Yeot-gangjeong facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Yeot-gangjeong

Ttangkong-yeot-gangjeong (peanut candy bar)
Type	Hangwa Candy bar
Place of origin	Korea
Associated national cuisine	Korean cuisine
Main ingredients	Toasted seeds, nuts, beans, or puffed grains; mullyeot (rice syrup)

Yeot-gangjeong (Hangul: 엿강정) is a yummy Korean treat. It's a type of candy bar made from toasted seeds, nuts, beans, or puffed grains. These tasty bits are mixed with mullyeot, which is a sweet rice syrup. Families often make and enjoy Yeot-gangjeong during Korean holidays and special family events called Jesa. It's also a popular winter snack. People usually eat it during holidays and big feasts.

How to Make Yeot-gangjeong

Making Yeot-gangjeong involves a few fun steps. First, you need to get your main ingredients ready. These can be pine nuts, peanuts, sesame seeds, or even beans.

Preparing the Ingredients

You can use pine nuts just as they are. Peanuts are usually split in half. Sesame seeds and perilla seeds are stir-fried until they are toasty. Beans are also prepared, and rice paste is fried.

Mixing and Shaping

Next, you melt sugar into honey to create a sticky syrup. All the prepared ingredients are then mixed into this warm, sweet syrup. To keep the mixture from sticking, you might spread bean powder or oil on a large wooden or metal plate.

While the mixture is still hot, you quickly spread it out on the plate. Then, you use a knife to cut it into the right thickness.

Different Shapes of Yeot-gangjeong

Yeot-gangjeong can come in different shapes. Treats made with pine nuts, sesame, walnuts, and peanuts are often cut into diamond shapes. Sometimes they have wavy patterns too. If you're making Yeot-gangjeong from rice paste, it's usually rolled into a round shape, about the size of a tennis ball.

Gallery

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  Cutting yeot-gangjeong

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  Black sesame yeot-gangjeong

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  Black soybean yeot-gangjeong

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  Peanut, puffed rice, and raisin yeot-gangjeong

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  Puffed rice yeot-gangjeong

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  Puffed rice and raisin yeot-gangjeong

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  Sesame yeot-gangjeong

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  Walnut yeot-gangjeong