However, sometimes the tteokbokki is overcooked and becomes too soft and chewy to the point where it breaks down!
Tteokbokki is prepared by boiling the chewy rice cake in water and adding the spicy-sweet chili sauce to it. This dish involves boiling the water with anchovies! While that may seem gross (I myself really don't like anchovy pizza), anchovies give dishes and soup broth a tasty flavor. It is super easy to make—I've even made some at home.
Tteokbokki rice cakes were enjoyed for many decades in Korea. In fact, the original tteokbokki was enjoyed by royalty during the Joseon era (17th and 18th Centuries)! The original dish was served without the chili sauce, as chili was not introduced to Koreans until the 1950s.
