Cheesy Cabbage Tteokbokki Food

TTEOKBOKKI - SPICY STIR-FRIED RICE CAKES

Steps:

• Soak the rice cakes for about 20 minutes (can be longer for refrigerated rice cakes).
• Cut the fish cake, cabbage, and scallions into about 2-inch long pieces.
• To a large pan, add the dried anchovies, dried kelp, and onion along with 5 cups of water. Bring it to a boil over medium high heat, and continue to boil for 10 minutes. Reduce it close to medium if your heat is very high. Remove the anchovies, dasima and onion from the broth.
• Add the sauce ingredients to the pan, stirring to dissolve the red chili pepper paste (gochujang).
• Add the rice cakes. Boil until the rice cakes become very soft and the sauce is thickened, about 8 - 10 minutes. This can take longer, depending on your rice cakes. Stir frequently so the rice cakes don't stick to the bottom of the pan.
• Drop the vegetables, garlic, and fish cakes in. Continue to boil, stirring occasionally, for an additional 4 - 6 minutes. Depending on rice cakes, you may need more time to reach a desired level of softness. Add more broth or water as necessary. Drop in the scallions and boiled eggs with 2 to 3 minutes remaining. Taste the sauce, and adjust the seasoning if needed. Serve hot.

CHEESY RICE PAPER TTEOKBOKKI

Steps:

• For the dasima anchovy broth: Add the dasima and 2 cups cold water to a medium pot. Let soak until the dasima doubles in size and the water turns a slight green-yellow, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, remove and discard the heads of the anchovies. Split the anchovies in half along the spines to remove the innards; discard the innards and set the anchovies aside.
• For the gochujang sauce: Stir together the gochujang, sugar, soy sauce, corn syrup, and gochugaru in a small bowl and set aside.
• For the plain tteok: Spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Soak a rice paper wrapper in a large shallow bowl of warm water until slightly bendy but still stiff, about 15 seconds, then lay on a cutting board. Repeat soaking with another rice paper wrapper then lay directly on top of the first wrapper. Repeat soaking with a third wrapper and place on top of the stacked wrappers. Push out any air bubbles, letting the wrappers adhere together. (If the wrappers are too wet and slippery to roll, then pat them with a paper towel to remove the excess water.) Starting from the edge of the stack closest to you, roll the stack into a tight log away from you. Place the log on the prepared baking sheet and repeat with the remaining rice paper wrappers to create 6 logs. Cut each log into 3 equal pieces, each about 3 inches long, to yield a total of 18 tteok.
• For the cheese tteok: Spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Soak a rice paper wrapper in a large shallow bowl of warm water until pliable, about 15 seconds, then lay on a cutting board. Place a mozzarella slice on the bottom half of the wrapper, leaving 1/2 inch space from bottom. Fold the sides of the wrapper over the mozzarella, then fold up the bottom flap and roll up into a tight log. Place the log on the prepared baking sheet and repeat with the remaining rice paper wrappers to create 4 cheese tteok.
• Bring the dasima anchovy broth to a boil over medium heat and boil until the broth starts to foam around the sides, 1 to 2 minutes. Discard the square of dasima, then add the reserved anchovies. Boil for 5 minutes, then remove the anchovies with a slotted spoon and discard them. Add the gochujang sauce to the broth and boil, stirring, until incorporated and the resulting sauce is homogenous and slightly reduced, about 5 minutes. Add the onions and fish cakes (see Cook's Note) and cook until the onions are slightly softened and the fish cakes are warmed through, about 2 minutes. Add the plain tteok and cheese tteok and stir to coat them in the sauce, 1 to 2 minutes. Garnish with scallion greens and toasted sesame seeds.