Braised Rice Cake Meatballs (Tteok Wanja Jorim)

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Braised Rice Cake Meatballs (Tteok Wanja Jorim)

Name: Braised Rice Cake Meatballs (Tteok Wanja Jorim)
Cuisine: South Korea
Ingredients: 70 g ground beef (70g); 30 g ground pork (30g); 10 g plum syrup (maesil-aek) (10g); 10 g mirin (matsul) (10g); 20 g onion (20g); 20 g carrot (20g); 20 g king oyster mushrooms (20g); 20 g garlic (20g); 10 g green onion (10g); 100 g rice cakes for tteokbokki (100g); 20 g cooking oil (20g); 20 g low-sodium soy sauce (20g); 20 g oligosaccharide syrup (20g); 5 g sesame oil (5g); 0.03 g ground pepper (0.03g); 3 g toasted sesame seeds (3g)

떡완자조림

Side dish · Boiled

Side dishesCourse

484kcal · per serving

Not spicySpice

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Recipe

Braised Rice Cake Meatballs (Tteok Wanja Jorim)

Not spicyContains: gluten, soy, sesame

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Servings1

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ground beef다진 쇠고기(70g)
70 g
ground pork다진 돼지고기(30g)
30 g
plum syrup (maesil-aek)매실액(10g)
10 g
mirin (matsul)맛술(10g)
10 g
onion양파(20g)
20 g
carrot당근(20g)
20 g
king oyster mushrooms새송이버섯(20g)
20 g
garlic마늘(20g)
20 g
green onion대파(10g)
10 g
rice cakes for tteokbokki떡볶이떡(100g)
↔ No rice cakes for tteokbokki? 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
100 g
cooking oil식용유(20g)
20 g
low-sodium soy sauce저염간장(20g)
20 g
oligosaccharide syrup올리고당(20g)
20 g
sesame oil참기름(5g)
5 g
ground pepper후춧가루(0.03g)
0.03 g
toasted sesame seeds통깨(3g)
3 g

Nutrition per serving

484kcal

59.2gCarbs

34.3gProtein

12.2gFat

519.8mgSodium

Steps

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

Mix the beef and pork and marinate with pepper, plum syrup, and mirin.
Chop the onion, carrot, king oyster mushrooms, and green onion into small pieces and mince the garlic finely.
Mix the green onion, garlic, onion, carrot, and king oyster mushrooms evenly into the marinated meat (1).
Cut the rice cakes into small pieces and soak briefly in hot water.
Mix the soaked rice cakes into the mixed meat (3).
Pinch off small pieces of the meat mixture (5) and shape into round balls, then cook them in an oiled pan, rolling them around. Boil the soy sauce and oligosaccharide syrup in a pot, add the cooked meatballs and sesame oil, gently simmer, and top with toasted sesame seeds to finish.

💡 TipThe braised meatballs made with meat and rice cakes have a chewy texture, and the generous vegetables lowered the sodium.

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.