Korean Rice Cake Recipes

SPICY KOREAN RICE CAKES (TTEOKBOKKI)

Steps:

• Soak tteok in cold water to cover while preparing the other ingredients, about 10 minutes. Drain on paper towels.
• Combine beef with soy sauce, 1 teaspoon sesame oil and garlic.
• Heat a wok or skillet over high heat until very hot. Add beef mixture and stir-fry just until lightly browned, 1 minute. Add onion, scallions, and cabbage, if using, and stir-fry until crisp-tender, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add gochujang and mix. Add about 1/3 cup water, remaining teaspoon sesame oil, sugar and tteok. Mix and let simmer until sauce is thick and tteok is soft, adding water a little at a time as needed. Adjust seasonings with sugar and gochujang.
• Mix in scallions and serve hot, sprinkled with sesame seeds.

TTEOKBOKKI (KOREAN SPICY RICE CAKES)

Steps:

• Combine water and anchovies in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook for 10 minutes. Remove anchovies.
• Combine chile paste, sugar, soy sauce, and corn syrup in a bowl to make the sauce.
• Add rice cakes and onion to the anchovy water in the saucepan. Add sauce. Bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add spring onion and boil 3 minutes more.

KOREAN RICE CAKE (TTEOK)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan generously with oil.
• Whisk milk and egg together in a bowl.
• Sift rice flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl. Mix in milk mixture until well blended. Fold in dried fruit. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges start to brown, about 1 hour. Let cool completely, 20 to 30 minutes, before slicing.

KOREAN RICE CAKE IN A SPICY SAUCE (DDEOK BOK EE)

Steps:

• Put rice cake in a pot. Add water to cover, bring to a slow boil and cook until soft.
• Add red pepper paste, red pepper powder, garlic, sugar, soy sauce, and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until the sauce thickens a bit.
• Add onion, cabbage, carrots and cook for 2-3 minutes.
• Add fish cake and simmer for another 1-2 minutes.
• Finish with green onion and sesame seeds. Serve hot.

GUNGJUNG TTEOKBOKKI (KOREAN ROYAL COURT RICE CAKES)

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine soy sauce, sugar, garlic, black pepper, 2 tablespoons of the scallions and 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Transfer half of the sauce to another small bowl.
• Thinly slice beef crosswise about 1/8-inch-thick, then cut into 2-inch strips. Add beef to one bowl and toss to evenly coat, massaging sauce into beef. Let stand for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine rice cakes and enough lukewarm water to cover by 1 inch. Soak for 10 minutes. Drain, then return the rice cakes to the bowl. Add the remaining sauce and toss to evenly coat.
• In a large skillet, heat safflower oil over medium. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 3 minutes.
• Add beef with its marinade and cook, stirring, until the beef is no longer pink, about 1 minute. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 3 minutes. Add bell pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, 3 minutes.
• Add the rice cakes, their sauce and 1/2 cup water and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring frequently, until sauce thickens and rice cakes are tender and nicely glazed, about 8 minutes. Stir in mung bean sprouts and remaining scallions and sesame oil. Season with salt and pepper.
• Divide tteokbokki among bowls and garnish with sesame seeds. Serve warm.