hello hi everyone! Wesley here. Today we’re diving back into our series dedicated to foods from TV and film with a shot at the Korean street food dish “rabokki,” inspired by the Netflix series “Squid Games.” For those unfamiliar, Tteokbokki in its simplest form features a Korean rice cake or “tteok,” which is then tossed in a quick gochujang and gochugaru sauce for a super quick, sweet and spicy, and carb heavy meal. This dish is commonly found in Korean nightmarket stalls and food booths to be eaten on the go, and here in the states, is also commonly found in Korean BBQ restaurants as a side dish or shared plate. 

It can be elaborated on in endless variations, including additional elements like fish cakes, onions, scallions, hardboiled eggs, kimchi, cabbage, ham, carrots, cheese (that’s a weird one). For our version today though, we’re going with my personal favorite variation, which is a dish that’s colloquially referred to as rabokki, or essentially, tteokbokki with ramen added. Then we’ll be rounding it out with a homemade broth made from anchovy and dried kelp (or, if this is too intimidating for you, I have a handful of slightly simpler options as well). Hope you try it. 

It will be out on Friday October 15, 2021, so bookmark the recipe here, and be sure to subscribe and hit the bell on YouTube to get notified when it’s out!

Woo Can Cook is a series where we reproduce fun foods and recipes from my childhood. Some of them are authentically Chinese and/or pan-Asian, but a lot of them are odd Americanized versions that I inherited from my parents and grandparents while growing up in the Bay Area/California.

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