Korea

Jjajang tteokbokki

Name: Jjajang tteokbokki
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: Korean rice cakes, cylinder rice cakes; 3 tbsp black bean paste chunjang; 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1 large diced onion; 1 small diced potato; Cabbage, in squares; Zucchini (courgette, baby marrow), diced; 1 tbsp sugar; 1 2/3 cups vegetable stock (vegetable broth); 1 tbsp in 2 tbsp water cornflour (cornstarch); 1 tsp optional gochugaru; 2 stalks sliced spring onion (green onion, scallion); 1 tsp sesame seeds

Chewy rice cakes in glossy black bean sauce. Two snack bar favourites in one pan.

30 minTime

10 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

529kcal

10 gprotein

5 gfibre

30minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Korean rice cakescylinder rice cakes

Chunjang3 tbsp black bean paste

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Onion1 large, diced

Potato1 small, diced

Cabbagein squares

Zucchini (courgette, baby marrow)diced

Sugar1 tbsp

Vegetable stock (vegetable broth)1⅔ cups

Cornflour (cornstarch)1 tbsp, in 2 tbsp water

Gochugaru1 tsp, optional

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2 stalks, sliced

Sesame seeds1 tsp

Method

5 steps

1If the rice cakes are hard, soak them in warm water for 10 minutes and drain.
2Fry the chunjang in the oil on low heat for 2 minutes, stirring. Scoop out and keep the oil in the pan.
3Fry the onion and potato in the remaining oil for 3 minutes, then add the cabbage and zucchini for 2 minutes.
4Stir in the fried chunjang, sugar and stock, then add the rice cakes. Simmer 7 minutes, stirring often.
5If the sauce is thin, stir in the cornflour slurry and cook 1 minute. Add the gochugaru if you like heat, then spring onion and sesame.

Serve it like this

Serve in a shallow pan or bowl with the rice cakes glossy and the spring onion scattered across the top.

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