Hotteok is a flour dough pancake filled with sugar syrup inside. It’s one of the most popular street snacks in Korea.

Ok, now it’s time for me to release my hotteok recipe!

I used to make hotteok for my children. How often? So many times! When they came home from school, I would surprise them with my hotteok. I never made it before they came. I prepared some well-fermented dough and the brown sugar mixture. That’s all! Once they entered the home, I said, “Wash your hands and come back to the kitchen! Hotteok will be ready~” with big smile.  My children were so happy and excited!

A glass of milk and hot hot hotteok with sizzling golden syrup! Wouldn’t you like it? Yes, children love it! If you want to entertain your children, wait for them with the preparation just as I did.

I make hotteok for myself and my friends these days. Where are my little children!!

I sometimes miss the old times. They are already grownups and live far away from me.

Serve or eat hotteok right after you make it. If someone gives me cold hotteok, I will feel insulted. : )  I will refuse to eat it and save my empty stomach for kimchi and rice! lol

Ingredients

Makes 8 hotteok

  • water
  • 2 tbs white sugar
  • 2 ts dry yeast
  • ½ ts kosher salt
  • 1 tbs vegetable oil
  • 2 cups and ½ cup of all purpose flour
  • ½ cup turbinado sugar (or brown sugar)
  • 1 ts cinnamon powder
  • 2 tbs chopped walnuts

Directions

Make hotteok dough

  1. Place 1 cup of lukewarm water into a mixing bowl.
  2. Add white sugar, yeast, kosher salt, vegetable oil, and stir it well.
  3. Add 2 cups all purpose flour and mix it with a rice scoop, or by hand.
  4. Let the dough rise. It should sit with the lid closed at room temperature for 1 hour.
  5. After an hour the dough will rise to double its size. Knead it to remove the gas bubbles in the dough.
  6. Let it rise for another 10-20 minutes.

Make filling (for 8 hotteok)

  1. Mix the turbinado sugar, cinnamon powder, and walnuts in a bowl.
    *tip: you could use mozzarella cheese for stuffing. Invent your own fillings with your favorite ingredients!

Let’s make hotteok!

    1. Knead the dough again to remove the gas bubbles.
    2. Place and spread about ½ cup flour on your cutting board.
    3. Put the dough on your cutting board and knead it. Make it into a lump, and cut it into 8 equal-sized balls.


    4. Take 1 dough ball, flatten it, put some filling in the center of the dough, and then seal it to make a ball.
    5. Repeat this 8 times to make 8 stuffed balls.
      *tip: Use some flour from the cutting board to prevent your fingers from sticking to the dough
    6. Heat up your non-stick pan over medium heat and add some vegetable oil.
    7. Place 1 ball on the pan and let it cook for 30 seconds.
    8. When the bottom of the dough ball is light golden brown, turn it over and press the dough with a spatula to make a thin and wide circle (about the size of a CD).
    9. Let it cook about 1 minute until the bottom is golden brown.
    10. Turn it over again and turn down the heat very low.
    11. Place the lid on the pan and cook 1 more minute. The brown sugar filling mixture will be melted to syrup!hotteok (호떡)
    12. Serve hot!

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408 Comments:

  1. JaiL joined 12/09 & has 2 comments

    Thanks Maangchi for the great recipe! I just made it tonight and everyone loved it. We usually get the boxed hoddeok when we make it at home, but I’d rather make it fresh and you make everything so easy.

    One thing though, the texture of the dough didn’t have as much bite as it should. My mom suggested (while she was eating her third hoddeok) that I use a mixture of regular flour and sweet rice flour to give it that extra texture. I plan on doing that next time but also wanted to see what you thought of that. I was thinking of doing a 50/50 ration, any suggestions?

    (In Korean the phonetic for the texture I’m talking about is ko-suh-woh. Unfortunately I don’t have Hangul on my computer)

  2. kelikimoon alaksa joined 4/10 & has 1 comment

    This Pancake Recipe Sound Delicious Gracias Maangchi!

