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Easy Tteokguk Recipe & Video (Korean Rice Cake Soup)

Author: Blonde Kimchi
471kcal
5 from 2 votes
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Prep 20 minutes
Cook 10 minutes
Total 28 minutes
Tteokguk, the traditional Korean rice cake soup, is a must-eat dish for Korean New Year. Learn how to make a simple anchovy-based seafood broth version that’s light, delicious, and easy to cook at home.
Servings 1 person
Course Main Course, Soup
Cuisine Asian, Korean

Ingredients

  • 500 ml water
  • 150 g sliced rice cake rice cake for tteokguk.
  • 1 seafood coin broth or dried anchovies or kelp instead.
  • 1 egg
  • 10 g spring onion (green part) for garnish
  • 2 slices seaweed for garnish
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1/2 tbsp soup soy sauce (gukganjang)
  • 1 tsp minced garlic

Equipment

  • 1 Pot
  • 1 scissors
  • 1 Bowl
  • 1 chopsticks whisk or fork to stir the egg.

Method

Prepare The Tteok
  1. Soak the sliced rice cakes(tteokguk tteok) in water for 20 minutes.
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Make The Seafood Broth
  1. In a pot, add 500ml of water
  2. Add 1 seafood coin broth. (you can use dried anchovies or kelp instead)
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  3. Bring it to a boil.
Prepare Garnish
  1. Cut spring onion(green part) for garnish.
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  2. Cut seaweed for garnish.
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Cook Tteokguk
  1. Once the broth starts boiling, add the soaked rice cakes.
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  2. Add 1/2 tbsp soup soy sauce and 1 tsp minced garlic.
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  3. Simmer for 5 minutes.
  4. Taste and add a pinch of salt if needed.
  5. Beat 1 egg and mix with chopsticks.
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  6. Add it to the soup.
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Serve
  1. Serve the soup in a bowl.
  2. Garnish with chopped spring onion and seaweed slices.
Jal meokgetseumnida!
  1. Tteokguk(rice cake soup) 떡국
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  2. 잘 먹겠습니다!
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Nutrition

Calories471kcal

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