Beginner
Korean
Kimchi Jjigae (Kimchi Stew)
Source: Traditional
30 min3420 kcal
Dairy-free🌶️🌶️
Tteokbokki (Spicy Rice Cakes)
Chewy rice cakes simmered in a sweet-and-fiery gochujang sauce — Korea's most beloved street snack.
Source
Recipe by Korean street stalls · 🏠 Home cook
Korean street food / 한국 분식 — Korea's iconic street snack; the modern gochujang version is widely credited to Seoul's Sindang-dong district in the 1950s and is now a staple of bunsik (snack) shops nationwide.
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⏱ 25 min🍽 2 servings🔥 480 kcal🇰🇷 South Korea🌶️🌶️🌶️
Steps
If the rice cakes are firm or refrigerated, soak them in warm water for 10 minutes so they cook up soft.
In a wide pan, whisk the gochujang, chili flakes, sugar and soy sauce into the water and bring to a boil.
Add the rice cakes and fish cakes, then simmer, stirring often so nothing sticks to the bottom.
Keep cooking 8–10 minutes until the sauce thickens and glosses the rice cakes.
Toss through sliced green onion and serve hot.
💡 Tips
- Stir constantly near the end — the sauce goes from thin to sticky fast.
- A boiled egg or a sheet of ramen noodles turns this into a full meal.
- Balance the heat with more sugar, not water, to keep the sauce rich.
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