ramen noodles separately in water (make sure you cook it al dente) and then just mix it in quickly at the very end.
- Jjol Myun (쫄면) – this noodle is very stringy, chewy and adds great texture to the dish. Add this when you add the dduk and it should cook together nicely. You will need extra water for this too.
- Boiled eggs – make some hard boiled eggs and add it to the ddukbokki. The savory, spicy sauce goes very well with the egg.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
255kcal
(13%)
Carbohydrates
38g
(13%)
Protein
11g
(22%)
Fat
6g
(9%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
Cholesterol
33mg
(11%)
Sodium
857mg
(36%)
Potassium
431mg
(12%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
7g
(14%)
Vitamin A
2630IU
(53%)
Vitamin C
17.2mg
(19%)
Calcium
31mg
(3%)
Iron
0.4mg
(2%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 255 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 255kcal | 13% |
| Carbohydrates | 38g | 13% |
| Protein | 11g | 22% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 33mg | 11% |
| Sodium | 857mg | 36% |
| Potassium | 431mg | 9% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 2630IU | 53% |
| Vitamin C | 17.2mg | 19% |
| Calcium | 31mg | 3% |
| Iron | 0.4mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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