떡볶이 (ddeokbokki) recipe from 김한솔

떡볶이-recipe.md

Source: transcript from a discord channel

Ingredients

Main

• 1lb (450g) Rice cakes (1.5in long (thumb length)) (I tried 300g once but there was too much sauce)
• 0.33lb (150g) fish cakes (4×4in 2.5 layers?—half as much as there is ddeok)
• 1 onion
• 1 carrot
• 1 cup sliced cabbage (optional)

Sauce

• 2tbsp gochujang
• 2tbsp gochugaru (coarse? make less hot by reducing to 1tbsp?)
• 1tbsp soy sauce
• 1tbsp rice syrup (up to 3tbsp depending on your taste)

Broth

Three options

• Use 2 cups katsuodashi
• Make your own broth
  • 2 cups water
  • any combination of the following:
    • radish
    • fish cakes
    • dashima
    • onion
    • dried anchovies
    • etc.
• 2 cups water (not as good!)

Directions

1. Start soaking frozen rice cakes in water.
2. Make broth using one of the following techniques:
   • Make katsuodashi
   • Make your own broth
     1. combine water and other ingredients
     2. boil uncovered (lid traps odors) until the color of the water changes (probably 3 to 5 minutes)
     3. strain out and throw away(?) the used broth ingredients
   • Use plain water
3. Mix broth and sauce ingredients in a pan
4. Bring to boil on high heat
5. Reduce heat to medium
6. Add main ingredients
7. Simmer until kind of thick, probably at least half an hour