Enjoy this iconic and popular Korean street food with a spicy twist!
If you’re familiar with Korean cuisine, you most likely know of tteokbokki, Korea’s beloved spicy rice cake dish, commonly featured in Korean dramas and movies. The rice cakes are chewy, resembling Italian gnocchi, and simmered in a slightly spicy and sweet sauce, making it a tasty and playful dish. The dish is easily customizable and traditional toppings include fish cakes, boiled eggs, and cheese. Today, I’m bringing this classic Korean dish into your kitchen and giving it a spicy and cheesy addition!
This tteokbokki features hot sauce from Samyang’s Buldak ramen, which is the notorious ramen featured in the Fire noodles challenge, and as the name hints, the sauce is blazin’ hot. Whenever I eat the ramen, I only use about 1/6th of the packet and save the rest of the sauce for other dishes such as this pasta or tteokbokki. Due to high demand, the company now sells bottles of the hot sauce, so feel free to use that or sauce from the ramen.
Cheesy Buldak Tteokbokki
Spicy, sweet, and cheesy rice cakes are perfect for lunch, dinner, or midnight munchies.
Cooking Method: Pan-Fry
Cuisine: Korean
Course: Lunch, Dinner
Dietary: Vegetarian, Nut-Free
Prep Time: 8 min.
Cook Time: 12 min.
Total Time: 20 min.
Servings:
Ingredients
Directions
- Sauté onion and garlic with oil for 2 minutes.
- In a small bowl, whisk together gochujang, sugar, soy sauce, and gochugaru.
- Add the rice cake, broth, gochujang sauce mix, and Buldak sauce.
- Mix well and let that simmer for 4-5 minutes. Add cheese on top and cover with the lid until it melts.
- Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
- To make this dish vegan, use vegan cheese.
