Let’s Make Tteok-Bokki: Spicy Korean Rice Cakes
To be honest, I think all of these other internets chefs or cook are just doing way too much. No one needs to add shitty liquid cheese to everything. And, no one needs to eat your shitty lobster pasta with caviar foam. Lobster and caviar don’t even taste really good. Every day we are walking further and further away from what food should be. It shouldn’t be super expensive or fancy to the point where no one can afford to cook and much less eat it. Sometimes good food doesn’t need all of the extra flair or extravagance that people think it does.
Let’s just go back to the basics. So let’s make a classic Korean staple that functions as a snack, lunch, or dinner. Just simple comfort food that is perfect for rainy days or cold sweater weather in general. It truly doesn’t need the addition of lobster or shitty caviar. If famous K-pop stars and K-drama actors like it, surely you will.
It’s super easy, you really just throw everything into a pot and then boil it. No need to do a lot of prep. This simple dish comes together super quickly.
Let’s Get Cooking
Tteok-Bokki: Spicy Korean Rice Cakes
Ingredients
- 1 Lb Rice Cakes (Long)
- 2 Stocks Scallions (Cut into Quarters)
- 4 C Dashi Stock (4 Tsp Dashi Granules & 4 C Water, or 4 C any Stock)
- ⅓ C Gochujang (Korean Fermented Chili Paste, Adjust to taste)
- 4 Cloves Garlic (Crushed)
- ½ Tbsp Dark Brown Sugar
- 4 Sheets Fish Cakes (Cut into Water Shape, I used Triangles)
- 1 Tsp Sesame Oil
Instructions
- Cut off the root end of the scallion and slice the scallions into quarters. Stack the Fish cakes and cut into strips, then stack the strips and cut into triangles. Or, cut the fish cakes into whatever you want. Crush Garlic Cloves.
- In a pot, add in the Scallions, Garlic, Dashi Stock, Gochujang, Dark Brown Sugar and bring to a boil on medium high heat. Afterwards, add in the Rice Cakes and Sesame Oil.
- Boil for 5 to 10 minutes until the Rice Cakes are cooked (easily pierced by a chopstick), and continue to reduce until a thick sauce is created.