Incredibly Delicious Rose Tteokbokki Recipes and Guide You'll Love

I’m a carbohydrate lover. Ok, so I don’t have to include rice (or tortillas) in every meal, but it definitely fills a void, you know what I mean? Well, in this article I will help you learn a little more about the famous carbohydrate-heavy Korean rose tteokbokki dish. Oh, you’re wondering what is tteokbokki? Well, it’s a spicy Korean dish, but rose tteokbokki is not as spicy as regular tteokbokki. Oh, but you CAN make a non-spicy rose tteokbokki version if you’d prefer that! Please read on to find out more!

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What is Tteokbokki?

Well, before we talk about rose tteokbokki, we must first talk about tteokbokki (for those who are not already familiar with this delicious Korean food).

As mentioned in my Street Food from Korea page, tteokbokki is a spicy-stir fried rice cake (although there are non-spicy variations as mentioned previously).

Although it kind of reminds me of a pasta dish, Korean tteokbokki is actually made from a long, cylinder-shaped rice cake that’s made with rice flour.

I must add, it’s super versatile, too! Just like pasta!

Some of the different Korean tteokbokki variations include the following:

Haemul-tteok-bokki (seafood tteokbokki)
Galbi-tteokbokki (marinated grilled ribs)
Jajang-tteokbokki (sweet bean sauce)
Jeukseok-tteok-bokki (hot pot tteokbokki)
Curry tteokbokki
Rose tteokbokki

However, in this article, we will be focusing on rose tteokbokki.

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FAQs

What is Rose Tteokbokki?

Rose tteokbokki is a type of stir-fried Korean rice cake dish that is made with a spicy Korean gochujang sauce and cream (or milk).

This spicy dish is a fairly recent Korean food trend that has hit Korean street markets and home kitchens, too.

Although tteokbokki is known for its spiciness, rose tteokbokki is a tamer version because we add milk or cream.

In case you are unaware of this, other popular names for this dish you may have hard are Rose Carbonara Tteokbokki and Rose Cream Tteokbokki.

Why Is It Called Rose Tteokbokki?

We call this kind of tteokbokki “rose tteokbokki” because of its red hue. Actually, the color is very similar to rose pasta sauce, which is made from tomatoes and cream.

However, what makes this kind of tteokbokki different from rose pasta is that the red color is mainly derived from Korean red chili paste (gochujang) and Korean red chili pepper powder (gochugaru).

What is Rose Sauce made of in Korean Cuisine?

Rose sauce in rose tteokbokki is made primarily from gochujang, gochugaru, and heavy cream. Some recipes use tomato paste, too.

However, depending on the recipe, other ingredients may also include the following:

Sugar
Milk
Korean soup stock
Parmesan cheese

Again, each recipe is different, but these are the basic ingredients.

What Does Tteokbokki Taste Like?

Tteokbokki is chewy and it’s normally spicy, too. Depending on which kind of tteokbokki you make, it can be sweet and savory, as well.

Is Korean Tteokbokki Healthy?

Korean tteokbokki is not considered a healthy food. The reason for this is that tteokbokki is a processed food (the white rice from which is made is processed) and it’s often cooked with fatty sauces.

Is Rose Tteokbokki Spicy?

It’s spicy, but it’s a much milder version of the original Korean tteokbokki dish.

Rose Tteokbokki Ingredients

These are the most common sauce ingredients for this kind of tteokbokki:

Dashi (Japanese soup stock), or Korean anchovy stock, or Korean soup stock
Milk
Heavy cream
Curry powder
Gochugaru (Korean red pepper powder)
Sugar
Gochujang (Korean red chili pepper paste)

Other possible ingredients for this dish (depending on the recipe):

Rice cakes (Garae-tteok )
Bacon
Garlic
Korean sausages, Vienna sausages, or mini hotdogs
Onion
Fish cake
Hard-boiled eggs
Parmesan cheese
Broccoli florets
Tomato paste

How to Make Rose Tteokbokki

The good thing about this dish is that it is super easy to make and it’s fast, too! Most recipes state that it takes only about 30 minutes!!

