Desserts, Drinks & Baking

Fried Tteok Skewers with Lemon Perilla Sauce

Name: Fried Tteok Skewers with Lemon Perilla Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 90 g Rice cakes (ssal-tteok); 10 g (1) Walnut; 5 g (5) Pine nuts; 30 g (2 tbsp) Cooking oil; 6 Skewers; 45 g (3 tbsp) Perilla seed powder; 45 g (3 tbsp) Soy milk; 15 g (1 tbsp) Honey; 15 ml (1 tbsp) Water; 7 g (1 tsp) Sesame oil; 7 g (1 tsp) Lemon juice; 5 g (1 tsp) Black sesame seeds

떡꼬치

Rice cakes fried until crisp, skewered and brushed with a nutty sauce of perilla powder, soy milk, honey, lemon and black sesame, topped with walnuts and pine nuts. Instead of the usual gochujang sauce, perilla and nuts raise potassium intake and make a nutty flavor everyone loves.

📝 Step-by-Step Instructions

Mix the perilla powder, black sesame, soy milk, lemon juice, honey, water and sesame oil into a sauce.

Fried Tteok Skewers with Lemon Perilla Sauce — step 1

Prick or score the rice cakes in several places.

Fried Tteok Skewers with Lemon Perilla Sauce — step 2

Fry the rice cakes in oil at about 160°C, taking care that the oil doesn't spatter.

Fried Tteok Skewers with Lemon Perilla Sauce — step 3

Remove the pine nut tips and coarsely chop the pine nuts and walnut.

Fried Tteok Skewers with Lemon Perilla Sauce — step 4

Thread the rice cakes onto skewers and plate.

Fried Tteok Skewers with Lemon Perilla Sauce — step 5

Brush with the sauce and sprinkle with the nuts.

Fried Tteok Skewers with Lemon Perilla Sauce — step 6

📊 Nutrition Facts (per serving)

735Calories (kcal)

100 gCarbs

12 gProtein

32 gFat

573 mgSodium

Nutrition values are taken from the original recipe data and are approximate.

Source: adapted from the recipe database of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of Korea (Food Safety Korea), used under the Korea Open Government License (KOGL) Type 1. English translation and editing by coo K food.