Korean Food: Royal Palace Tteokbokki (궁중 떡볶이) Recipe Video
Summary
Ingredients
| Main ingredients: | ||
| Sticky rice cakes | 30 Medium (2-inch) | |
| Beef | 1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs) (3 ounces) | |
| Dried shiitake mushrooms | 2 Medium, thinly sliced (Soaked and drained) | |
| Onion | 2⁄3 Cup (10.67 tbs) | |
| Sweet peppers | 2⁄3 Cup (10.67 tbs), chop (cut into 2-inch length and 1/4-inch thin strips) | |
| Carrot | 1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs), chop (cut into 2-inch length and 1/4-inch thin strips) | |
| Hot pepper | 1 (Optional) | |
| Seasoning ingredients: | ||
| Soy sauce | 3 1⁄2 Tablespoon (3- 3 1/2) | |
| Sugar | 2 Tablespoon (1 1/2-2) | |
| Minced garlic | 1⁄2 Tablespoon | |
| Sesame oil | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Finely chopped green onion | 1 1⁄2 Tablespoon | |
| Black pepper | 1⁄8 Teaspoon | |
| Sesame seeds | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Shiitake mushroom broth/Water | 3 Tablespoon | |
Nutrition Facts
Serving size
Calories 520 Calories from Fat 64
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7 g11.3%
Saturated Fat 1.8 g9.2%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 13.2 mg4.4%
Sodium 1377.3 mg57.4%
Total Carbohydrates 102 g34.1%
Dietary Fiber 7.7 g30.9%
Sugars 16.9 g
Protein 15 g30.6%
Vitamin A 46.5% Vitamin C 55.3%
Calcium 5.9% Iron 16.5%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet
Directions
1. Soak the shiitake mushrooms in water for 10 minutes. Take out the mushrooms after 10 minutes and squeeze out the water. Save the broth for later. Slice the mushrooms into thin pieces.
MAKING
2. In a mixing bowl combine all the ingredients for the seasoning except the sesame seeds. Adjust the amount of soy sauce and sugar as per your taste.
3. Take a bowl and add into it the beef, mushrooms and 2 tablespoons of the seasoning mixture and mix well. Marinate and set it aside while you prepare the other ingredients.
4. In a pan of boiling water add the frozen sticky rice cakes and cook for about 2 minutes until they become soft.
5. Once the rice cakes are done cooking drain the water
6. In a heated pan brown the marinated beef and mushrooms on medium. Add the onions and carrots and fry for about a minute on high heat.
6. Add the rice cakes, sweet peppers, hot peppers and the rest of the seasoning mixture. Fry for 5 more minutes on high heat until the rice cakes and all the vegetables absorb the flavor of the seasoning. Add 2 tablespoons of water or the mushroom broth.
SERVING
7. Once done cooking, sprinkle sesame seeds before serving and serve warm.
Editors Review
On the list of most popular Korean street foods, Tteokbokki is one that is surely going to be one of the top. The Koreans love this red spicy rice cake snack and make it at home too. Aeri shows us a different version of this classic Korean street food. It is the Royal Palace tteokbokki, like the one served to the king and his royal family. Wow, a dish that Korean kings and queens used to eat, isn’t it special? Well make a royal dish in your kitchen too. Stir fry the sticky rice cakes with shiitake mushrooms.Chef
