떡볶이
Tteokbokki (떡볶이)
Chewy rice cakes in a gochujang sauce — street-night classic.
Heat: hot · Vegetarian: yes (skip fish cake)
Soak the cakes
Fridge-hard 가래떡 needs a 10-minute soak. Sauce: gochujang, a pinch of gochugaru, a little sugar, stock or water. Simmer until the sauce clings. Fish cake 어묵 is traditional; mushrooms if you skip it.
Shopping
- garaetteok
- gochujang
- gochugaru
- sugar or oligodang
- fish cake (optional)