Tteokbokki

Popular Korean street food is within your grasp with the right ingredients stockpiled from H-mart.

• ⏲️ Prep time: 5 min
• 🍳 Cook time: 10 min
• 🍽️ Servings: 1

Ingredients

Base

• A handful of frozen rice cakes, maybe 1 cup. I do as much as I can eat.

Sauce

• About 2/3 cup of water
• 1 tbsp gochujang
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp gochugaru
• 1 tsp garlic (fresh or powder, optional)
• 1-2 tbsp sugar
• Cheese cubes (any cheese will do, I use babybel. Optional)

Garnish

• 2 tbsp sesame oil
• A sprinkle of sesame seeds
• A sprinkle of chopped green onions

Directions

1. Add all sauce ingredients to a pan without the cheese on medium to high heat.
2. Add rice cakes.
3. Stir until the sauce is almost desired consistency and rice cakes seem fairly cooked through. About 5-7 min.
4. Lower the heat, add cheese and cover for additional 3 minutes for cheese to melt.
5. Dump into a bowl.
6. Add garnish and enjoy immediately.