Best Cheesy Tteokbokki Recipe

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A spicy, cheesy tteokbokki recipe featuring fish cakes and boiled eggs in a fiery gochugaru sauce, perfect for lunch or dinner.
Tteokbokki is a popular Korean street food featuring satisfyingly chewy rice cakes smothered in a thick red sauce that is spicy, sweet and umami packed. I discovered it through K-dramas, where I kept seeing characters slinging bags of this red stuff home for a late-night snack. I was hooked from first taste. There are variations in the ones I’ve had – for example, varying in spiciness (from a nice solid kick to raging hot), the amount of sauce the rice cakes are swimming in, and the different add-ins. Some popular add-ins are fish cake slices, boiled eggs, sausages, ramen, dumplings and cheese. Depending on what you put in it, it can be a snack or meal.I developed this cheese tteokbokki (치즈 떡뽁이) recipe with help from my friend, Gana, who moved here from Seoul last year. She introduced me to Korean rice syrup, a common ingredient in many Korean dishes including tteokbokki. According to Gana, you can substitute with honey or sugar if you don’t have it. Once you acquire the ingredients from a Korean grocery store or online, tteokbokki is really easy and worth making at home, especially because you can control the heat level so you don’t unwittingly set your tongue ablaze.The amount of gochugaru in this recipe depends on taste preference and intensity of your gochugaru (sun-dried versus machine-dried, how long it’s been on the store shelf, etc.) so be sure to adjust accordingly. I consider this recipe mild. For reference, my 8- and 11-year-olds love this recipe made with 2 teaspoons of gochugaru and enjoy that heat level as long as a glass of water is close at hand. Many tteokbokki recipes are a lot spicier!Related: 30-Minute, 3-Ingredient Kimchi Chicken Patties