Cheese Tteokkochi Recipe: https://crabcakesandkimchi.com/cheese-tteokkochi-rice-cake-and-cheese-skewers-with-pesto/
Tteokkochi (also spelled as Tteok Kkochi) is a popular South Korean street food that’s made with elongated/cylinder shaped rice cakes in a skewer. The elongated rice cake is known as garaetteok (가래떡; pronounced gah-rrae-dduk). ‘Tteok’ means rice cake and ‘Kkochi’ means skewer.
This dish is typically brushed with a spicy and sweet gochujang sauce. However, my recipe is a non-traditional version and is more of a fusion between Italian and South Korean. The flavor profile of this dish is mild, cheesy, simple, yet flavorful and delicious! And, if you like a bit of a kick to it, feel free to sprinkle some chili flakes to it and enjoy. This dish is quick and super easy to make. It takes about 10 minutes to make these and is cost friendly.
Traditional Tteokkochi and Tteokbokki are similar in that they’re both spicy and sweet in flavor. They both use gochujang sauce as the main sauce. The difference is that Tteokkochi is skewered and typically eaten as a quick individual snack whereas Tteokbokki is stir fried with lots of sauce, and comes with fish cakes, egg, and some vegetables. Tteokbokki can be served either in a huge plate to be shared or served in smaller portions for individual servings – it can be eaten as an appetizer, a meal, or as a snack.