Description
This is a very hot and spicy snack eaten all over Korea in homes and at food stands in the street. It consists of a lovely red sauce and chewy rice cakes which look like very thick, short noodles. If you’re a spice lover and want to try a new texture, I would highly recommend this ddokboki, which we made with the kids at my school. It is always done to taste: some sweet, some hot, some with heavy garlic. You can imagine the variety we got with so many kids cooking it. Either way it is a definite Korean comfort food that you can experience with a quick trip to your Asian grocery store.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ quarts water
- 1 (24 ounce) package thinly sliced tteok (Korean rice cakes), drained
- 1 (14 ounce) package eomuk (Korean fish cakes), sliced
- 3 tablespoons simple syrup
- 3 tablespoons gochujang (Korean hot pepper paste), or more to taste
- 2 tablespoons red chile powder, or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 cup diced white onion
- 1 cup chopped green onions
Instructions
- Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Add rice cakes and fish cakes; return to a boil. Add simple syrup
- gochujang
- chile powder
- garlic
- salt
- and pepper; cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Add onion and green onion. Simmer until sauce is red
- thick
- and silky
- about 5 minutes.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 14 mins
Total Time: 29 mins
Servings: 6