Tteokbokki Recipe: Chewy Rice Cakes and Deep-Flavored Soy Sauce

Introduction
Here's the recipe for tteokbokki (Korean stir-fried rice cakes) from Chef Ryu Su-young, also known as Eom Nam-seon, who gained fame through the TV show "Newly Opened Convenience Restaurant." His tteokbokki, with its chewy rice cakes and deep-flavored soy sauce sauce, is a popular menu item that everyone wants to try at least once.
 
Ingredients

• 500g tteokbokki rice cakes
• 300g fish cakes
• 2 scallions
• 5 cloves garlic
• 4 tablespoons gochugaru (Korean chili powder)
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1 tablespoon gochujang (Korean chili paste)
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 20 grinds of black pepper
• 600ml water

Instructions

1. Soak the tteokbokki rice cakes in cold water for at least 30 minutes, then drain.
2. Cut the fish cakes into 1cm thick slices, slice the scallions thickly, and mince the garlic.
3. Heat the vegetable oil in a pan and fry the garlic until fragrant, then add the gochugaru and fry.
4. Once the gochugaru is cooked, add the sugar, soy sauce, oyster sauce, and gochujang and fry.
5. Add the boiling water and bring to a boil.
6. Add the rice cakes, fish cakes, and scallions to the boiling sauce and cook for 5 minutes.
7. Once the rice cakes and fish cakes are cooked, add the black pepper and adjust the taste.

Tips

• For chewier tteokbokki, use chewy rice cakes.
• If you like spicy food, you can increase the amount of gochugaru.
• You can customize your tteokbokki by adding kimchi, rabokki sauce, cheese, or other toppings.

Features of Eom Nam-seon's Tteokbokki

• It is characterized by chewy rice cakes and a deep-flavored soy sauce sauce.
• It uses soy sauce, oyster sauce, and gochujang to create a rich flavor.
• It is easy and simple to make, so anyone can follow it easily.