How To Make Tteokguk (Rice Cake Soup) That Koreans Eat On Seollal? (Recipe) | K-Kitchen At Home

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Tomorrow, February 10, 2024, is Seollal - the Korean New Year! Do you know what Koreans traditionally eat on Seollal? Tteokguk (떡국) or rice cake soup. In this article, we'll teach you an easy tteokguk or rice cake soup recipe.

What is tteokguk, you ask?

Tteokguk is a comforting traditional Korean soup made with thinly sliced rice cakes.

Tteokguk is eaten on Seollal to symbolize a pure and clean beginning of the new year. It also represents longevity because it is made of long, cylindrical rice cakes and wealth and abundance because the thinly sliced rice cakes look like coins.

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