On Mar 20, 9:56 pm, "Bob Terwilliger" >
wrote:

> Last time I went to South Korea, there was a street food that I liked, but
> whose name I couldn't remember. There's a guy at work here who just arrived
> from living there for the last 20 years or so, and he gave me this name for
> the dish: dok bok gi. Does anybody have a recipe for this stuff? Google has
> proven useless.

Duk Boki

1/2 lb. Duk (Cylindrical rice cake)
1 tbsp Gochujang
1/2 tbsp miso
1 garlic clove, chopped finely
1/2 tsp red pepper powder
1 stalk bok choy
1 scallion chopped
Sesame oil
1/2 cup chicken broth
2 tsp sugar
1/4 lb beef chuck
1 Carrot, sliced
Black pepper

1. Soak Duk in cold water for 10 minutes
2. Cut beef into 1/4 inch thick 1" x 2" slices.
3. Mix beef, black pepper, garlic and 1 tsp sesame oil in bowl
4. Brown beef in a frying pan
5. Add in carrots, scallions, bok choy and duk, mix and cover and
steam for about 10 minutes or until vegetables are soft.
6. Mix the gochujang, hot pepper, miso, sugar and 2 tsps water in bowl
until blended.
7. Add mixture to the pan and stir. Add broth as needed if sauce
becomes too thick.
8. Ready to serve when the duk is soft!

Duk Bokki

7 oz of strings of white rice cake (Duk Bokki purpose)
1/4 of onion
half carrot
2 soaked shitake mushrooms
red and green chilly pepper
oil sesame seed oil

Seasoning:
1 Tbs of ground red pepper
1 Tbs of red bean paste (gochujang)
1 Tbs of soy sauce
3 Tbs of beef broth
1 Tbs of chopped green onion
1 Tbs of chopped garlic
1/2 Tbs of sugar, sesame seeds, ground black pepper, sesame seed oil

Choose thin white rice cake for Dukbokki or (Tukbokki) purpose. Mix
strings with a few drops of sesame seed oil.

Cut onion and carrot about 1/4 inch thickness.

Soak mushroom in warm water for about 20 minutes and cut into thin
pieces. Deseed green and red chilly peppers and cut them diagonally.

Make seasoning, and mix it well.

In a deep skillet, coat with oil, and pour seasoning. When seasoning
starts to boil add onion, carrot, mushroom, red and green pepper. Stir
for a while.

Add strings of rice cake, and keep stirring until all the ingredients
are cooked. Taste to see if you need more salt.

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Derek Juhl