Ddeokbokki (~4 servings)

My friend Emily and I made ddeokbokki yesterday. This is a Korean dish that's probably served in every Korean restaurant. It was super spicy because Emily decided to double the recipe since we had 2 pounds of rice cakes. Even though it was super spicy it still tasted good. If it was less spicy it would have tasted better.

Here is the recipe we used:

Ingredients: -1 lb rice cake

-4 cups of water

-7 large dried anchovies (without head and intestines)

-6 x 8 in. dried kelp

-1/3 cup hot pepper paste

-1 teaspoon hot pepper flakes

-1 teaspoon sugar

-3 green onions (3 in long pieces)

-2 hard boiled eggs (shelled) {opt.}

-1/2 lb fish balls/ cakes {opt.}

1. Add water, dried anchovies and dried kelp in a shallow pan/pot.

2. Bring to a boil for 15 min. over medium heat (without lid).

3. Combine hot pepper paste, hot pepper flakes, and sugar in a small bowl.

4. Remove the anchovies and kelp from the pot and add the rice cake, mixture in the bowl, green onion, fish cakes and eggs.

5. Keep stirring until the rice cake turns soft and the sauce thickens/ looks shiny (7-10 mins.)

6. Remove from heat and serve hot.