  3. Misao25 rosamond, CA joined 4/10 & has 2 comments

    here is the picture of my recipe hoddeok and translated into Spanish

    http://serenaysusintentosdecocina.blogspot.com/2010/04/hoddeok-sweet-pancakes-receta-de.html

  4. tutora Budapest, Hungary joined 4/10 & has 1 comment

    hi Maangchi!~

    i liked your video so much that i had to make my own hoddeoks. as i don’t eat sugar, i didn’t put any in the dough, and i used brown flour. and of course i made it with cheese…
    i tried the ‘real’ one when i was in korea – so i know how the original tastes. *^.^*
    anyways… this version turned out to be delicious too.
    thanks for the recipe, the video, your smile and good mood! you rock!

    here is my blog entry: http://tutorafoz.freeblog.hu/archives/2010/04/10/sajtos_hotteok_koreai_tlttt_palacsinta/

    and the picture:

  5. ixchelisima Granada, Spain joined 9/09 & has 2 comments

    Hola!

    I tried making this pancakes, but I couldn’t find the dry yeast. I don’t know if I can find it here in Spain, I’ve looked everywhere, and the brown sugar doesn’t look like the one you are using(like pasty)I Hope my aunt can send me what I need from the States.

    Am dieing to taste the pancakes. :-(

  6. Misao25 rosamond, CA joined 4/10 & has 2 comments

    thanks for this recipe, is delicious, my husband loved it, I hope you do not mind but I’d like to publish on my blog but in Spanish, of course if I get your permission

  7. tooshie joined 4/10 & has 3 comments

    I tried making this but the thing is my dough will NOT rise! what could i be doing wrong :(

    • Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 12,045 comments

      sorry to hear that! There could be so many reasons why your dough doesn’t rise. Maybe the water was too hot? Or the yeast was not good quality? Or your room temperature is low?
      Ask my other readers if you want to discuss more about this. https://www.maangchi.com/talk/forum/general-discussion

      • tooshie joined 4/10 & has 3 comments

        now that you mention it! I think my kitchen window was open. I’ll try this again next week :)
        and by the way, I did end up making this with the “dead” dough. The filling was amazing! I find the brown sugar to cinnamon ratio was just perfect :) thank you!

        • JaiL joined 12/09 & has 2 comments

          I’ve made doughs before and any of Maangchi’s reasons are good ones on why a dough won’t rise. The number one reason I found was the temperature of the water you use. The ideal temperature should be around 105-110 F. The water should be more luke warm then warm. A good way to test that you have the right temperature water (and good yeast) is to combine the yeast with water and the sugar and let it sit for about 10 mins. You should start to see bubbles forming at the top of the water. If you don’t something is wrong.

  8. kokako joined 3/10 & has 3 comments

    Hi Maangchi,
    just wanted to say a ‘big’ thank you for this video recipe. I’ve never imagined myself making this super tasty hoddeok at home. Many years ago when I had first tried, it turned out to be a complete disaster and gave up to make my own. Yet, this time with your recipe it was simply a great success! What surprised me is that my husband during his trip in Korea didn’t enjoy hoddeok from a street stall because of those sticky & sweet syrup, but somehow loved yours : ) I’ve already made it twice. For my second attempt I divided the dough into 16 pieces instead of 8 which, I think, is still nice & reasonable sizes.

    I’ve tried some of your other recipes and it never disappointed me. Thank you SO much for sharing authentic Korean cooking recipes.

  9. vegamarie Masan, South Korea joined 3/10 & has 3 comments

    Hi, Maangchi-

    I tried your hoddeok recipe today and made it for my friends as an Easter treat. I remember the first time I had them when I was in Insa-dong in Seoul. The filling was so hot, I burned my tongue, but it was wonderful! These turned out well. I will make them again. Thanks for the recipe.

    Here is a picture of my hoddeok. Well, I hope it works. I posted it on my facebook page.

    http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/photo.php?pid=30945663&id=135501726

    Thanks again for your wonderful recipes and insightful videos.

  10. Grease joined 4/10 & has 1 comment

    Thank you Maangchi, for posting this recipe! I’ve tried hoddeok once and fell in love. After that day, I couldn’t find it anywhere. Now I can make it myself. :)

  11. nombelina Netherlands joined 3/10 & has 3 comments

    I made hoddeok last week while visiting my mom. They turned out great :). I think my dough was a bit softer than yours because the balls lost their shape a bit while I was making them. Should I have let them rise a bit longer or might my dough have been a bit too wet?

