Korean Spicy Stir Fried Rice Cake~ Tteokbokki 떡볶이

Do you know Tteokbokki and Kimbap is a perfect combo? Beside assorted deep frying food~ another favourite way of eating tteokbokki is with kimbap. Tteokbokki is one of the Korean street food that I often made at home~ it can be prepare easily with the ready made sauce or simple home-made sauce. Besides the common tteokbokki, there are also Cheese Tteokbokki, RaBokki (Ramyeon + Tteokbokki) and GungJung TteokBokkI (Sweet Soy Sauce Tteokbokki) that is popular among the Koreans. I will share these three types of Tteokbokki next time when I make it. 

Ingredients (2-3 Servings)

1 pack of Rice cake (400 grams)

1 pack of Tteokbokki ready sauce 

Korean Fish cakes 

1 medium size Carrot

1 small size Onion

1 stalk of Green Onion 

Or, make own sauce if you dont have sauce ready pack: 

2 Tbsp Gochujang 
1 Tbsp Gochugaru 
1 Tbsp Soy sauce
1 Tbsp Sugar (or Corn syrup)
1/2 Tbsp Fish Sauce

How to Cook:

Step 1. 

Slice the onion, juliennne the carrot & thinly chopped the green onion. I am using different type of omuk here and I cut it into half to bite size as I prefer. If you are using the traditional type of omuk that comes in sheets, cut them into similar length and size as your tteok. 

Step 2. 

Give the tteok a quick rinse to remove any excess starch, then soak them in water while you preparing other ingredients. This step can help to reduce the stickiness and prevent tteok clumping together while boiling.

In a pot, place the rice cakes, fish cakes, sliced onion, carrots and sauce. Add enough water (about 2 cups of water at 480ml) or enough to cover all the ingredients. then bring it to boil. 

Step 3. 

Let it boil for about 10 to 15 minutes, until the rice cake turn soft and the broth turns thicker, add in chopped spring onions then it is done.

Besides kimbab, I also prepared deep fried Korean dumplings to be eat together with Tteokbokki. We like to eat the kimbab by dipping it into the tteokbokki broth to let it coat with some sauce before put into mouth.