TteokBokkI (떡볶이) is one of the most popular Korean street foods. Since the way to cook this food is very easy and simple, Korean people often make it at home too. Depending on your personal tastes, you can make it spicier or sweeter. This snack has many different names according to its ingredients such as cheese TteokBokkI, RaBokkI (Ramen noodles), GanJang TteokBokkI, or GungJung TteokBokkI (soy sauce).
Yield: 3 Servings
Short Korean Lesson: *^^*
- EoRinEe (어린이) = Child
- EoRinEeDeul (어린이들) = Children
Video Instructions
Main Ingredients
- 2 Cups (15) Sticky Rice Cake Sticks
- 2 Fried Fish Cakes
- 1 Cup Cabbage
- ⅔ Cup Onion
- ½ Cup Carrot
- 1 Green Onion
Broth Ingredients
- 2½ Cups Water
- 6 Pieces Kelp (1×2 Inch)
- 1 Dried Anchovy Pack (Optional)
Sauce Ingredients
- 3 Tbsp Red Pepper Paste
- 1 Tbsp Red Pepper Powder
- 2 Tbsp Corn Syrup
- ½ Tbsp Sugar
- 1 Tbsp Soy Sauce
- ½ Tbsp Minced Garlic
- Some Sesame Seeds (to garnish)
Directions
Slice ½ cup worth of an onion into quarter inch pieces. Cut ½ cup worth of a carrot diagonally. Cut 1 green onion into ½-inch pieces. Cut ⅔ cup worth of cabbage into quarter inch pieces.
To make the broth, boil 2½ cups of water, 6 pieces of kelp, 2 pieces of fish cake, and 1 dried anchovy pack together for about 10 minutes. The dried anchovy pack is optional.
Remove the kelp, fish cakes, and anchovy pack from the broth. Keep the fish cakes for later and discard the kelp and anchovy pack.
Cut the cooked fish cakes and the sticky rice cakes into 2 inch pieces.
In the broth, add 3 Tbsp of red pepper paste, 1 Tbsp of red pepper powder, 2 Tbsp of corn syrup, ½ Tbsp of sugar, 1 Tbsp of soy sauce, and ½ Tbsp of minced garlic. Depending on your taste, you can make your tteokbokki sweeter or spicier by changing the amount of sugar or red pepper paste. If you can’t eat too spicy food, skip the red pepper powder. You can use sugar instead of corn syrup. Cook it for 5 minutes on medium-high.
Add the rice cakes, carrot, onion, and cabbage into the broth.
Cook it for about 5 minutes until the rice cakes become soft on medium-high.
Add the fish cakes and cook for 1 more minute.
Add the green onion, cook for another minute, and then turn off the heat.
Sprinkle some sesame seeds on top of TteokBokKi to serve.
Enjoy! 
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Hi , I followed the steps on how to make sticky rice cake , for making TteokBokki , and im wondering other than using the dough machine , what other ways can i knead the dough throughly ?
i try to cook the instruction you’d showen. but i think my rice stick has no taste. the taste didn’t through inside to rice stick.
Hi, Aeri..Well done!!!i love ‘Aeri Kitchen’ very much..I’m just curious about something..1st, how long can I store my rice cake in the freezer? 2nd, about the sauce, can I store them in the freezer too if I can’t finish them or is there any other way to preserve them??look forward for ur reply, thanks Aeri
hi Cynthia,
You can keep the rice cakes for a long time.. like more than a month.. Yes.. freeze the sauce can be short cut for the cooking..but when you thaw the sauce.. it will take time..and I didn’t understand exactly.. how you have left over sauce ?? you mean.. after cooking the tteokbokki ?? for the great flavor.. fresh sauce will be the best..
안녕하세요 선생님! ᄏᄏᄏ
I dont have the fish cakes or kelp so can i just do without the broth, and use oil instead? If so, what oil do use? Can i just use corn oil?
hi KristiSeng.
안녕하세요, 귀여운 학생. ^^ hehe
about your question, if you skip fish cakes and kelp ..especially fish cake.. you will lose good flavor.. so my suggestion is.. do you have korean instant ramen noodles ?? if you do.. they have spicy pack in it.. add some of the powder to the broth for your tteokbooki instead..it will give extra good flavor to it when you skip fish cakes and kelp.. and you don’t have to add oil to it.
Hello, I just wanted to tell that I am a fan of Korean dramas and movies and I always see them eating tteokbokki, I wished I could of had the chance to try some while I was in South Korea this past decemeber but thanks to you I will try to make this on my own and I hope it comes out good. Thank you for all the recipes and God Bless You!
Hi Aeri, I was wondering if you have any recipe for Shindangdong Ttukbokki, either the Maboklim Halmoni or the others. I’ve been craving SDD ttukbokki so much, but I haven’t found any recipe for it. If you do, please share, I’ll be so thankful!! =)
hi dita,
I will add it to my list .. thanks
Hi Aeri!
I was always interested in ddeokbokki and wanted to try it. I’m so glad for your detailed description. I had no idea what kelp was in Chinese. Haha, I need my mom to find these ingredients for me, so thanks for offering translation in different languages! I hope you consider teaching us how to make JaJangMyun one day.
I love it!!
-Wendy
Hi Wendy,
Thanks for your comment. I already posted jajangmyun recipe. Here is a link for you.
http://aeriskitchen.com/2008/09/jja-jang-bap-noodle/
Hi Aeri, I’m Tran and I’m Vietnamese. My older sister and I very very like ur web because we interested in Korean food so much. I’ve tried some of ur dishes and my mom praised me that I’m a clever girl.
