- Glossary
- Tteokbokki - spicy rice cakes
Tteokbokki - spicy rice cakes
Tteokbokki is the iconic street food of South Korea. Cylindrical rice cakes called tteok are simmered in a sauce of gochujang, gochugaru and soy sauce. Fish cakes eomuk and boiled eggs are added.
Originally a royal court dish without chilli - the spicy version only emerged in the 1950s. Modern rabokki combines tteokbokki with ramen noodles.
- Tteokbokki is the most iconic street food of South Korea
- Originally a court dish without chilli, the spicy version emerged in the 1950s
- The rice cakes have a chewy texture and soak up the spicy sauce
- Rabokki combines tteokbokki with instant ramen noodles
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