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Sotteok sotteok (sausage and rice cake skewers)
Alternating sausage and chewy rice cake on skewers, glazed in sweet ketchup sauce
Sotteok sotteok, from sausage (so) and rice cake (tteok), is sold at Korean motorway service stations and school-gate snack stalls, and children make it at home with a parent after school: chewy rice cake sticks and sausage pieces threaded in turn, fried until the rice cakes blister, then brushed with a sweet ketchup glaze. Grown-ups like a little gochujang in the sauce. It contains soya and wheat (soy sauce); check your sausages for milk. Take everything off the skewers for younger children. Chef's tip: soak hard rice cakes in hot water first, or they crack when you skewer them.
- Total time
- 20 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
- 7 oz cylinder rice cakes (garae-tteok)cut into 4 cm pieces
- 7 oz frankfurterscut into 3 cm pieces
- 2 tbsp neutral oil
For the glaze
- 3 tbsp tomato ketchup
- 1 tbsp rice syrup or sugar
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1 clove garliccrushed
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 tsp gochujang (optional)for adults
- 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds (optional)
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Method
0/5 doneStep 1: If 7 oz cylinder rice cakes (garae-tteok) are firm from the fridge, soak them in hot water for 5 minutes until they bend, then drain and pat dry. Cold, hard rice cakes split on the skewer, the common mistake with this snack.
5 minStep 2: Thread rice cakes and 7 oz frankfurters alternately onto 8 short wooden skewers.
Step 3: Simmer 3 tbsp tomato ketchup, 1 tbsp rice syrup or sugar, 1 tsp soy sauce, 1 clove garlic, 2 tbsp water and 1 tsp gochujang in a small pan for 1 minute, until slightly thickened.
1 minStep 4: Heat 2 tbsp neutral oil in a frying pan over a medium heat and fry the skewers for 2–3 minutes a side, until the rice cakes are golden and lightly crisp outside and soft right through, and the sausages are piping hot.
6 minStep 5: Brush the glaze over both sides and cook for 30 seconds more, until sticky. Sprinkle with 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds and serve warm. Rice cakes harden as they cool, so eat them freshly made.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 330 kcal
- Protein
- 9 g
- Carbs
- 40 g
- Fat
- 15 g
- Fibre
- 1 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does sotteok sotteok (sausage and rice cake skewers) take?
- About 20 minutes in total: 10 minutes to prepare and 10 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of tomato ketchup?
- Tomato purée with a pinch of sugar and a dash of vinegar.
- What can I use instead of rice syrup or sugar?
- Caster sugar, same amount.
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