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Tteok-kkochi
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Type
Place of origin Korea
Associated national cuisine Korean cuisine
Serving temperature Warm
Main ingredients Tteok
Korean name
Hangul 떡꼬치
Hanja n/a
Revised Romanization tteok-kkochi
McCune–Reischauer ttŏk-kkoch'i

Tteok-kkochi (Hangul: 떡꼬치, "rice cakes skewer") is a popular South Korean street food consisting of skewered and fried tteok (rice cakes) brushed with spicy gochujang-based sauce.

Etymology

Tteok () means rice cakes, and kkochi (꼬치) means food on skewers or skewers themselves used for culinary purposes.

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