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Tteokbokki떡볶이

Recipe details

Servings
2–3
Time
35 min

Tteokbokki is Korea's best-known street food: cylindrical rice cakes simmered in a gochujang-based sauce, usually with fish cake, cabbage and scallions. Yuta of NCT 127 has named it among his favorite foods.

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Ingredients

  • 1 lb (450 g) tteokbokki tteok (cylindrical rice cakes), soaked 20 minutes
  • 1–2 sheets eomuk (fish cake), cut into 2-inch pieces
  • 4 oz (115 g) green cabbage, cut into 2-inch pieces
  • 1–2 scallions, cut into 2-inch pieces
  • 1 tbsp minced garlic
  • 3 cups anchovy broth or water
  • 3 tbsp gochujang
  • 1–3 tsp gochugaru
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp corn syrup (or rice syrup)
  • 2 boiled eggs, optional

Steps

  1. 1Soak the rice cakes for about 20 minutes if they're hard. Cut the fish cake, cabbage and scallions into 2-inch pieces.
  2. 2Bring the broth to a boil and stir in the gochujang, gochugaru, soy sauce, sugar and corn syrup.
  3. 3Add the rice cakes and boil for 8–10 minutes, stirring frequently, until they soften.
  4. 4Add the cabbage, garlic and fish cakes, and boil for another 4–6 minutes.
  5. 5Add the scallions (and boiled eggs, if using) 2–3 minutes before serving. Adjust the seasoning and serve hot.

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Checked as of September 17, 2026. Spotted a mistake? Let us know.

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