Vegan Bunny Elle

A super easy one-pan recipe and a great way to turn the beloved Korean street food into a satisfying meal!

Have you ever had Tteokbokki? Tteokbokki is a very popular Korean street food made of soft, chewy rice cakes, stir fried in a sweet and spicy gojuchang sauce and simmered with ramen noodles, fish cakes, cheese, eggs, and other ingredients. It is absolutely one of my favorite dishes ever!

As much as I love tteokbokki, sometimes it’s very hard to find fresh, high-quality rice cakes outsdie of Asia so I modified the traditional Korean recipe into a vegan pasta dish! I used rigatoni because it best resembles the shapes of rice cake and for the sauce I used a combination of Korean chili paste gojuchang (of course!) and tomato sauce.

Gojuchang Pasta Inspired by Tteokbokki

Inspired by the iconic Korean Teokbokki, this recipe turns your fave street food into a pasta dinner! Easy and quick to whip up and you’ll want to make this on repeat.

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• 2 cup dry rigatoni
• 2 scallion chopped
• 4 garlic cloves minced
• 2 tablespoon chopped kimchi
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 1 cup reserved pasta water
• 1-2 tablespoon Gojuchang paste depending on preference for spiciness
• 1 1/2 teaspoon maple syrup
• Oil for cooking
• Sesame seeds for garnishing

Method

 

1. Salt a pot of water and bring to boil, cook the pasta for about 14 minutes till al dente, reserve a cup of the starchy pasta water;
2. Chop the scallions, mince the garlic, and chop the kimchi, set aside;
3. In a large nonstick pan, heat a large drizzle of cooking oil over medium-high heat, add the garlic first, cook for 1-2 minutes till aromatic and slightly golden;
4. Add the scallion and kimchi to the pan, cook for another 2-3 minutes;
5. Slowly add in the tomato sauce, gojuchang paste, and syrup, stir to loosen the thick paste and mix well with the rest of the ingredients;
6. Pour in the pasta water, stir and bring to a boil, then lower the heat to medium-low;
7. Transfer the cooked pasta into the pan, coat the pasta evenly with the sauce and let simmer for 5 minutes;
8. Serve immediately with extra kimchi, scallion, and sesame seeds, enjoy!