Tteok
Chewy Korean rice cake used in stews and stir-fries.
About Tteok
Korean rice cake, or tteok, is a broad family of Korean foods made primarily from rice flour, rice, or a mixture that is shaped and cooked into a dense, chewy product. It is used in savory dishes such as tteokbokki and rice-cake soups, and in sweet preparations including sliced, steamed, molded, or filled varieties.
Forms vary from smooth and cylindrical to flat, oval, molded, layered, or filled. Texture may be springy, tender, sticky, or firm depending on the rice, milling, recipe, and cooking method. Shape and composition affect how readily pieces absorb sauce and how much chew they retain.
Tteok may be sold fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, or partially prepared. Fresh or chilled pieces are generally ready for cooking, while dried or frozen forms require preparation that changes their firmness and cooking time. Slicing, steaming, boiling, or simmering can alter softness, chewiness, and surface texture.
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Local names for tteok
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떡
tteok
쌀떡
ssal-tteok
Korean Rice Cake (Tteok)
tteok
tteok
Romanised form
Korean Rice Cake
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Korean Rice Cake (Tteok)
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Tteok nutrition & diet
Tteok nutritional value
Reference: Rice cake, Garaetteok, Rod shape
Per 100 g of the edible portion in the named reference form.
- Calories
- 213kcal
- Protein
- 3.7g
- Carbs
- 48.8g
- Fat
- 0.4g
Per 100 g edible portion. Rural Development Administration, Korean Standard Food Composition Database 10.4 (2026). Original reference food and preparation are shown; product recipes and moisture can differ.
Portions & preparation
Match the reference to the particular tteok shape and formulation, using the edible rice cake portion after cooking. Plain steamed, sliced, filled, sweetened, or sauce-coated tteok differs substantially in preparation because fillings and accompaniments contribute separately.
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Diet considerations
Tteok is generally rice-based and plant-derived, but recipes vary. Fillings, coatings, broths, and sauces may add dairy, eggs, meat, fish, soy, sugar, or cereal ingredients. Portion patterns are relevant because a plate of plain rice cake differs from a small garnish, and tteokbokki sauce may change compatibility.
AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.
Dietary compatibility
- VeganNot established
- VegetarianNot established
- PescatarianNot established
- KetoNot established
- PaleoNot established
- Low-carbNot established
- HalalNot established
- KosherNot established
What these diet assessments mean
- Vegan · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Vegetarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Pescatarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Keto · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Paleo · Not established
- The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
- Low-carb · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Halal · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
- Kosher · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.
For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.
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Sources & review
Nutrition reference: Korean Standard Food Composition DB 10.4 — A0110010009a ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.
Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.
The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.
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