🥞 Hotteok (sweet Korean pancake)

Name: Hotteok (sweet Korean pancake)
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: South Korea
Ingredients: 300 g plain flour; 5 g dry yeast; 1 tbsp sugar and ½ tsp salt; 220 ml lukewarm water; 80 g brown sugar; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 30 g roasted peanuts, chopped; 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds; 2 tbsp vegetable oil for frying

Origin: South Korea

318kcal

per serving · 120 g

265kcal

per 100 g

6 gProtein5 g / 100 g

11 gFat9 g / 100 g

50 gCarbs42 g / 100 g

Hotteok is a Korean street pancake made from a soft yeasted wheat dough wrapped around a filling of brown sugar, cinnamon, chopped peanuts and sesame seeds. It is pressed flat and pan-fried until the outside is crisp and the sugar inside melts into a hot, runny syrup. It is sold from street carts in winter and eaten straight from a paper cup.

Diets

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Vegetarianno meat or fish in a typical recipe

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Veganno meat, fish or animal products in a typical recipe

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No pork

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Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

Contains glutenbecause of: flour

Not keto42 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Gluten ⚠ Peanuts ⚠ Tree nuts ⚠ Sesame

What it is made of

flourbrown sugarcinnamonsesamepeanutsyeast

Recipe

8 servings120 min

Ingredients

300 g plain flour
5 g dry yeast
1 tbsp sugar and ½ tsp salt
220 ml lukewarm water
80 g brown sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
30 g roasted peanuts, chopped
1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
2 tbsp vegetable oil for frying

Method

Mix the flour, yeast, sugar, salt and water into a sticky dough, cover and leave for 1 hour to double.
Mix the brown sugar, cinnamon, peanuts and sesame for the filling.
With oiled hands, divide the dough into 8 pieces, flatten each, add a spoonful of filling and pinch closed.
Place seam-side down in a lightly oiled pan over medium heat, cook for 1 minute, then press flat.
Cook for 2–3 minutes per side until golden and crisp. Let them cool slightly — the filling is very hot.

How to make it lighter

Use a non-stick pan and just a film of oil instead of shallow-frying.
Make smaller pancakes and use less sugar in the filling.
Peanuts and sesame are calorie-dense: a tablespoon of each is enough for flavour.

History

Hotteok is generally believed to have been introduced by Chinese merchants who settled in Korea in the late 19th century, which is why the name contains ho, a word once used for things from China. It has since become one of South Korea's best-known winter street snacks.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →