Sotteok Sotteok (Korean Sausage and Rice cake Skewers)
Sotteok sotteok is a delicious Korean street food made with skewered sausages and rice cakes, glazed in a sweet and spicy sauce.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 11 min
- Yield
- 5 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 15 Korean spicy pork sausages (or Vienna sausage)
- 15 cylinder rice cakes ((garae- tteok))
- 1 tbsp neutral oil
- 2 tbsp gochujang ((Korean red pepper paste))
- 1 tbsp gochugaru ((Korean red pepper flakes))
- 1 tbsp ketchup
- 2 tbsp yoridang (or any sweetening syrup )
- 1 tsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 2 garlic cloves (minced)
- 3 tbsp water
- 1 tsp chili oil (optional)
- 1 tbsp crushed peanuts (or sesame seeds)
- 1 tbsp chopped green onion
Instructions
- 1
If you're using frozen or refrigerated rice cakes, blanch them in boiling water for 30 seconds to a minute until they are soft. Then drop them into some cold water to stop the cooking, rinse & drain.
- 2
Make 3 diagonal cuts into the sausages
- 3
Skewer 3 pieces each of the sausage and rice cakes in an alternating pattern, then brush with a little oil.
- 4
In a small sauce pan, add all the sauce ingredients and bring to a simmer until slightly thickened.
- 5
Grill or pan fry over medium heat until both sides are crispy and slightly charred.
- 6
Brush the sauce on both sides. You can remove the skewers from the grill before doing adding the sauce but I like to keep it grilling just a few seconds longer.
- 7
Garnish with crushed peanuts and chopped green onions.