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LA Sticky Rice Tteok

LA 찹쌀떡, LA ChapSsalTteok

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LA chapssaltteok is a fusion food that originated from Los Angeles Korean immigrants who were craving Korean rice cakes. It was difficult for them to find the necessary ingredients to make Korean rice cakes. So, they started baking rice cakes using ingredients that can be easily found in America. Luckly for us, the result was very good and now we can try this new variation on rice cakes. These are a little crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. The various nuts and dried fruits taste good, along with the creamy taste of the rice. My husband likes many different kinds of Korean food, but rice cakes is not one of them. Interestingly, he tried this and gave it an A+. Of course, he at them with maple syrup. 😉 He said they are similar with blueberry pancakes. I do not know what you will think of them, but if you want to try a healthier dessert, and if you like rice cakes (or even if you don’t!), I highly recommend you to try these someday. 🙂

Yield: 2 Dozens

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Sweet Red Bean Rice Cakes 2

찹쌀떡 2, ChapSsalTteok 2

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Hi Everyone! Today I will share my upgraded version of sweet rice and the red bean rice cake called ChapSsalTteok in Korean. It has an amazingly nice and chewy texture with a perfect balance of sweetness & saltiness for the rice cake part. I will share several tips to make a non-failure ChapSsalTteok in the video instruction, so please watch the video to the end.

Yield: 24 Pieces

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Giant Korean Red Bean Donut Holes

찹쌀 도너츠, ChapSsal DoNeoCheu

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Do you think 3 dollars is too much for a doughnut hole at a Korean bakery? 😆😅 Today, I will teach you how to make irresistibly delicious Korean homemade sweet rice donuts called “chapssal donuts” in Korean. One day one of my Korean friends told me that she loves these a lot, but they are too expensive to buy at the Tous Les Jours Bakery inside H-Mart. I normally don’t buy stuff at the bakery there, but when I heard that it’s 3 dollars per piece, it was a jaw dropping experience for me. 😱 It shouldn’t be that expensive to make, considering the ingredients. You can buy a whole American donut for less than a dollar. I thought I definitely should make a recipe for this to share with my viewers, because I know there are many out there who love this kind of Asian dessert. Unlike normal donuts, these use sweet rice flour instead of wheat flour, so the texture is a little crunchy on the outside, but soft and chewy on the inside. Also, it has a sweet red bean paste filling, which makes this donut unique, and it will make you fall in love with it. Even though I called it a Korean donut, actually other Asian countries have similar types of donuts with different fillings and coatings. Try this popular Asian sweet rice donuts at home someday. 🙂

Yield: 16 Donuts

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Sweet Red Bean Steamed Buns

찐빵 or 호빵, JjinBbang or HoBbang

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Today, I will share my recipe for sweet red bean steamed buns called Hobbang or Jjinbbang in Korean. The name is kind of cute and funny and the meaning of the names also make sense. When we eat this hobbang in Korea, it is usually on cold days in the winter. We need to be careful not to burn ourselves when we eat this hot steamed bun. So, to cool it down, we will blow the hot steam from the bun like this.. “ho~~ ho~~ ho~~” so the name for hobbang came from it. Ho is the sound we make, and bbang is bread in Korean. Jjin means an additive word from Jjida which means steam and again bbang means bread, so steamed bread is jjinbbang or hobbang. You will be surprised to see how easy it is to make these authentic and delicious steamed buns at home with your own hands. Let’s get started.

Yield: 8 Pieces

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