Tteokbokki Night: Chewy, Spicy, Comforting (Easy at Home)

Chewy, saucy and just spicy enough, tteokbokki is the Korean comfort food South Africans are falling for, and it is made for a cold July night. The texture is the point: soft, bouncy rice cakes in a glossy red sauce.

What You'll Need

• 1 pack tteokbokki rice cakes (a Bibigo cup or pack, or CJW rice cakes)
• Sauce sachet from the pack, or 1 tbsp gochujang plus 1 tsp sugar and a splash of soy
• 1 cup water
• 1 egg per person, boiled and halved
• 2 spring onions, sliced
• A spoon of kimchi and a slice of cheese, to serve (optional)

Method in a Nutshell

1. Bring the water and sauce to a simmer in a small pot.
2. Add the rice cakes and stir for 5 to 8 minutes (follow the pack), until soft and the sauce coats them.
3. Top with egg and spring onion.
4. For extra: melt a slice of cheese over it, or serve with kimchi on the side to cut the richness.

Make it yours

Add fish cakes, cabbage or a handful of noodles. Want it hotter? Stir in a pinch of gochugaru (Korean chilli flakes).

Shop the ingredients

• Bibigo Instant Tteokbokki Cup Sweet & Spicy 125g
• Bibigo Instant Tteokbokki Cheese Flavour 325g
• CJW Tteokbokki BBQ Rice Cakes 260g
• CJW Dynamite Gochujang Tteokbokki Sauce 120g
• Gochujang Korean Chilli Pepper Paste
• Gochu Garu Korean Red Pepper Flakes 100g
• Authentic Korean Kimchi 250g

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