Tteokguk
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Tteokguk[2] (Korean: 떡국) or sliced rice cake soup[2] is a traditional Korean dish eaten during the celebration of the Korean New Year. The dish consists of the broth/soup (guk) with thinly sliced rice cakes (tteok). It is tradition to eat tteokguk on New Year's Day because it is believed to grant the people good luck for the year and gain a year of age. It is usually garnished with thin julienned cooked eggs, marinated meat, gim (김),[3] and sesame oil (참기름).
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Alternative names | Rice cake soup |
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Type | Guk |
Place of origin | Korea |
Main ingredients | Tteok |
120 kcal (502 kJ)[1] | |
Other information | related to Korean New Year |
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Quick Facts Hangul, Revised Romanization ...
Korean name | |
Hangul | 떡국 |
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Revised Romanization | tteokguk |
McCune–Reischauer | ttŏkkuk |
IPA | [t͈ʌk̚.k͈uk̚] |
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