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. Depending on personal taste, you can make it spicier or sweeter. This popular Korean snack has many different kinds of names according to it’s ingredients such as cheese TteokBokKi, ra bok-ki (It has ramen noodle in it.) gan-jang TteokBokKi or gong-jung TteokBokKi (soy sauce TteokBokKi). I’m going to post a vegetarian version of TteokBokKi and RabokKi someday also.
Short Korean Lesson: *^^*
- EoRinEe (어린이) = Child
- EoRinEeDeul (어린이들) = Children
Main Ingredients:
- 2 Cups (15) Sticky Rice Cake Sticks
- 2 Fried Fish Cakes
- 1 Cup Cabbage
- 2/3 Cup Onion
- 1/2 Cup Carrot
- 1 Green Onion
Broth Ingredients:
- 2 1/2 Cups Water
- 6 Pieces Kelp (1 X 2 inch)
- 1 Pack of Dried Anchovy (Optional)
Sauce Ingredients:
- 3 Tbsp Red Pepper Paste
- 1 Tbsp Red Pepper Powder
- 2 Tbsp Corn Syrup
- 1/2 Tbsp Sugar
- 1 Tbsp Soy Sauce
- 1/2 Tbsp Minced Garlic
- Some Sesame Seeds (to garnish)
Yield: 2 Servings

Slice 1/2 cup of an onion into quarter inch pieces. Cut 1/2 cup of a carrot diagonally. Cut 1 green onion into 1/2 inch pieces. Cut 2/3 cup of cabbage into quarter inch pieces.

To make the broth, boil 2 1/2 cups of water, 6 pieces of kelp, 2 pieces of fish cake, and 1 pack of dried anchovy together for about 10 minutes. Dried anchovy is optional.

Remove the kelp, fish cakes, and anchovies from the broth. Keep the fish cakes for later.

Prepare 2 cups of sticky rice cakes and cut the cooked fish cakes and the 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, 1/2 Tbsp of sugar, 1 Tbsp of soy sauce, and 1/2 Tbsp of minced garlic. Cook it for 5 minutes on medium-high.
Tips:
- Depending on your taste, you can make your tteokbokki sweeter or spicier by changing the amount of sugar or red pepper paste.
- You can use sugar instead of corn syrup if you don’t want it.
- If you can’t eat too spicy food, skip the red pepper powder.

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 turn off the heat.

Sprinkle some sesame seeds on top of TteokBokKi to serve.









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