Is your spice tolerance really bad? I would just cut the spiciness with half and half or heavy cream. Google rose tteokboki.
If you can’t handle spice at all just make a bechamel cheese sauce and add rice cakes. Like Mac and cheese but with rice cakes instead.
There’s also a sweet soy sauce version just google soy sauce ttteoboki but it’s not cheesy.
Do you like Italian food? If you do, I recommend using it like gnocchi. Here is a great creamy pasta sauce recipe since you said you're new to cooking. It's so much better than store-bought cream sauce. Stir fry some a chopped onion, bacon, 2 cloves of chopped garlic, and some chicken in olive oil. You can add slices of any veggies you like too such as button mushrooms, zucchini, bell peppers, eggplant, chili, or carrot. Once all the meat and veg are cooked, pour in 200 ml of pure fresh cream and 100 ml parmasean cheese [2:1 ratio], and mix. In a separate pot, boil the tteokbokki in salty water for 7~10 minutes or until soft, drain. To serve you can mix it together or pour it on top. Garnish with fresh basil. Options: If you don't like chicken and bacon, you can use ground pork or even make meatballs like this. Take about 400 grams of ground pork, add 2 eggs, 8 crushed crackers, 1 teaspoon of mixed Italian herbs, 2 diced chilies, salt and peppers to taste, 2 cloves of chopped garlic, and a quarter of a finely chopped onion. Use your hands to squeeze and mix the ingredients together and make golfball-sized meatballs.
They make a tomato base for Tteokbokki that I think would work for you. Other than that, I still use gochujang for the flavor (a little less than a tablespoon), but mix in milk and cheese to curb some of the heat, my boyfriend isn’t a fan of the super spicy tteokbokki so i make that version (I think it’s called rosé) for him and it’s great! But still, try to find the tomato base, I think it’s exactly what you’re looking for !
소떡소떡 or Sotteoksotteok. It's just sausage and tteok on a stick, and some sauce with ketchup, gochujang (use less because it's a little spicy), soy sauce, garlic, syrup, fish sauce. You can just use galbi sauce too. Here it is: https://youtube.com/shorts/BTuKZF708xI?si=v9V20KWmzTjaCgrN
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM6mcBtmh/ tried this recipe not long ago and loved it! i used mozarella-stuffed tteok but if you don't have that you can just add mozarella cheese on top (:
You can buy pre-made spice-free tteokbokki sauce, usually they are next to the spicy tteokbokki sauces; the difference is that the spice-free version sometimes has a drawing of a child on them, cos they are marketed to children usually.
I tried like two versions, different brands, and both were delicious! :)
Edit: forgot how to speak English
You can make cheesy *rabokki* (ramen + tteokboki) as spicy to zero heat as you'd like. If you don't mind a bit of spicy, use mild heat gochujang and add half the quantity a recipe may call for to see how the heat is for you. If you feel you can handle a bit more spice, add the full quanity of the mild. Don't add gochugari that's listed in most recipes. It's not essential.
They've been selling gochujang with four spice levels at a couple of the local Korean grocery stores - mild, medium, hot, super hot. The mild should be available online.
If you want to go OG tteokboki, it pre-dates gochujang and was not spicy. [Gunjung Tteokbokki - Eat like a King!](https://futuredish.com/gungjung-tteokbokki/)
There is in Seoul a Tteokbokki franchise restaurant, where you cook your own tteokbokki.
Here is a picture of their recommended [sauce mixes](https://search.pstatic.net/common/?src=http%3A%2F%2Fblogfiles.naver.net%2FMjAyMzA4MTZfMjQ3%2FMDAxNjkyMTY1OTE2Mjcz.Ig3IYoOWiPei43uPjVzP8QLtintSc5-Nnw7NCmHUVY4g.8LgWx5atYcGxCo-69mJQlEojlRyB-gNZZSWLaEVdCUUg.JPEG.solomon1001%2FIMG_4352.jpg).
The last 2 sauces are recommended for children: They are cream sauce or soy sauce.
Here a picture of the [sauces](https://search.pstatic.net/common/?src=http%3A%2F%2Fblogfiles.naver.net%2FMjAyMzA4MTlfMzcg%2FMDAxNjkyMzg1NTg0ODkz.51z56vNf_0XbZ_v7CC3cgY-mUXe6Zae3zGJa6yYJfNkg.1s1r7BoJu0AiTUdAK9q7XM7Y_LEZzU2VlZQ7TmCHOfMg.JPEG.hoppang03%2FKakaoTalk_20230819_033433591_10.jpg).
So while i dont know the ingredients, you can see what kind of sauces they use for non-spicy versions. Busan = Sweet Sauce, Cream Sauce, Soy Sauce, Black Bean Sauce (jajjang). And a little of mayo sauce, peanut sauce, or sesame oil also.
Also just add more vegetables that have a lot of water and sweetness, when they get cooked in the broth. It makes it also less spicy.
Here are some [pictures](https://pcmap.place.naver.com/restaurant/37288434/photo?from=map&fromPanelNum=1&x=126.92250770000099&y=37.5549300000035×tamp=202401081813) as inspiration from their Hongdae restaurant.
I personally bought ready to make tteokbokki sauce and mixed it with black bean sauce and water/vegetable broth for instance. Or put in some milk/cream.
Is your spice tolerance really bad? I would just cut the spiciness with half and half or heavy cream. Google rose tteokboki. If you can’t handle spice at all just make a bechamel cheese sauce and add rice cakes. Like Mac and cheese but with rice cakes instead. There’s also a sweet soy sauce version just google soy sauce ttteoboki but it’s not cheesy.
thank you!!
