These Korean hotdo and rice cake skewers are sold in rest stops or at street venders all across Korea. A famous Korean comedian, YeongJa Lee introduced this in one of her TV shows, and after that, it became a big hit last year. It looked so good, that I had to create a recipe for it to share with you. It is called sotteok sotteok. Doesn’t that sound cute? In its name, the letter “so” is from the word “sausage,” which is like a hot dog in America, and “tteok” means rice cakes. Since the hotdog and rice cake pattern is repeated on the skewer, they repeated the word twice in its name. The flavor is amazing. Imagine the combination of rice cakes and hotdogs topped off with one of 2 different sauces. The salty and smoky flavor from the hotdogs along with the sweet and spicy sauces are just amazing. You will understand why it is a big hit in Korea. Try it someday. For people who might want to watch the video clip of the TV show I mentioned, I will add the link here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZDZkYbUH- E&frags=pl%2Cwn

Yield: 8 Skewers

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Korean sweet potatoes are one of the Korean vegetables that I want you to try whether you like normal sweet potatoes or not. They are naturally very sweet, have a nice texture, and are healthy. Among Korean sweet potatoes, there are 2 main kinds. One is a water sweet potato called MulGoGuMa in Korean. It’s soft and mushy texture is pretty similar to the normal sweet potatoes that you find in America. It is just a lot sweeter and has good sweet potato flavor in it. The other type is chestnut sweet potato called BamGoGuMa in Korean. This one is also very sweet and has good sweet potato flavor. The only difference is that it’s texture is firm and not mushy like mulgoguma. It’s texture is a little similar to chestnuts, so it must have gotten the name because of that. Anyway, both kinds are good to try, but I especially love bamgoguma and that is the one we will use for today’s recipe. Instead of making the same old cheese sticks, make this upgraded version of it with tasty Korean sweet potato paste.

Yield: 12 Pieces

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Have you ever tried hard boiled quail eggs before? Our second son, Logan loves them so much that he can eat a bunch of them at once. They taste very similar to normal eggs, but the texture is softer and the flavor seems milder. To make them even better, you can be creative by making these lovely chicks with them. Kids will love to eat these since they are so cute. We normally use these chicken-shaped quailed eggs in lunch boxes in Korea. I am giving you a hint for my next post by saying that. Try these cute and yummy snacks someday.

Yield: 6 Pieces

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Today, I want to introduce a sandwich recipe that is very hot right now in Korea. It is called an Ingigayo sandwich in Korean. Ingigayo is the name of an SBSmusic program. Kpop singers eat this special sandwich while they are preparing for their performance in SBS broadcast stations. I heard that you can only buy it there. Kpop stars shared this sandwich on their social media and it became very popular. I thought you might be interested in trying this unique sandwich like me, so I made a version of it. Let’s get started.

Yield: 2 Sandwiches

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TteokBokkI (떡볶이) is one of the most popular Korean street foods. Since the way to cook this food is very easy and simple, Korean people often make it at home too. Depending on your personal tastes, you can make it spicier or sweeter. This snack has many different names according to its ingredients such as cheese TteokBokkI, RaBokkI (Ramen noodles), GanJang TteokBokkI, or GungJung TteokBokkI (soy sauce).

Yield: 3 Servings

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