Korean Mala Cup Tteokbokki
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- Total time
- 22 min
- Level
- Medium
- Servings
- 2 servings
- Ingredients
- 9
About this dish
Modeled on convenience-store cup tteokbokki, this one adds mala sauce to the gochujang for a tingle on the tongue.
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Chili flakes raise the heat, and more mala sauce raises the numbness. Brands of mala sauce vary a lot in saltiness, though, so start with a single tablespoon.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Soak 300 g rice cakes in cold water for 5 minutes to loosen surface starch, then separate any firm pieces by hand.
Cut 100 g fish cake into bite-size pieces so it heats evenly with the rice cakes.
- 2
Add 450 ml water, 1 tablespoon gochujang, and start with 1 tablespoon mala sauce in the pot.
Stir in the gochugaru, soy sauce, and sugar until no thick paste remains on the bottom.
- 3
Set the sauce over medium heat and stir until small bubbles appear around the edge.
Taste before adding the rice cakes, then increase the mala sauce up to 1.5 tablespoons only if the saltiness and tingle need more strength.
- 4
When the sauce boils, drain the rice cakes and add them with the fish cake.
Keep the heat at medium and keep pushing across the bottom with a spatula so the rice cakes do not settle, stick, or scorch.
- 5
Cook for 6 to 7 minutes, stirring constantly, until the liquid reduces by about half and turns glossy.
If it thickens too fast or leaves streaks on the pot, lower the heat slightly and keep stirring.
- 6
Once the rice cakes are tender and the sauce clings thickly, add 0.5 green onion and simmer for 30 seconds.
Spoon the tteokbokki into hot cups right away so the sauce stays fluid and the heat holds longer.
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