Hotteok
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| Type | Pancake |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | China / Korea |
| Created by | Chinese merchants in Korea[1] |
| Main ingredients | Dough: wheat flour, water, milk, sugar, yeast Filling: brown sugar, honey, peanuts, cinnamon |
| Hotteok | |
| Hangul | 호떡 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 胡떡/胡餠 |
| Revised Romanization | hotteok |
| McCune–Reischauer | hottŏk |
| IPA | Korean pronunciation: [ho.t͈ʌk̚] |
Hotteok (Korean: 호떡; Hanja: 胡떡/胡餠, pronounced [ho.t͈ʌk̚]), sometimes called Hoeddeok, is a type of filled Korean pancake; and is a popular street food in South Korea. It originates in Korean Chinese cuisine.
Preparation
The dough for hotteok is made from wheat flour, water, milk, sugar, and yeast. The dough is allowed to rise for several hours. Handful-sized balls of this stiff dough are filled with a sweet mixture, which may contain brown sugar, honey, chopped peanuts, and cinnamon. The filled dough is then placed on a greased griddle, and pressed flat into a large circle, this is done with a stainless steel circle and wooden handle as it cooks.[2][3]
In South Korea, ready-made dry hotteok mix is commercially available in plastic packages. The mix also comes with a filling consisting of brown sugar and ground peanuts or sesame seeds.[4]
History
Hotteok, which is known as "Tang Bing" (meaning "sweet pancake" in Chinese) can be traced back to Tang Dynasty. Emperor Gaozong of Tang had awarded a "Tang Bing" to Xuan Zang for his bravery and insistence for fetching Buddhist scriptures. In the late 19th century, Chinese merchants in Korea brought the dish to Korea, and gave it a Korean name hotteok.[5]
It is generally believed that the Chinese merchants who immigrated to and settled down in Korea around the late 19th century made and sold hotteok at cheap price, so they could make a quick money and move to bigger businesses.[1] Unlike many Chinese pancakes, which often contain savory meat fillings, hotteoks usually have been stuffed with sweet fillings, to suit Koreans' culinary tastes.[6]
Varieties
The types of hotteok have been changing continuously although many favour the traditional cinnamon and peanut filling. Many variations have developed since the early 21st century, such as green tea hotteok,[7] pink bokbunja hotteok, corn hotteok, pizza hotteok and more.[6] Along with that many vendors now sell yachae-hotteok made with japchae and vegetables.[8] Commercially produced hotteok products are developed and sold by companies such as Samyang, Ottogi, and CJ. Such products are designed to be cooked at home.
Nutrition
Hotteok is usually eaten during the winter season. Due to its high sugar content, a single hotteok may have as many as 230 calories.[9]
Phrases using hotteok
Koreans say "The hotteok store is burning (호떡집에 불났다.)" to refer to noisy situations. It is believed that the phrase originated from the thought of the Chinese merchants arguing over the reason of fire.[1]
See also
- Korean cuisine
- Hobbang
- Bungeoppang
- List of Korean desserts
- Street Food in South Korea
- List of pancakes
- List of stuffed dishes
Food portal
References
- ^ a b c (in Korean) 호떡, 가난한 쿨리의 가장 먹기 편한 음식, The Hankyoreh, 2012-04-27. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- ^ (in Korean) Hotteok Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine at The National Institute of the Korean Language Dictionary
- ^ (in Korean) Recipe for hotteok at Naver kitchen
- ^ (in Korean) Snack mix popularity on the rise, Yonhap News, 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
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- ^ a b (in Korean) Hotteok, Kyunghyang News, 2003-11-20. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
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- ^ Maangchi. "Hotteok filled with vegetables & noodles (Yachae-hotteok: 야채호떡) recipe by Maangchi". www.maangchi.com. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ^ (in Korean) Winter snacks, Kukinews, 2007-01-07.
External links
- Two variations of hotteok
- Hotteok recipe
- Hotteok recipe with video
- Article about the origin of Hotteok and Hobbang (in Korean)
