Best Cheesy Rice Paper Tteokbokki Recipes

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CHEESY CABBAGE TTEOKBOKKI



Cheesy Cabbage Tteokbokki image

A dish of royalty, tteokbokki consists of chewy Korean rice cakes (tteok) that are stir-fried (bokki) and slicked in a savory-sweet sauce. Sometimes the sauce is soy-sauce-based, as the kings of the Joseon dynasty enjoyed in the royal court dish gungjung tteokbokki. But more commonly today, as it is here, the sauce is gloriously red, spicy and gochujang-based. Traditional versions might include fish cakes and whole hard-boiled eggs, but this one leans into a base of butter-fried shallots and a layer of melted cheese covered in a crunchy blanket of raw cabbage. A parade of halved, molten-centered soft-boiled eggs bedecks the top.

Provided by Eric Kim

Categories     dinner, easy, lunch, weeknight, grains and rice, side dish

Time 30m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

3 large eggs
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
3 tablespoons gochujang
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 large garlic clove, finely grated
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 large shallots, thinly sliced crosswise into rings
Salt
1 pound fresh or frozen tteok (rice cakes)
1/2 cup shredded cheese, such as sharp Cheddar or low-moisture mozzarella
5 ounces green cabbage, shredded (about 2 cups)

Steps:

  • Bring a small pot of water to a boil over high heat. Add the eggs carefully and reduce the heat to gently simmer the eggs until soft-boiled, 6 to 7 minutes. Drain the eggs, leaving them in their pot, then shake the pot to crack their shells. Cover the cracked eggs with cold water to shock them, then let cool enough to touch. Once they are sufficiently cooled, peel the eggs directly in the water (they should peel easily); set aside.
  • In a small bowl, stir together the sugar, gochujang, soy sauce and garlic. Set aside.
  • In a large pan, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the shallots, season generously with salt and cook, stirring constantly, until the edges of the shallots are really brown, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in the gochujang mixture and cook, stirring for a few seconds, just until the sauce loses its raw edge.
  • Stir in 1 cup cold tap water and add the tteok, making sure to separate them if stuck together. Bring to a simmer over medium-high and cook until the sauce thickens and the tteok are heated through but still chewy, 4 to 6 minutes. (Add a minute or two if using frozen rice cakes.)
  • To serve, scatter over the cheese, followed by the cabbage - a nice, crunchy blanket of it. Cover to let the cheese melt; the cabbage will steam slightly and lose some of its raw edge. Halve the soft-boiled eggs and arrange them over the crunchy, cheesy cabbage.

SPICY KOREAN RICE CAKES (TTEOKBOKKI)



Spicy Korean Rice Cakes (Tteokbokki) image

This popular street-food dish, called tteokbokki, is a garlicky, richly spiced dish of rice cakes bathed in red chile paste. Tteokbokki (pronounced duck-bo-key) got its own festival, spinning off from the larger annual Seoul festival of rice cakes, or tteok.

Provided by Julia Moskin

Categories     dinner, quick, one pot, main course

Time 20m

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

8 ounces fresh or thawed frozen tteok (see note)
4 ounces beefsteak, such as chuck or sirloin, very thinly sliced
1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
2 teaspoons sesame oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 small onion, thinly sliced
2 cups green cabbage, cut crosswise into large pieces (optional)
1 to 2 tablespoons gochujang (Korean chile paste)
1 to 2 teaspoons sugar
2 scallions, cut into 1-inch batons
Sesame seeds

Steps:

  • Soak tteok in cold water to cover while preparing the other ingredients, about 10 minutes. Drain on paper towels.
  • Combine beef with soy sauce, 1 teaspoon sesame oil and garlic.
  • Heat a wok or skillet over high heat until very hot. Add beef mixture and stir-fry just until lightly browned, 1 minute. Add onion, scallions, and cabbage, if using, and stir-fry until crisp-tender, 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Add gochujang and mix. Add about 1/3 cup water, remaining teaspoon sesame oil, sugar and tteok. Mix and let simmer until sauce is thick and tteok is soft, adding water a little at a time as needed. Adjust seasonings with sugar and gochujang.
  • Mix in scallions and serve hot, sprinkled with sesame seeds.

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