Hehe
Thanks so much for ur sharing!
떡볶이!! 너무 좋아요! Hi Aeri. I’m Mel and a Malaysian and I have friends in South Korea who used to be my house mates in university before. I was in S. Korea two weeks ago and I miss it already. I really miss the tteokbokki in Amsa. Anyway keep up the good work. I’m gonna cook it tomorrow. ^_^
Dear Aeri
Wow~ it’s very simple. i fell in love with this dish when i visited Seoul last week. will try to cook for my family. thanks alot for your recipe~
Hi, i accidently bought dried sardines, is it okay if i use it?
hi Tyda,
You can..just I worry a little if your dried sardines will give too strong fish flavor to your tteokbokki. So if it’s that case, I will say..just skip the dried anchovy part..it will be still delicious. thanks
hi Aeri unnie,
i tried this recipe yesterday, and i got a lot of praise since this was my first time to cooked the popular Korean dish instead of some side dish. thx for your recipe, i really love it.
hi LeAnn,
I’m proud of you..hehe
Good job .. thanks
hey aeri, can i use honey or sugar instead of corn syrup? becuase i heard that it is also called high fructose corn syrup. It’s bad for your health.. if i use honey, would it still taste the same?
Thanks
hi tiffany,
Yes, I will say use sugar…because honey can give some strong flavor of it to your tteokbokki.. .sugar will work fine.. ^^ you are right.. corn syrup is not good for your health.. sugar isn’t either though.. hehe anyway.. sugar will be a little better than corn syrup. If you still want to use honey even if it will change some flavor.. you can use for your health.
Annyeong Haseyo
Hi Aeri, Thank you so much for posting this recipe! I’ve been craving for deokbokkie since 3 weeks ago
we bought one from hyewa station when i was in korea and it was so goood!
I was able to make it a bit spicier! Yummy!
Hi Aeri, thank you so much for this fantastic recipe:-) Me and my fiancée was cooking tonight using your e-book and it was so easy and quick and so delicious! We have been looking for a great Korean restaurant here and finally found one…at home:-)) Your website is my favorite now and I am looking forward to cook my next dish!
HI aeri
!
i love all ur recipes hehe, especially tteokbokki! i was reading online the other day, and i came across “kimchi tteokbokki with cheese” :O and i was wondering if u could do a recipe on it? thanks!!
hi franc,
^^ I will add it to my list.. thanks
This recipe made my husband very happy!
He says it’s very authentic. Thanks for potsting it!
Hi Aeri,
Please help me! If my dduk is frozen, when do I add it in? Or do I need to thaw the dduk first?
Thanks!
Hi jane,
While you are cooking, they will be soft. 
I usually use frozen sticky rice cakes. I leave it in a room temperature for a while until I can separate (break) each pieces, however that’s it. I use them without thaw them.
Hi, I’ve watch your video and it’s perfect, i’m really like it and I will try to make it to but like about the ingredient for TteokBokKi some of it I don’t know if I can find it here in Houston.
And about this soup i don’t know what it called but i look similar with TOFU SOYBEANPASTE SOUP, it’s just change from beef to small anchovy, the ingredient of it need something called yellow soybean and do you know where can I get it ?
Thank you very much if you can answer me, thank for the video I’m really like it.
Gamsahamnida.
hi DongBang_Junior,
If you have a Korean or Asian grocery store over there, i think you can find the ingredients.
You are asking the ingredient, yellow soy bean ?? or the soup ?? sorry I didn’t get your question well.
thanks ^^
Thank you for posting it up!It looks delicious!I will try making it one day (:
hi SHINeeKey,
Yep.. try it someday.. I hope you like it. thanks..
First of all… thank you so much for sharing all these wonderful recipes with us. All of them I’ve tried have been amazing. I just made this recently for someone who said they’d been wanting to try it, he loved it just as much as I did! This video was a pleasure to watch… Cooking? Cooking! is such a good song. Super Junior’s one of my favorite groups. :]
Thanks again, Aeri!
hi 13SUJULove,
Love to read your comment. I heard that Super Junior just came back..right ?? thanks 
You are welcome.
Yes, they just had their comeback a few weeks ago on Music Core with “Bonamana”, I love all their music. :]
hi 13SUJULove,
who is your favorite one among them ?? hehe.. yes, I like their music too.
I love Donghae Oppa. XD He’s funny and adorable… Sungmin Oppa is also very cute and loves pink; just like me! I love them all, but Donghae and Sungmin are my two favorites. :]
hi 13SUJULove,
haha.. you are cute ^^ I watched a korean show recently… the guests for the show were super junior and wondergirls (i love wondergirls).. and i saw donghae for the first time.. hehe he was funny..yes .. Once he likes somebody.. he makes the girl his..^^ he said.. anyway..
HEECHUL!! hah sorry just thought i would say that i dont know why tho haha ^_^
Hi SulAnieyo2010,
LOL You are cute. I’m a fan of Wondergirls, so I had a chance to watch some Korean shows with Super Junior and Wondergirls. I didn’t know about Heechul much before, but now I think he is an attractive guy in different ways. So I can understand why you wrote his name. hehe
Hi! I’m from Selangor. Where can I get the dduk and all the red pepper sauce?
hi Carol,
Nice to meet you. Do you have a Korean grocery store around you ? they will sell them. thanks
my grandma instead on making spicy, she fries the sticky ride cake and dip them in soysauce mixed with corn syrup and olive oil it’s really good!
hi Jina,
oh..that sounds like.. it will be taste similar with soy sauce tteokbokki.. sounds yummy…. hehe thanks