Hotteok

Name: Hotteok
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 250g plain flour and 2 tbsp glutinous rice flour; 1 tsp dried yeast; 180ml lukewarm milk or water; Filling: 80g brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon, 3 tbsp chopped peanuts or seeds; 1 tbsp sugar and a pinch of salt; Oil, for frying

호떡/HO-ttuk/

Also known as: Korean Sweet Pancakes, Hoddeok, Hotteok Pancake

About this dish

Chewy, pan-fried yeasted pancakes filled with a molten brown sugar, cinnamon and nut syrup.

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Ingredients

🌾250g plain flour and 2 tbsp glutinous rice flour

🍞1 tsp dried yeast

🥛180ml lukewarm milk or water

🍯Filling: 80g brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon, 3 tbsp chopped peanuts or seeds

🍬1 tbsp sugar and a pinch of salt

🫗Oil, for frying

Method

Serves 2

Mix the flours, yeast, sugar, salt and milk into a soft, sticky dough. Leave to rise for 1 hour.

Mix the filling ingredients.

With oiled hands, flatten a piece of dough, add a spoonful of filling and pinch closed.

Fry seam side down in oil, then flip and press flat with a spatula.

Fry until golden on both sides and the sugar has melted. Eat warm, carefully.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Hotteok is a winter street snack across Korea, introduced by Chinese merchants in the late 19th century; Busan's version is stuffed with seeds.

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