Korean cooking ingredients

Sliced rice cake

Tteokgukyong-tteok 떡국용떡

These oval, thinly sliced rice cake disks are sold in plastic bags in the refrigerated section or sometimes in vacuum-sealed packages in the frozen section of Korean markets, , or you can make your own at home. They are essential for making rice cake soup. Store in the freezer for up to 3 months.

I used to make a huge amount of sliced rice cake by myself when I lived in Korea. What I did was soak short grain rice overnight and then take it to my local mill. They had a machine to steam the rice and make a large tube of rice cake out of it. I would bring this tube home and let it sit for a day so it would get solid. Then I took it back to the mill and they sliced it for me. If I tried to cut it myself it was too much work.

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These packages are more convenient. The taste is the same, the cakes are more uniform in size, and no more blisters from slicing!

rice cake for ddeokguk

sliced rice cake

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Posted on Sunday, January 18th, 2009 at 11:48 am. Last updated on October 28, 2021.
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3 Comments:

  1. Mii - Li Qiu& has 1 comment
    Posted December 22nd, 2009 at 3:54 am | or create a profile.

    hey can u pls sent me a recipe how to make this rice cake!!
    I went to some asian shop but couldnt find it!
    i live in australia so ..idk!!
    thankyou! =D

  2. yuyeon& has 3 comments
    Posted July 30th, 2009 at 8:52 am | or create a profile.

    I bought the rice cake yesterday. There were all ddeok guk ddeok, but i bought the cheaper one. It hasn’t a round shape, they rather look like sticks. Is that okay to make the rice cake soup, too?

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