How to Make Ddukbokki
An Authentic Recipe

Walking along the streets of Seoul you see stalls everywhere of people selling freshly cooked food. This is a very authentic Korean recipe. Ddukbokki is the most popular food sold, it is very spicy and would cost you about 50p in South Korea.










Tteokbokki is essentially Korean rice cakes and dried fish cakes cooked in a spicy gochujang sauce. You can vary the spice levels by adding more water or less gochujang. Rice cakes can be bought from most Asian supermarkets fresh or frozen.




I have used the following ingredients:
500g of rice cake
2 slices of dried fishcakes
1/2 courgette (zucchini)
1/2 carrot
1 mushroom
1 sliced spring onion
1 tablespoon of sugar
1/2 tablespoon of honey
1 1/2 tablespoon of gochujang

Begin by boiling a small amount of water in a saucepan, about 1 inch deep. or about 150 ml. Once boiling, Add gochujang and stir well to make the sauce. Reduce to a medium heat and add the vegetables and allow to simmer for a few minutes, sweeten with honey and sugar and then add the rice cakes (you want to cook these for no longer than 10 minutes otherwise they go very soft and fall apart).

After about 5 minutes, finish by adding the fish cakes and spring onion and simmer for a further 2-3 minutes, Serve in a dish and sprinkle some sesame seeds over the top. Ddukbokki is often eaten with Korean sausage (sundae) or a non-spicy soup.