Hotteok is a popular street snack in Korea. It’s a sweet treat made by pan-frying yeast dough stuffed with a brown sugar and nut filling. You can easily make it at home with this easy to follow recipe!
I have a sweet treat to share with you today! A delicious hotteok (or hoddeok) recipe! Hotteok is a popular street snack in Korea. It’s basically a pan-fried yeast dough stuffed with a brown sugar and nut filling. Eaten hot off the griddle on the street, hotteok is especially popular on cold days.
It also reminds me of my trip to Korea in late October two years ago. My parents had traveled over there to get home country care for my mother’s illness. Soon after, I followed them to help them out.
One day, after having stayed at the hospital all night, I decided to go to Insadong for a little break. Strolling around, I ran into a hotteok stand with a long line of people. It got me curious, and before I knew it I was in line. I later learned that this place, called Teolbone (Beard man’s) Hotteok, was very famous for their signature glutinous rice and corn hotteok.
Although it was not the traditional hotteok that I grew up with, it was quite delicious! It certainly warmed up my soul when I was tired and weary on an unusually cold October day.
When I returned home, I experimented with different ingredients and ratios to recreate it. However, that is not the recipe I am sharing here today. Because it’s pumpkin season, I’ve tweaked it a little to make pumpkin hotteok. After a couple of trials, I was very happy with how these came out. They are chewy, gooey and nutty!
