Korean Treats to warm the winter season! What street foods are there in Korea that you can especially enjoy during the winter?
Winter Street Snacks
Bungeoppang
Bungeoppang is commonly seen during winter season in Korea.
The vendors are busy making bungeoppang in the streets. It is made by pouring flour dough into the bungeo (carp)-shaped black cast iron mold and filling it with red bean paste. While its red bean paste filling recipe may be similar to that of danpatppanng , a bite of bungeoppang packs a distinctly warm and sweet taste. It also vary slightly in shape and color depending on the amount of flour used and the baking time, but the taste is always sure to please.
For many Koreans, the sight of freshly baked bungeoppang and its sweet aroma wafting through the crisp winter air is a signal that winter has truly arrived.
“Fun Bungeoppang Personality Test“- it’s a fun way to test your friends while eating bungeoppang.
It is said that the way someone eats their bungeoppang tells a lot about that person’s personality. Head first or tail first? Those who bite into the head first are said to be positive and passionate individuals, and those who go for the tail first are likely to be sensitive, romantic, and fashionable.
So next time you eat this tasty treat, give yourself and your friends the bungeoppang personality test.
Hoppang
As the air turns cool and crisp and snow begins to fall, there is a certain pleasure in warming up with a freshly-steamed hoppang.
These pre-cooked treats are usually warmed in a steamer or microwave before eating. It is filled with red bean paste, but other fillings include meat, cheese, vegetables, sweet potatos, pizza toppings, sweet pumpkin, and more. Hoppang derives its name from the Korean onomatopoeia “ho ho” for blowing on hot food and also from the sound of laughter that comes from a family happily eating hoppang together.
Baked Sweet Potatoes & Roasted Chestnuts
Roasted chestnuts and baked sweet potatoes are one of the most popular winter snacks as they can easily be prepared at home.
Roasted chestnuts take a long time to cook thoroughly, but this ensures a savory flavor. They are usually sold near traditional markets in small paper bags for 2,000 to 3,000 won. It is a typically cooked in large iron barrels.
Baked sweet potatoes taste sweeter than steamed sweet potatoes and are best enjoyed hot. You can usually buy 2 to 3 potatoes for 2,000 to 5,000 won at roadside stalls in residential areas, and near subway stations and schools.
Tteokbokki
Tteokbokki is a widely popular dish in Korea that has a very distinctive spicy, yet sweet, flavor.
The main ingredient is garaetteok (long, white rice cakes), which is mixed with eomuk (fish cake) & various vegetables like onions, cabbage, and carrots, and then marinated with red pepper paste. The mixture is heated and served with a hot cup of broth that the eomuk was cooked in & it’s easily found all across Korea.
Kkochi Eomuk
Yet another favorite street food snack that Koreans like to eat as the temperatures drop is kkochi eomuk.
It is prepared on skewers then boiled in a broth flavored with radishes and kelp. Unlike tteokbokki, eomuk is not spicy and is a great complement to help soothe the spicy taste of tteokbokki. Pick the eomuk skewer that has been in the broth for a long time and dip your skewer in soy sauce or the best taste. It usually cost anywhere from 500 to 1,000 won and are often sold at the same stands as tteokbokki.
Hotteok
Hotteok (호떡) is a simple and sweet snack.
In winter, places such as Insa-dong and Namdaemun Market in Seoul are dotted with hotteok vendors serving up these delicious little pancakes. It is made with dough from glutinous rice flour and filled with a spread made from sugar, peanuts, and cinnamon. The round and flat pancakes are then lightly fried in oil. Be careful when you take that first bite, though the brown-sugar filling is delicious, it is often very hot. Like many of the other street foods in Korea,it is a steal at only 700 to 1,000 won apiece.
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