Step 1

Add the water, dried anchovies, and dried kelp to a shallow pot or pan.Boil for 15 minutes over medium high heat without the lid.Combine hot pepper paste, hot pepper flakes, and sugar in a small bowl. Remove the anchovies and kelp from the pot and add the rice cake, the mixture in the bowl, the green onion, and the optional fish cakes and hard boiled eggs. The stock will be about 2 ½ cups. Stir gently with a wooden spoon when it starts to boil. Keep stirring until the rice cake turns soft and the sauce thickens and looks shiny, which should take about 10 -15 minutes. If the rice cake is not soft enough, add more water and continue stirring until soften. When you use freshly made rice cake, it takes shorter time. If you use frozen rice cake, thaw it out and soak in cold water to soften it before cooking.Remove from the heat and serve hot.

Step 2

MaangchiLove Montreal, Toronto joined 8/19 & has 23 commentsPosted March 28th, 2021 at 6:31 pm | Log in to reply. Made it again!! Yummmm :) thank youSee full size image MaangchiLove Montreal, Toronto joined 8/19 & has 23 commentsPosted March 22nd, 2021 at 12:37 pm | Log in to reply. Made it again!! See full size image freshmints PH joined 2/21 & has 1 commentPosted February 8th, 2021 at 4:48 am | Log in to reply. Hi Maangchi! Thank you for sharing this recipe. I made it last night for my family and they loved it.See full size image LiliSangEoTurututuru London joined 1/21 & has 1 commentPosted January 7th, 2021 at 11:42 am | Log in to reply. Hi Maangchi! I cooked tteokbokki for lunch following the recipe from your book and adding some noodles; it was delicious!!!! As it was a little bit too spicy for me (I am Spanish and our food is not spicy at all), I have reduced the amount of gochujang a little bit, and it has worked very well for me. Thank you for sharing this nice recipe with us <3<3<3See full size image Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 116 commentsPosted January 8th, 2021 at 7:26 am | Log in to reply. It looks so good! Elbent Cleveland, OH joined 12/20 & has 1 commentPosted December 31st, 2020 at 5:46 pm | Log in to reply. Hi Maangchi! I was not able to find dried kelp at my Asian market, but I did get some fresh kelp. Will this work for the stock? Thank you! Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 116 commentsPosted January 1st, 2021 at 7:31 am | Log in to reply. Fresh kelp won’t work for making stock. AisyaHermosa Malaysia joined 2/21 & has 3 commentsPosted February 19th, 2021 at 9:47 am | Log in to reply. My hubby favourite!! He’s really love to eat 떡볶이. He’ll order 떡볶이 everytime we go to Korean restaurant. Now i just make it at home using your recipe. I put lots of 오뎅 because i love the taste. Like usual I’ll put some 고추가루 because i love spicy See full size image Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 116 commentsPosted February 20th, 2021 at 12:42 pm | Log in to reply. It’s awesome because you can make you and your husband’s favorite food tteokbokki! Congratulations! AisyaHermosa Malaysia joined 2/21 & has 3 commentsPosted February 21st, 2021 at 2:59 pm | Thanks Maangchi! My niece also love to eat this because 떡 texture so chewy & 오뎅 so much. Do you have 오뎅 (flat square look) recipe so hard to fine Halal 오뎅 in malaysia Jang-geum Charlotte, NC joined 9/20 & has 9 commentsPosted December 5th, 2020 at 3:56 pm | Log in to reply. Made Tteokbokki ! Ate as morning breakfast. Yummy!See full size image