Hoddeok

melonpan · August 31, 2004

I stopped by Han Ah Reum in Ridgefield, NJ, after lunch today and bought some of these. I don't think they're hodduk, but I bought them from the same counter that sells hodduk. Can anyone tell me what they're called? They're filled with red bean paste and I believe they're deep fried. Tastes really good:

the deep fried ones i think are called donuts. its possible that they might have other names... donuts also come without the paht (red bean paste).

if they were baked rather than deep fried, i would call them paht bbang or an-bbang (which is just like the japanese name for them, "anpan").

The top item looks like hodduk but it's savory, and is filled with a green onion like vegetable. I spoke no Korean and had difficulty communicating with the counter ladies in English. One of the ladies asked me if I was Chinese. I said yes and she gave the name of the top item in Chinese - Jiucai shaobing, or Jiucai youbing (couldn't figure out what she said exactly) and it does taste a lot like Chinese cong youbing (scallion pancake) but with jiucai (Chinese chives).

im not an expert on korean food, but i dont know of any snacks or breads with scallions in them. it probably was cong youbing or jiucai youbing. although i dont know of any korean style youbings, i thought id add that the korean word for jiucai is "buchu" (boochoo).

I had wanted to ask them if they had brown sugar or honey hodduk because I didn't want to get both items with the same red bean filling. I now regretted not having persisted more with gestures and other ways of communicating.
I also sampled very delicious pastel colored frozen candy thingies that look like they were sitting on solid blocks of a frozen substance that's not ice. It was much much colder and looked like a science experiment. Did not end up buying as I was worried if they would survive the hour long drive home in 90+ degree weather.

hmmm. what are these pastel colored frozen candy thingies? sounds good!

melonpan · August 31, 2004

nadias recipe link

(translation of text only -- note that the author does not specify teaspoons or tablespoons. ive guessed but you should be aware that ive guessed!)

Namuli hoddeok [namuli is the sites name]

do you like hoddeok? nothing better than having a hoddeok out in on cold street.. ^^

[first photo - spoon full of yeast over bowl]

mix 1 tsp of yeast and 1/2 teaspoon of sugar in 1/2 cup of warm water.

set it aside in a warm place to bubble up for about 5 minutes.. ^^

[second photo of flour being sifted]

sift 3 cups of (in a large bowl) flour.. ^^

[third photo of yeast being poured into other bowl]

add to the flour 1 cup milk, 1/2 cup yeast/water mixture and 1/2 teaspoon salt. mix and knead.. ^^

[fourth photo of dough being covered]

cover the dough with saran wrap and set it aside in a warm place for 3 hours to rise (to double in size).. ^^

[fifth photo of peanuts and brown sugar]

prepare the filling by mixing 1 cup of brown sugar, 3 tablespoons of crushed peanuts and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon powder.. ^^

[sixth photo of hoddeok being assembled]

with oiled hands wrap a small handful of the dough around the filling.. ^^

[seventh photo of hoddeok being fried]

generously oil a pan and with the stove on low fry both sides of the hoddeok.. ^^

[eighth photo of finished hoddeok]

tada.. Namuli hoddeok.. ^^

[ninth photo of opened hoddeok]

isnt the filling hot.. ^^

http://www.namool.com/

melonpan · August 31, 2004

recipe from "my own cooking" bulletin board

hoddeok recipe

author: admin

date : 2002/4/03/ 02:26:56 PM

number of references: 20998

my kids love it when i make this snack at home.

ingredients:

1 kg all purpose flour

3 tablespoons yeast

3 tablespoons sugar

2 teaspoons salt

2 teaspoons baking soda

brown sugar [no amt given]

2 teaspoons cinnamon powder

peanuts [no amt given]

method:

1. sift the flour into a bowl.
2. add the yeast, sugar, salt and baking soda to about two cups of warm water. stir and let sit until the yeast has bubbled. add yeast mixture to the sifted flour and mix. knead to form a stiff dough. its harder to make the hoddeok if the dough is soft. * caution: if the water is too hot, the yeast will die.
3. place the dough in a bowl and put the bowl in a sink filled part way with hot water and let the dough proof until it has tripled or quadrupled in size, about 2 to 3 hours.
4. prepare the filling. grind the peanuts with brown sugar and cinnamon powder to a fine and even consistency.
5. cover the bottom of a fry pan with oil and place the pan on the stove. take a ball of dough, place it on one of your palms. make a dent and fill it with some of the peanut/brown sugar filling. cover the filling so it is completely enclosed in the dough. turn the heat on low and fry the hoddeok, flattening as you go. if the heat is too high, the hoddeok dough will cook too fast, the brown sugar inside will not get a chance to melt and it wont be as tasty.
regarding those tools that they use at the hoddeok stands to flatten the balls of dough. you can get one of them bangsang market (방산 시장) or in the back corner of gumajang pharmacy at 6th on jongno ( 종로6가 구마장약국). you can get yeast at bakery/confectionary store or by asking at the supermarket.

i hope you can make your family happy with these...

