Home made Rice Cake(Toppoki) Stir Fry with Asparagus and Tofu
 
 
Korean spicy rice cakes (Tteokbokki / Ddeokbokki,) is probably the most well-known Korean street snack in Korea. You can see mini vans or carts that sell it on the street very easily. There are many ways to make these spicy rice cakes, however today’s recipe is the most basic way of cooking it with minimalistic ingredients. So I am calling it “Easy Korean Spicy Rice Cakes!”
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Recipe type: Lunch, Dinner
Cuisine: Korean
Serves: 4
Ingredients
For Toppoki
  • 1 cup short grain rice flour
  • 1 cup hot water
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vegetable oil
Stir Fry Sauce
  • 4 tbsp low sodium dark soy sauce
  • 2 tsp mirin
  • 2 tsp chili sauce
Stir fry
  • 5 garlic, grated
  • 1 inch ginger grated
  • 14 oz extra firm tofu, drained of all the water and sliced to 2 inch long pieces
  • Asparagus cut to 2 inch pieces
  • Gochujang - 2tsp
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil +2 tsp oil for tofu
Instructions
For the tappoki
  1. In a microwave safe bowl, add the fine rice flour, salt, oil and add hot water. Use a wooden ladle and mix it well. Cover it with a saran wrap with an inch opening and cook it in a microwave for 30 seconds. Take it out and mix well. Do the same thing for 3 minutes. Cook 30 seconds and take it out and mix.
  2. After that take it out and let it rest until it is warm enough to handle. Add a tsp of oil and knead the dough until it is soft. You can pound the dough with a mallet for 4 minutes. This process will take about 10 minutes.
  3. Take a golf size ball and roll it out thin long strips. Cut about 2 inches and do that with all of the dough. Cover and set it aside.
Stir fry.
  1. Mix everything for the sauce. Set aside.
  2. In a flat bottomed pan, add a little oil, brown and toast the tofu until it gets crispy and set aside.
  3. In a large saute pan or wok, add oil. Let it get hot. Add the ginger, garlic and saute for 30 seconds, add the asparagus and quickly saute for 2-3 minutes. Pour in the sauce and the gochujang. Throw in the tofu and the rice cakes. Be gentle when flipping and mixing everything. Let the sauce coat everything and serve immediately with some chopped scallions.
Recipe by Food Fashion Party at https://www.foodfashionparty.com/2019/05/07/korean-rice-cake-stir-fry/