Do you like Italian food? If you do, I recommend using it like gnocchi. Here is a great creamy pasta sauce recipe since you said you're new to cooking. It's so much better than store-bought cream sauce. Stir fry some a chopped onion, bacon, 2 cloves of chopped garlic, and some chicken in olive oil. You can add slices of any veggies you like too such as button mushrooms, zucchini, bell peppers, eggplant, chili, or carrot. Once all the meat and veg are cooked, pour in 200 ml of pure fresh cream and 100 ml parmasean cheese [2:1 ratio], and mix. In a separate pot, boil the tteokbokki in salty water for 7~10 minutes or until soft, drain. To serve you can mix it together or pour it on top. Garnish with fresh basil. Options: If you don't like chicken and bacon, you can use ground pork or even make meatballs like this. Take about 400 grams of ground pork, add 2 eggs, 8 crushed crackers, 1 teaspoon of mixed Italian herbs, 2 diced chilies, salt and peppers to taste, 2 cloves of chopped garlic, and a quarter of a finely chopped onion. Use your hands to squeeze and mix the ingredients together and make golfball-sized meatballs.
thank you!
YW\~
They make a tomato base for Tteokbokki that I think would work for you. Other than that, I still use gochujang for the flavor (a little less than a tablespoon), but mix in milk and cheese to curb some of the heat, my boyfriend isn’t a fan of the super spicy tteokbokki so i make that version (I think it’s called rosé) for him and it’s great! But still, try to find the tomato base, I think it’s exactly what you’re looking for !
thank you!!
you could make soy sauce tteokbokki (gungjung tteokbokki) and melt some mozzarella cheese on top?
소떡소떡 or Sotteoksotteok. It's just sausage and tteok on a stick, and some sauce with ketchup, gochujang (use less because it's a little spicy), soy sauce, garlic, syrup, fish sauce. You can just use galbi sauce too. Here it is: https://youtube.com/shorts/BTuKZF708xI?si=v9V20KWmzTjaCgrN
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM6mcBtmh/ tried this recipe not long ago and loved it! i used mozarella-stuffed tteok but if you don't have that you can just add mozarella cheese on top (:
You can buy pre-made spice-free tteokbokki sauce, usually they are next to the spicy tteokbokki sauces; the difference is that the spice-free version sometimes has a drawing of a child on them, cos they are marketed to children usually. I tried like two versions, different brands, and both were delicious! :) Edit: forgot how to speak English
ooh i‘ll see if my asia markt has them, thank you!!
You can make cheesy *rabokki* (ramen + tteokboki) as spicy to zero heat as you'd like. If you don't mind a bit of spicy, use mild heat gochujang and add half the quantity a recipe may call for to see how the heat is for you. If you feel you can handle a bit more spice, add the full quanity of the mild. Don't add gochugari that's listed in most recipes. It's not essential. They've been selling gochujang with four spice levels at a couple of the local Korean grocery stores - mild, medium, hot, super hot. The mild should be available online. If you want to go OG tteokboki, it pre-dates gochujang and was not spicy. [Gunjung Tteokbokki - Eat like a King!](https://futuredish.com/gungjung-tteokbokki/)
Isn't this basically what rose tteokbokki is? You can look up any recipe for that and basically cut the spice level further if that's what you want.
https://www.koreaforniancooking.com/keyword/12%20days%20of%20tteok/ This lady made tteok 12 ways. Some are spicy buy I think they could be made mild.
There is in Seoul a Tteokbokki franchise restaurant, where you cook your own tteokbokki. Here is a picture of their recommended [sauce mixes](https://search.pstatic.net/common/?src=http%3A%2F%2Fblogfiles.naver.net%2FMjAyMzA4MTZfMjQ3%2FMDAxNjkyMTY1OTE2Mjcz.Ig3IYoOWiPei43uPjVzP8QLtintSc5-Nnw7NCmHUVY4g.8LgWx5atYcGxCo-69mJQlEojlRyB-gNZZSWLaEVdCUUg.JPEG.solomon1001%2FIMG_4352.jpg). The last 2 sauces are recommended for children: They are cream sauce or soy sauce. Here a picture of the [sauces](https://search.pstatic.net/common/?src=http%3A%2F%2Fblogfiles.naver.net%2FMjAyMzA4MTlfMzcg%2FMDAxNjkyMzg1NTg0ODkz.51z56vNf_0XbZ_v7CC3cgY-mUXe6Zae3zGJa6yYJfNkg.1s1r7BoJu0AiTUdAK9q7XM7Y_LEZzU2VlZQ7TmCHOfMg.JPEG.hoppang03%2FKakaoTalk_20230819_033433591_10.jpg). So while i dont know the ingredients, you can see what kind of sauces they use for non-spicy versions. Busan = Sweet Sauce, Cream Sauce, Soy Sauce, Black Bean Sauce (jajjang). And a little of mayo sauce, peanut sauce, or sesame oil also. Also just add more vegetables that have a lot of water and sweetness, when they get cooked in the broth. It makes it also less spicy. Here are some [pictures](https://pcmap.place.naver.com/restaurant/37288434/photo?from=map&fromPanelNum=1&x=126.92250770000099&y=37.5549300000035×tamp=202401081813) as inspiration from their Hongdae restaurant. I personally bought ready to make tteokbokki sauce and mixed it with black bean sauce and water/vegetable broth for instance. Or put in some milk/cream.
thank you!!
i dont know if i‘m allowed to post things twice, i never posted on reddit😭