    My attempt: http://nombelina.com/savory-hoddeok-korean-pancakes/

  12. V joined 3/10 & has 2 comments

    Maangchi!!! I am such a huge fan and I really like these hoddeok they also remind me of my mom’s pupusas from El Salvador only its corn flour and one is with cheese and the other with cheese and shredded pork meat, we sometimes make them with bean and cheese and they come out yummy too, thanks for the recipe I am going to show my Mom this I am sure she is going to love it. YOU ROCK MAANGCHI!!!!!!

    • Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 12,045 comments

      Yeah, interesting! There are so many similar food across the cultures! Let me know how your mom says about Korean style hoddeok.

      • V joined 3/10 & has 2 comments

        MAANGCHI!!!!! Oh my it was so overwhelming, I made some for my mom and she loved them, it was so crazy because she loved them too much she started calling my family, and then my family started coming over and announced it to everyone, at first my mom’s accent made it sound like “Hot Dog” and it was funny hehehe We started a meal for everyone and talked about your recipes and they all loved your Hoddeok, some were also interested in your SoonDooBoo JIgae. Everyone had fun mostly the little ones in the family. We were all happy THANK YOU SO MUCH MAANGCHI!!!!! You made my family really happy :) YOU ROCK!!!!!

  13. Danny2107NL& has 1 comment

    Dear Maangchi,

    Today I tried your recipe for 호떡~ I made the Korean pancakes for my family (first try) :) the traditional ones and also the one with mozerella. They tasted fabulous! Thank you so much for all your wonderful recipes and for offering such a great way to learn more about Korean cuisine. Our hearts are filled with gratitude~~ and our stomachs with good food haha ^___^ Wishing you best of luck with your website and youtube vlog! Hope more people will get to know about you, besides learning how to make wonderful things, they also will get to know a wonderful person~~ please always stay happy and healthy Maangchi!!

    Warm regards from the Netherlands~!

    Danny

  14. uhmerm Canada joined 3/10 & has 1 comment

    Aha! The first Maangchi recipe I ever attempted. When the video came up in my subscription, I watched it and thought to myself, ‘you know, this looks so good and it’s rather simple, I should make it!’ So I did, and I probably used too much filling but I just couldn’t stop eating them! Everyone loved them! I’ve been craving them since so I’m making them again tonight.
    Thanks for all the lovely recipes, I’ll be attempting more in the future ;)

  15. Brian_Montoya Colorado Springs,Colorado joined 12/09 & has 14 comments

    maangchi, your hoddeok are so good, i made some with some sujunggwa and i had such a hard time putting them down! tomorrow i think im going to try them with some sweet red bean paste i made the other day, thanks!

  16. Lee.Diana Dallas, TX joined 3/10 & has 2 comments

    When I first watch the video to this blog. I didn’t know what the heck this was but it look extremly good. lol While I was watching a Korean variety show (Family Outing or Invinciblle Youth). I suddenly saw it.. and in my head I was like… HODDEOK!! I always see the bread in a shape of fish. hahaha I’m not Korean by the way but my husband is. But he doesn’t cook. I’m Thai but whats sad is I cook better korean than thai food. :/

  17. becks11 OHIO joined 6/09 & has 5 comments

    hi maangchi
    i made this recipe on the weekend but i think i did something wrong, when i was making the dough is was very hard to mix and it didnt look like the same texture as in the video, and when i sealed it and let it stand for 1 hour,i had put it for almost 2 hrs, but i continued making it and it was still good but i think it could have been better if i didnt mess up. so im wondering what step did i mess up

  18. ygroves joined 1/09 & has 3 comments

    Yum~ Hoddeok and vendor fish cake skewers on a cold winter day. Reminds me of middle school.

  19. tsirhcevoli USA joined 3/10 & has 24 comments

    Hiya Maangchi!
    This hoddeok is better than the packaged Korean Hoddeok! My whole family said it was better than the packaged one, we made the packaged one 1 week before your hoddeok was made, and The whole family had seconds! :) Surprising how fast they disappeared!

    tsirhcevoli

  20. I just made hoddeok for lunch. Four hoddeok had leftover roasted garlic salmon with greens chopped up for filling, and the other four had the traditional cinnamon walnut syrup! My parents loved it!! This is a very simple recipe that tasted really good. Once I find a Korean market, I’m going to try the rest of your recipes (especially your jyajangmyun)!

  21. Hi!!
    First of all I’d like to say thank you very much for sharing such great recipes!! I think I’ve tried two recipes so far and they both turned out well ^^
    I’m going to attempt to make this tonight ^.^
    I just want to ask, can you only use the dough the day you made it? Or can you save it for a day or so? (Sorry for the amateur question)
    Thank you once again!
    Love your food!

    • Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 12,045 comments

      no, you can keep the dough in the fridge up to 3-4 days. Put the leftover dough in a plastic bag. Make sure the bag is bigger than the dough because the dough is going to expand. Good luck with making delicious hoddeok!

  22. darksparkle The Netherlands joined 3/10 & has 2 comments

    The moment I saw this recipe I wanted to make it. Now I’ve made some and me and my family loved it! Thank you so much for this recipe! It’s so easy and delicious! The name of this recipe is so funny! I told my mom about it and she thought I was saying: Hotdog. lol!

  23. happy002 Australia joined 11/09 & has 4 comments

    Hi Maangchi! This loooks really really delicious! I’m definitely going to make some and i’ll let you know when i do! By the way, can i use instant dried yeast? Is that the same? Thanks!

  24. BenjieM State of Kuwait joined 3/10 & has 2 comments

    Hello Maangchi,

    I made this recipe today “Hoddoek” and guess what my kids really love it and requested me to double the recipe next time. Easy to make but the outcome is fantastic! Enjoy eating it! Thank you

  25. Mingie The Netherlands joined 3/10 & has 6 comments

    Hey Maangchi! Thanks for your recipe. I made this (traditional pancakes) today, so simple and delicious^^ I forgot to take pictures. My brother and I liked it very much. 당신을 감사하십시오

  26. cat76 joined 3/10 & has 1 comment

    Mozarella filling! Never heard of it, but sounds like a good idea!

    oh, btw, I remember sometimes people put chapchae noodle with vegetables as filling. I haven’ had it for years…. ah the memory…

  27. Libelle Germany joined 10/09 & has 30 comments

    Maangchi unnie and Reinier…you guys are a great cooking duo! ^^ Absolutely loved seeing you guys cooking together, it looks like you had so much fun! The hoddeok look sooo delicious that my husband and I are going to have to make them this weekend. ^^

  28. susannevh rotterdam, the netherland joined 3/09 & has 22 comments

    soo nice to see Reinier. keep up the good work, Maangchi in the Netherlands we really love you. You’re world famous. We’ll make Reinier the Dutch Maangchi.

  29. annabanana Vancouver, Canada joined 2/09 & has 68 comments

    Ahh! It’s Reinier in motion. Always fun to put a person to a name.

    Maangchi, your hoddeok looks foine. It must’ve tasted divine…your lucky kids!

  30. violin123 Arizona joined 1/10 & has 10 comments

    Oh hoddeok! This food definitely Reminds me of Korea. Maangchi, I bought all the ingredients after I watched this video. I think I can make this one. I’ll let you know.

  31. soko2usa Minnesota joined 4/09 & has 55 comments

    I feel like this is a milestone on the Maangchi site! Maangchi and Reinier in the same video! The second I saw the sticky dough and Reinier’s rings I wanted to poke him through the screen and tell him to take them off so they don’t get dough stuck to them, but it looks like they made it alright. When I try this recipe I’ll probably get dough everywhere, lol.

    Thinking up fillings for the hoddeuk will be so fun, I bet they’d be good filled with colby-jack cheese and salsa.

    Kerri

  32. lala MI joined 3/10 & has 1 comment

    wow, great recipe! i cant wait to make it. btw, wat else can we put in it? can we put like, sweet red beans in it? or thinly sliced apples or strawberries and white granulated sugar? is the walnut n brown sugar the traditional filling?

  33. sirdanilot Terneuzen, The Netherlands joined 10/09 & has 25 comments

    Really fun video and hoddeok is delicious :)

    Is Reinier really tall or is Maangchi really short… :)

  34. CrazyC joined 3/10 & has 5 comments

    I love these! When I go to LA, I always go to the Korean grocery store to get it. But the lady moved… :( The one in HMart in Chicago does not taste as good! So now I can make it myself!

    BTW I’m jealous of Reinier! He gets to cook with you! :)

  35. mina denmark joined 7/09 & has 16 comments

    oh my goddddd, i was waiting for you to post this recipe! i was so disappointed when i found out my mom (AND MY GRANDMA) both use the boxed mix and don’t like to make it from scratch. i can understand it’s easier, but the long way tastes better. ^^

    thanks again, maangchi!

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