Recipe for Hotteok

The recipe for hotteok is actually quite simple and the longest part of the process is allowing your dough to rise. The dough used for the hotteok is just bread dough that is allowed to rise and unbaked follow your favourite bread dough recipe and allow the bread dough to rise as normal.





While your dough is rising you can make the hotteok filling. The filling is made up of crushed peanuts, brown sugar, and cinnamon. So open up a bag of peanuts and crush them or buy crushed peanuts. You can also grind the nuts in a grinder for a more paste like texture. Add equal parts brown sugar and a pinch of cinnamon. I also added hazelnuts to add some more flavour.





Filing: Peanut, Brown Sugar, Cinnamon, and Hazelnuts





Once the dough has risen you can add the filling into the hotteok. Take a piece of the dough and flatten it. Add the filling to the center and close the dough around the filling. Don't add to much filling or the hotteok will not close properly and the filling will burn.





Putting the filling in the dough



Once the hotteok is in a ball shape it is ready to be put into the frying pan. The frying pan should either be oiled or greased to allow for a little crispy outside. Put the hotteok in the pan and press it flat with a metal spoon. allow the hotteok to cook for a few minutes and then flip it. cook until both sides are golden brown.





Hotteok ready to be fried





Be sure to add oil or grease after each hotteok is cooked to avoid burning the next hotteok pancake.





Hotteok in the frying pan





Once the hotteok is ready remove it from the pan and allow it to cool a little bit before digging in. The hotteok can be eaten alone or with syrup and ice cream. You can be creative and add or remove some ingredients from the hotteok to suit your tastes!!





Hotteok ready to be removed from pan

Hotteok Videos

Today I will introduce you to a delicious Korean dessert that can be easily made and tweaked to fit your palate.Hotteok is a pancake like food made from fried dough that has been stuffed with numerous nuts, spices, and sweets.