Cheeseburger Hotteok
Cheeseburger Hotteok is inspired from the Korean street food. Combining one of the most popular Korean street food with the all American cheeseburger makes for the most delicious filling snack.
Equipment
- Hotteok Press
Ingredients
- cooking oil enough to coat the bottom of the pan to fry the hotteok.
Hotteok Dough
- 1 cup warm water warm but not warmer than 180° or the yeast will die
- 2 Tbs sugar
- 1 packet active dry yeast (1packet is approx 2 tsp)
- ½ tsp Kosher salt
- 1 Tbs vegetable oil
- 2 cups all purpose flour
Filling
- ½ lbs ground beef
- ½ cup onions chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 cups cheddar cheese shredded
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
Hotteok Dough
- In a mixing bowl, combine the yeast, warm water, sugar, salt and oil. Mix until the yeast is dissolved. The yeast is activated when it starts to bubble.
- Add flour and mix until the dough looks smooth
- Cover the bowl and let the dough rest for 1½ hours. It will double in size. Meanwhile, start preparing the filling.
Filling
- Coat the bottom of the pan with oil on medium/heat
- Add onions and sauté, then add ground beef, salt and stir occasionally until fully cooked.
- Once the filling is cooled, add garlic and mix.
Making Hottoek
- Place the dough on a floured surface. Knead the dough.
- Separate the dough into 8 equal balls.
- Add oil to the pan and set on low/medium. heat.
- Oil both hands, take a dough ball and flatten with your hands. Scoop 2 spoonfuls of filling onto the dough and top with cheese. Carefully pinch the dough closed.
- Place the filled dough seam down into the hot oil.
- Allow the bottom (seam side) to cook for 30 seconds or until it is golden brown. Turn it over and press down with the hotteok press or back of a spatula until it is about the size of a CD.
- Cook for another 30 seconds to 1 minute until it is golden brown.
- Flip and cook for another minute or 2.
- Best served hot and enjoy!
Notes
Dough recipe was adapted from Maangchi.
Pay close attention to heat temperature. It is very easy to burn the outside and have raw dough on the inside.
And finally, hotteok is most delicious served hot. Enjoy!