내 한국 친구에게 안녕! ^^
My Korean friends told me I had to make this meal, as it’s a classic and one of the most popular street foods you can get.
This is the royal variety, which is sweet/savory, but there’s also a spicy variant.
I really fell in love with this meal and hope you’ll enjoy it too.
(Experiment 46) Gungjung tteokbokki
Ingredients
- 300 g rice cake Korean type preferable
- 150 g warm water
- 2-3 sliced mushrooms shiitake works better
- 1/2 onion or 1 shallot minced
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp rice wine vinegar or mirin
- dash sesame oil
- sesame seeds
- 1 garlic clove minced
- Vegetable of your choice thinly sliced: zucchini carrot, bell pepper etc
- Optional sliced green onion for garnish
Instructions
- In a bowl, prepare the sauce by combining the soy sauce, rice wine, sugar, sesame seeds & oil and garlic, reserve. PS: the smell of the sauce will paint your entire kitchen, it smells so good !!!
- In another bowl, put the rice cake and cover it with warm(not hot) water. Let it soak 20-30 minutes then drain.
- Heat a pan at medium-high heat, put some oil and add the rice cake. Stir so they dont stick, cover for 6 minutes. Add the onion and cook for a minute. Dump the sauce, the mushrooms and whichever vegetable you selected. Stir and cook for 2-3minutes
- Serve and garnish with additional sesame seeds and/or green onions.