This is the basic concept of how to make this kind of tteokbokki:

Cook your meat option on a pan over the stove (can be bacon, Vienna sausage, or Korean sausage).
Begin to boil a pot of water to cook the rice cakes.
Add milk and cream to the pan where you cooked your meat option.
Then, add gochugaru, gochujang, and sugar.
Next, add the rice cakes to the pot of boiling water to cook.
After the rice cakes are done cooking, drain the water and add the rice cakes to the sauce.
Stir the rice cakes into the sauce and let simmer until the sauce has thickened to your desired consistency.

Want more detailed information on how to make this dish? Well, then please continue scrolling to find specific rose tteokbokki recipes.

Rose Tteokbokki Recipe

Here is the most thorough recipe I’ve found on YouTube. It’s by Future Neighbor.

You’ll see that in this video they use the following ingredients:

Frozen tteok-bokki rice cake
Broccoli florets
Onion
Garlic cloves
Vienna sausages
Fish cake
Boiled eggs
Heavy cream
Milk
Gochujang (Korean red pepper paste)
Gochugaru (Korean red pepper flakes)
Salt
Pepper
Cheese

Did you notice something missing?

Interestingly, they don’t use sugar in their recipe even though many other recipe developers include sugar. It all depends on personal preference!

However, please enjoy this video as I’m telling you… your mouth will begin to SALIVATE as you begin to watch it 🙂

Other Rose Sauce Tteokbokki Recipes

Would you like to see a different variation of rose tteokbokki? Well, if that’s the case, here’s another video by Easy Peasy Pan that I hope you enjoy.

This recipe is ESPECIALLY HELPFUL for those of you who would like to try a non-spicy tteokbokki recipe. Instead of gochujang, they use tomato paste to make their sauce red. You’ll just have to omit the red chili powder toward the end.

[Also, they use bacon or ham, and mushrooms in their recipe. YUM, YUM. I am a HUGE fan of BACON].

These are the ingredients Easy Peasy Pan uses for this delicious recipe:

Rice cakes
Onion
Mushrooms
Bacon or ham
Tomato paste
Water
Heavy cream
Red chili pepper
Corn syrup
Salt
Black pepper
Parmesan cheese

Please, take a look! This video, too, will make your mouth water 😉

Now, if you’re like me and you do better with written recipes, here are some other tteokbokki with pink rose sauce recipes for you to choose from:

Rose Tteokbokki Recipe Hack

Now, what if you don’t live near any Korean or Asian markets and you REALLY want to try a tteokbokki recipe?

I seriously could not find ANY rice cakes near me. Oh, of course, I could have just gotten a recipe for rice cakes online. However, I wanted to try tteokbokki like right away! So, you want to know what I did?

I just bought the rice cakes for tteokbokki online on Amazon lol!!

You can do that too! And I even made my own rose tteokbokki since I don’t do well with hot spicy foods.

All I did was buy the O’Food Tteokbokki Rice Cakes with Gochujang Sauce and make it per the instructions on the back.

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Then, after it was done cooking, I added some heavy whipping cream. It really helped to tame down the spiciness!

And, let me tell you … it was sOOoooOOOoo delicious!

A little spice, some sweetness, and just all around yummy. (I ESPECIALLY loved the chewiness of the rice cakes).

Of course, there is always that possibility that homemade tteokbokki would taste better, but this was seriously yummy!

AND it’s super inexpensive, too, because it comes in 2 packages!

I highly, highly, highly recommend you try it! Even though I didn’t include this, only because I was being lazy, the package recommends you add the following ingredients:

Green onions
Boiled egg
Fish cake
Cheese

You can find it here.

Final Thoughts on Korean Tteokbokki with Rose Sauce

I really enjoyed writing this article for you and I hope it was super helpful! Doesn’t this type of Korean tteokbokki look SO good? Do any of the recipes above stand out to you? Let me know!

Incredibly Delicious Rose Tteokbokki Recipes and Guide You’ll Love

What is Tteokbokki?