Edited August 31, 2004 by melonpan (log)

melonpan · August 31, 2004

id like to add that the post above is a translation, not my recipe!

origamicrane · August 31, 2004

:smile:

thanks melonpan

might give that a try :)

Laksa · August 31, 2004

im not an expert on korean food, but i dont know of any snacks or breads with scallions in them. it probably was cong youbing or jiucai youbing. although i dont know of any korean style youbings, i thought id add that the korean word for jiucai is "buchu" (boochoo).
hmmm. what are these pastel colored frozen candy thingies? sounds good!

The lady apparently knew the Chinese name of the item. She definitely said "jiucai". I just wasn't able to catch the third syllable, but the last one was unmistakably "bing".

You know as it turns out I think I unknowingly bought some of the frozen pastel colored treats. I am almost 100% sure that they're Korean fruit-flavored ice-cream popsicles.

They come in a packs of 10 and the packaging is made of shiny insulating material. I got the honeydew flavor and the label says "Melon flavored ice bars". They are truly fantastic - really taste like honeydew and they're subtly sweet, the way I like them. I took some photos last night but they're on my home computer now. Will post them later if you're interested.

Edited September 1, 2004 by Laksa (log)

Laksa · September 1, 2004

Here are pictures of the frozen ice bar and the package label

Eating one right now, yum!!

Always Hungry · September 1, 2004

Laksa, if you enjoy melon bars, I highly encourage you to pick up the Lotte brand "Melona" bars next time around.

It's slightly creamier and has a better "mouthfeel" with even more of that melon flavored goodness!

Laksa · September 1, 2004

Laksa, if you enjoy melon bars, I highly encourage you to pick up the Lotte brand "Melona" bars next time around.
It's slightly creamier and has a better "mouthfeel" with even more of that melon flavored goodness!

Thanks for the tip! I plan to return to Han Ah Reum this weekend and I'll look for Melona.

I remember seeing a lot of different flavors, like strawberry, red bean, etc and the most difficulty I had was choosing which flavor to try first.

What's your favorite flavor?

melonpan · September 1, 2004

i have to agree; melona is the best of the bunch. melona is made by binggrae. dont get haitai brand "fresh melon" either. it is not as good as melona!

melonpan · September 1, 2004

melona also comes in strawberry flavour (and i believe banana, but i never tried the banana one). i like things strawberry flavoured, but the strawberry melona bars were oddly flavoured. i dont recommend it at all.

Always Hungry · September 1, 2004

i have to agree; melona is the best of the bunch. melona is made by binggrae. dont get haitai brand "fresh melon" either. it is not as good as melona!

Melonpan is right--Melona is produced by Binggrae, not Lotte as I stated before. Lotte makes a melon bar as well, but it's not quite as good. Better than the Haitai though.

I hear the banana ones are pretty tasty, if you're not terribly put off by artificial banana flavoring. Red bean's alright as well, though it might be a bit bean-y for the uninitiated. It's got a cool name too--B.B Big.

Edited September 1, 2004 by Always Hungry (log)

adobohead · September 21, 2004

funny story about melona bars...when i first moved to LA five years ago, a russian friend was driving me around and when she stopped for gas, she came back to the car with one of those for me. i loved it, and searched for them in all of the (funny part) russian markets in town.

three years later, shopping at california market, i found them in the frozen section. :wub:

now, i have to go for the hodduk. i always wondered what the big deal was about that cart in front of the store...

Kapuliperson · September 23, 2004

never had it before, sounds good though!

melonpan · October 14, 2004

from a bakery in northridge, california (thanks to a tip from jschyun), i bought two small bakery items for dessert tonight.

one of them was called "sesame pancake".

its actually quite an unusual item. its extremely chewey from lots of sweet rice flour (mochiko) and the filling has red beans and sugar. its not too sweet of a filling but sweet enough.

the guy at the register said that these were baked, not pan fried and so were better for you than regular hoddeok.

i think that theres some soybean flour directly underneath those black sesame seeds in the center.

and you can clearly see some of the red bean paste smashed there at the bottom left corner of the photo.

this hoddeok was 80 cents.

cafe tous les jours

(inside northridge <a href="http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypMap.py?Pyt=Typ&tuid=24282263&ck=3817723874&tab=B2C&tcat=7766835&city=Northridge&state=CA&uzip=91325&country=us&msa=4480&cs=4&ed=EBjiF61o2TxI94oMEzWUCS.Rk5Gza67RPxS1WDr9SjcMRw--&stat=:pos:0:regular:regT:1:fbT:0">galleria market</a>)

10201 reseda blvd

northridge, ca 91324

(818) 772-5755 (galleria market phone number)

Edited October 14, 2004 by melonpan (log)

jschyun · October 15, 2004

Is that Galleria market crazy huge or what? I'm glad you found it. I don't think I provided good if any directions.

Thanks for the pic! Now I'm hungry...

melonpan · October 15, 2004

Is that Galleria market crazy huge or what? I'm glad you found it. I don't think I provided good if any directions.

its a nice store, with very good produce. wish it was closer to me...

melonpan · October 15, 2004

ddo soon ee

bumped into the place by accident one night and am i glad...

according to their take out menu, their specialty is in dough based snacks (or "flour based" snacks. these include noodles, dumplings and breads.)

the blue sign on top. from the left:<blockquote>specializing in dough based snacks

ddo soon ee

hoddeok * "oh-bang" ddeok * ice cream</blockquote>the yellow banner below the lighted sign:<blockquote>noodles in hot sauce over rice * fried rice * assorted tempura * omurice

soymilk noodles * "jjol" noodles * fried blood sausage * spicy chicken

seafood knife noodles * fish cakes * pork cutlet (tonkasu) * curry rice</blockquote>the two white signs. left first:<blockquote>ice cream * "obang" ddeok

assorted tempura * blood sausage * roast chicken</blockquote>right sign:<blockquote>samgyetang

(fish) egg stew</blockquote>in neon (cut off a bit):<blockquote>HODDEOK

ddeokbokki * kimbap

dumpling soup * ramen</blockquote>it makes me dizzy all that they offer. lotsa snacky snacks! yums! dont know what obang ddeok is, but their menu says "sweet red bean bread". sounds like "paht bbang" aka "anpan".

we had already had dinner that night, so even though the samgyetang also caught my eye we did not try any there. also, since its a snacky place, i am wary about getting any chicken soup there. but who knows? its $8.99...

the main reason why we went there anyway was because of the giant hoddeok sign... i am always ready for hoddeok!

you go inside and after you order, they grill it up for you on the spot. while waiting, you can watch one of the grandmothers shaping hoddeok for future patrons...

does it look good? it tastes even better! grandmother said that there were 5 ingredients for the filling: "brown sugar, peanuts and cinnamon."

"but what about the other two?" i asked.

grandmother said "i cant tell you that!" :laugh:

these were breadier than others that i have had, but something that i would go out of my way for. absolutely.

hoddeok is usd $1.50 each, 4 for $5.00.

ddo soon ee

<a href="http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypMap.py?Pyt=Typ&tuid=23645125&ck=480299537&tab=B2C&tcat=8903827&city=Los+Angeles&state=CA&uzip=90012&country=us&msa=4480&cs=4&ed=PAu9GK1o2TyIMUuoIy1O7Ju6tZHwXrRmkVnuywNVU7w8OA--&stat=:pos:2:regular:regT:4:fbT:0">3603 west 6th street</a>

los angeles, ca 90020

213 380-0112

open every day 10 am - 10 pm

torakris · October 15, 2004

I am soooo jealous!

that looked incredible....

ZenKimchi · May 2, 2006

(I'm attempting to move the street food conversation from the Korean Hangover Remedy thread.)

I used to really like GolBaengi (sea snails), but I got an overload of them. I guess they're really good, but too much will turn you off.

Beondaeggi wasn't that bad for me. Tasted like overcooked shrimp.

A strange food that I found REALLY good was roasted crickets. Smoky. Salty. Crispy. Similar to pork rinds.

larrylee · May 3, 2006

Ahhh, beondaeggi! They tasted like dried shrimp to me. I just had them near Seoul National University a few weeks ago... though I admit I couldn't eat more than a few. I couldn't get over the visual factor. It seems like an old school sort of snack.

Frankly, I became a big fan of the toast sandwiches. I wish there was cheap street food like that in New York. I'm tired of the nuts, hot dog/pretzels, and chicken-on-a-stick guys. True, there are the halal and falafel carts, but it's sometimes a lot more food than I want to eat.

How about the pumpkin chews? I thought they were going to pull out my fillings... that's something you eat _slowly_.

(I'm attempting to move the street food conversation from the Korean Hangover Remedy thread.)
I used to really like GolBaengi (sea snails), but I got an overload of them. I guess they're really good, but too much will turn you off.
Beondaeggi wasn't that bad for me. Tasted like overcooked shrimp.
A strange food that I found REALLY good was roasted crickets. Smoky. Salty. Crispy. Similar to pork rinds.
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ZenKimchi · May 4, 2006

One crazy invention I've been meaning to try is the hot dog on a stick coated somehow in crinkle cut fries and deep fried.

torakris · May 4, 2006

One crazy invention I've been meaning to try is the hot dog on a stick coated somehow in crinkle cut fries and deep fried.
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:blink: :blink:

Can you get a picture of this please....?

ZenKimchi · May 5, 2006

One crazy invention I've been meaning to try is the hot dog on a stick coated somehow in crinkle cut fries and deep fried.
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Can you get a picture of this please....?
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There are some here:

Fry Coated Dogs

Edited May 5, 2006 by ZenKimchi (log)

larrylee · May 5, 2006

That is truly astounding. Possibly more awe-inspiring/frightening than the EveR-1 (Engadget)

I wish I ran across one of those carts while in Seoul...

There are some here:
Fry Coated Dogs
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