Hotteok
Hotteok is a popular korean street snack. A korean version of pancake with sugar syrup filling inside is indeed sweet and chewy that you'll surely enjoy anytime of the day.
Ingredients
Dough
- 2 1/4 teaspoons yeast
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/4 cups warm water
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup glutinous rice flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon oil
Filling
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablepoons chopped walnuts
Instructions
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In a small bowl, Add sugar and warm water and stir until sugar dissolved. Sprinkle over the yeast, whisk lightly and set aside for 5 minutes until the yeast starts to get foamy.
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In a mixing bowl, Combine all purpose flour, glutinous rice flour and salt. Add the oil and yeast-sugar-water mixture. Slowly stir until combined a dough is formed. At this stage the dough is sticky and sloppy.
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Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or damp cloth let it rise until it doubles in size, about an hour.
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After an hour, Punch the dough to deflate annd let it rise again for another 30 minutes.
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Transfer the dough to floured work surface using 1/2 cup flour and coat your hands with flour. In order to keep your dough from sticking on your work surface and hands.
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Form the dough, Divide the into 8 pieces and shape each into a ball.
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Flatten each ball and put about 1-2 tablespoon of the filling in the center then seal the dough by pinching edges together around the filling forming into a ball.
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Over medium heat, Heat a nonstick skillet with 1-2 tablespoons of oil.
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Place the dough ball on skillet with the sealed side down and cook for about 30 seconds.
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Then flip it over and press down the dough ball. Around 5 inches wide circle. Cook for about 1 minute until the bottom is golden brown.
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Flip to the other side again and cover the skillet cook until both sides are golden brown. About 20 seconds.
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Repeat the process with the remaining dough.
Recipe Notes
- You can also you use other fillings like cheese, nutella, chocolate chips, or sweet red bean paste.
- You may need to re-flour your hands between dough balls if the dough starts sticking too much.