Homemade Potato Tteokbokki From Scratch

Potato Tteokbokki

Potato Ttteokbokki, Gamja Tteokbokki

Potato tteokbokki is a delicious Korean snack featuring chewy rice cakes made from potatoes and a spicy-sweet sauce. Known for its unique texture and flavor, potato tteokbokki is a dish that everyone will love. Especially when you don't have traditional rice cakes at home, try making potato tteokbokki instead!

Ingredients

2 medium potatoes
1 cup potato starch
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 teaspoon salt

Sauce

1T soy sauce
1T oyster sauce
1T sugar
1T gochujang (Korean red pepper paste)
1T gochugaru (red pepper flakes)
1T corn syrup
A bit of pepper
1t minced garlic

Instructions

Potatoes: Peel and wash 2 potatoes. Cut into smaller pieces. Boil for 15 minutes.

Sauce: Mix 1 tablespoon each of soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, gochujang, gochugaru, and corn syrup. Add a bit of pepper and 1 teaspoon minced garlic. Set aside.

Tteokbokki: Cut 2 green onions and 2 sheets of fish cake into pieces.

After 15 minutes, drain boiled potatoes, add 1/2 teaspoon salt, and mash while hot. Add 1 cup potato starch and 1/2 cup warm water to the potatoes. Mix to form dough. Shape dough into small tteokbokki pieces with your palms.

Boil shaped tteok until they float, then transfer to cold water and drain.

Cooking: In a pan, mix 1 cup of water with the tteokbokki sauce. Add fish cake and tteok. Cook over medium-high heat until sauce thickens. Add green onions. Adjust seasoning with soy sauce or sugar if needed.