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Gungjung Tteokbokki

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20 min

Have you ever tried the soy sauce based, savoury version of Tteokbokki? Unlike the typical gochujang based Teokbokki, Gungjung Tteokbokki, which translates to Royal Court Tteobokki (stir fried rice cake) features beef and lots of veggies along with rice cakes rather than just rice and fish cakes with some cabbage. Since meat was not an accessible food ingredient back in the days, this version could only be enjoyed by the royals or upper class at the time hence the name. The dish would remind you of Bulgogi flavours with added crunch and flavours of veggies and chewy rice cakes in slightly sweet and savoury sauce. As it is not spicy, it can be easily enjoyed by children and those with lower spice tolerance as well.

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2 servings

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2 servings

US

original

metric

Ingredients

200 g lean beef slices

300 g rice cakes

1 shallot or 1/2 onion

1/2C shredded carrot

4 cremini mushrooms

2 scallions

3 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp water

1 tbsp maple syrup

1 clove garlic

pinch black pepper

pinch sesame seeds

½ tbsp sesame oil

1 tbsp cooking oil

Directions

Step 1

Chop up a clove of garlic, and slice the onion and mushrooms. Julienne the carrot and chop scallions. Set them aside.

1 clove garlic

1 shallot or 1/2 onion

1/2C shredded carrot

4 cremini mushrooms

2 scallions

Step 2

To make the sauce, combine soy sauce, water, maple syrup, chopped garlic and black pepper in a small bowl.

3 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp water

1 tbsp maple syrup

pinch black pepper

1 clove garlic

Step 3

In a separate bowl, take the lean beef slices, pat them dry and pour in 1/3 of the sauce from step 2. Toss and set aside.

200 g lean beef slices

Step 4

In another bowl, take the rice cake and toss another 1/3 of the sauce from Step 2 and set aside.

300 g rice cakes

Step 5

Put a large pan on medium heat and cook the marinated beef until cooked on the outside. Then toss in the shallot and carrot and sweat them out. In a few minutes, add in the rice cake and mushrooms and cook until the rice cakes are soft.

1 tbsp cooking oil

200 g lean beef slices

1 shallot or 1/2 onion

1/2C shredded carrot

4 cremini mushrooms

300 g rice cakes

Step 6

Turn off the heat and toss everything in some sesame oil and half of the chopped scallions. Serve while hot with a sprinkle of sesame seeds and the remaining scallions. Enjoy!

pinch sesame seeds

½ tbsp sesame oil

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