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Grilled Cockle and Rice Cake Skewers

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South Korea

Grilled Cockle and Rice Cake Skewers

꼬막떡꼬치구이

Side dish · Grilled

Side dishesCourse
221kcal · per serving
2/5Spice
🌱 Vegan
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Recipe

Grilled Cockle and Rice Cake Skewers

🌶 Spicy 2/5VeganContains: gluten, soy, sesame

Ingredients Tap an ingredient to check it off

Servings1
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  • cockles (kkomak)꼬막(cockle meat 20g)
    60 g
  • rice cakes for tteokbokki (tteok)떡볶이떡
    ↔ No rice cakes for tteokbokki (tteok)? No rice cakes? Use gnocchi for a similar chew, or thick udon noodles.
    🛒 Where to buy: Korean grocery stores (fresh or frozen); some Asian supermarkets
    40 g
  • onion양파
    10 g
  • green onion파
    5 g
  • rice syrup (jocheong)조청
    3 g
  • brown rice oil현미유
    3 g
  • minced garlic다진 마늘
    2.5 g
  • soy sauce간장
    1 g
  • gochugaru (Korean chili flakes)고춧가루
    ↔ No gochugaru (Korean chili flakes)? Mix 2 parts sweet paprika with 1 part cayenne or red pepper flakes. Less smoky and a bit hotter, so start with half.
    🛒 Where to buy: Korean or Asian grocery stores (H Mart, Lotte Plaza), the international aisle of large supermarkets, or online
    1 g
  • sesame oil참기름
    1 g
  • sesame seeds통깨
    0.5 g

Nutrition per serving

221kcal
29.7gCarbs
11.6gProtein
5.8gFat
496.2mgSodium

Steps

Translated from the Korean original. Amounts are as in the original recipe.

  1. Cut the rice cakes in half, blanch in boiling water, and drain.
  2. Wash the cockles, briefly boil them in the hot water used to blanch the rice cakes (residual heat), drain, and when cool, remove the cockle meat.
  3. Thread the blanched rice cakes and cockle meat alternately onto skewers.
  4. Mince the green onion and onion.
  5. Add gochujang, onion, green onion, minced garlic, rice syrup, soy sauce, gochugaru, and sesame oil to make the gochujang seasoning.
  6. Heat a little brown rice oil in a pan and stir the gochujang seasoning, then coat the cockle rice cake skewers from step 3 with the gochujang seasoning and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
💡 TipScrub the cockles vigorously, rubbing the shells together, then soak them in salted water for about half a day, changing the water several times to remove grit. Since the cockles and rice cakes are already blanched, grill them lightly in the pan so the cockles do not get tough.

Diet and allergy labels are estimated from the ingredient list. Check labels if you have an allergy.
Recipe source: Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) recipe database. English translation by WorldFoodPedia, not by MFDS.

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