How to make Vegan Tteokbokki tasty

Vegan Tteokbokki - It was delicious !!!!! Easy to make and a crowd pleaser !!!. Today I am sharing this Vegan Tteokbokki! A quick and easy dinner that is ready in under 20 minutes!

Vegan Tteokbokki

You can cook Vegan Tteokbokki with 11 Ingredients and 6 steps. See the following guide!

Ingredients for Vegan Tteokbokki:

  1. Kombu (1 8cm x 8cm piece).
  2. 1.5 litres water.
  3. Large handful of Oyster mushrooms, shredded.
  4. 1 (400 g) pkg fresh Korean rice cake.
  5. 100 g dried udon noodles (may be substituted with other noodles of choice).
  6. 2-4 cloves garlic, to personal taste.
  7. 3 tbsp gochujang (Korean fermented hot red pepper paste).
  8. 3-4 tbsp gochugaru (hot pepper flakes/powder).
  9. 2-3 tbsp soy sauce.
  10. 2 tbsp sweetener (sugar/agave nectar/maple syrup, etc).
  11. 1 green onion, sliced thinly for garnish.

Step by step how to cook Vegan Tteokbokki:

  1. Add water and kombu to large wok or skillet. (This step may be skipped if you have enough vegan dashi on hand to replace the water)..
  2. On low heat, steep kombu for 20 or so minutes. Do not boil. This will make seaweed slimy and make your stock bitter. Remove kombu and either discard or reserve to make seaweed salad..
  3. Bring broth to a boil and add udon noodles. Cook for 4 minutes. Meanwhile, combine gochugaru, gochujang, and sweetener in a small bowl. (If using sugar, add a small amount of water to thin). Add to pan with noodles..
  4. Add garlic, and mushrooms. Cook until udon noodles are almost al-dente (around the 8 minute mark). Add rice cakes and cook until tender (2-3 minutes for fresh rice cakes). Do not overcook..
  5. Garnish with green onion..
  6. Note: this is a 'soupy' version we liked making as kids. Typically this a stir fried dish made with less broth and without the additional noodles. A common addition to this style of dish is hot dogs (you can use vegan ones). I omitted them because I do not like them. I added fried tofu for protein..