Baked Dduk Lavered with Bacon is a a delicious hot out of the oven baked chewy and crispy Korean appetizer treat with rice cakes, laver, bacon and a delicious tamari sauce.
My hungry teenagers will be home in less than 15 minutes from school. I am sure they will be starving with tons of homework to do. I have a snack plan and easy appetizer that will knock your socks off.
My dear friend Yoonsun showed me how to make these simple Baked Dduk Lavered with Bacon that I am sure everyone in your family will enjoy.
Today we are going to use these long tubular rice cakes (found in the refrigerator section of Asian grocery store) which are the same type of rice cakes that are used to make the spicy yummy famous dduk bok ki. When you bake Korean rice cakes, they becomes slightly crispy on the outside and chewy and warm on the inside.
The laver (nori) seaweed leaves are slightly salty and crispy and the dipping sauce is a simple soy and brown sugar combination. You can even add bacon wrapped around the rice cake to give it extra protein and flavor that almost every teenager enjoys. When all the flavors of the sweet and salty combine and the crispy and chewy it creates something quite heavenly and magical in less than 15 minutes flat!
What is a rice cake?
A rice cake may be any kind of food item made from rice that has been shaped, condensed, or otherwise combined into a single object. A wide variety of rice cakes exist in many different cultures in which rice is eaten, and are particularly prevalent in Asia. For example, In Japan they call rice cakes mochi and in China they call rice cakes nian gao. Rice cakes come in long tubes, round thin disks, squares and many other shapes. So the beauty of this dish is you do not have to use the long tubes but can use any rice cake you can find and shapes that you enjoy. The tubular shape rice cake makes a perfect Baked Dduk Lavered with Bacon appetizer.
What is laver?
Laver (also known as Nori and gim) is an edible, littoral alga (seaweed), and has a high content of dietary minerals, particularly iodine and iron. Laver is widely consumed in East Asia, where it is known as zicai in China, nori in Japan, and gim in Korea. My boys love laver and eat it by the packets full in school lunches. Their favorite laver flavor is olive oil.
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Baked Dduk Lavered with Bacon
Ingredients
- Korean rice cakes - 10 rolls
- dried nori leaves - 10 (2x6) inch
- bacon - 5 slices cut in half (optional)
- tamari (soy) sauce - ¼ cup
- brown sugar or sugar alternative - 1 tablespoon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (176 degrees Celsius)
- Soak hard refrigerated Korean rice cakes for about ½ hour submerged in room temperature water just until slightly softened. Dry thoroughly and set aside. (If purchased fresh soft Korean cakes omit this step)
- Spray your cooking pan with a light layer of cooking oil.
- Take one Korean rice cake and wrap and roll in the laver (nori) seaweed leaf and then wrap the outside with bacon. Set seam side down on the baking sheet. (you can choose to add both the laver leaf and the bacon or maybe you just want to wrap with laver leaves or maybe just bacon. I think all three versions are very yummy)
- Mix together in a small bowl your soy sauce or soy sauce alternative and brown sugar or sugar alternative. Stir until well mixed.
- Brush a moderate amount of the soy sauce mixture on the Dduk lavered in bacon.
- Place the Dduk lavered in bacon in the oven and bake for about 15 minutes until the bacon is crispy and the rice cake is chewy on the inside and slightly golden on the outside. Reapply and brush the soy sauce mixture a couple of times during the baking process.
- Serve yummy Baked Dduk Lavered with Bacon as a yummy after school snack or a yummy hot appetizer at your next social gathering. Best served hot out of the oven.
saffronandhoney says
This looks very exciting! I love reading and seeing new tasty things 🙂
Healthy World Cuisine says
Thank you. I do too. I love trying to come up with new international dishes as no longer am I confined to only Western cuisines. You should see my spice drawer and dried food products area it is like visiting every part of the world. Take care, BAM
saffronandhoney says
I think you should do a post on that spice drawer! 🙂
Healthy World Cuisine says
Now thats a great idea I need to a bit of cleanup and inventory management first. So so so many spices....
Geni - Sweet and Crumby says
I have to tell you I read the title three times and kept coming up with "Baked Duck" and then looked at the photo, a bit puzzled. Finally, I got it and this looks like my teens would most certainly devour these as an after school snack. Delish! Can't wait to try it out on them.
Healthy World Cuisine says
I am sorry my play on words caused confusion but maybe that is what caught your eye to read more. I have found that bacon on anything really is the top incentive for getting teenagers to try new things. Take care, BAM
Tandy says
thank you for teaching me a whole lot of new words! I thought you had misspelled duck lol 🙂
Healthy World Cuisine says
Just kind of like Lavendar and Lime food trivia... glad to teach you a couple of new things. Take Care, BAM
Sharon | Chinese Soup Pot says
Thanks for sharing this recipe! I have not heard of dduk bok ki before. So when I first saw your photo for this post, I thought they were mini sushi rolls. =) These look super easy to make and they look absolutely delicious! Your teenager kids are lucky! =)
Healthy World Cuisine says
Thanks Sharon. These are very easy to make and think I will be bringing them to a gathering I am invited to this weekend. They are super portable. Take care, BAM
Ashley - Baker by Nature says
I want a snack like this waiting for me when I come home! Lucky kids you have 😉 Anything wrapped in bacon is an automatic winner.
Healthy World Cuisine says
Thanks Ashley for stopping by. I am not holding my breath but maybe my kids will one day exchange the favor. Take care, BAM
Hannah (BitterSweet) says
Brilliant! I never knew what to do with these rice sticks or how to prepare them, but now it makes perfect sense. The nori-wrapped version is like the re-hydrated take on Japanese crackers, although so much better.
Healthy World Cuisine says
Thanks Hannah. I know many people just pass rice cakes up in the grocery store for the same reason. Rice cakes have so many potentials from savory to sweet and everything in between. Take care, BAM
Lisa says
I know if I was still a teenager..and my friend's Mom was you..serving these..I'd come over every day after school. What a brilliant idea to wrap up rice cakes with bacon! I want to pop one in my mouth right now!
Healthy World Cuisine says
Thank you Lisa! What is one more kid.... the more the merrier. Take care, BAM
Nami | Just One Cookbook says
Nice! I love dduk bok ki, and I love the mochi like texture (a little different but that's something I can think of while eating it). I'm going to my Asian store tomorrow and have to get ingredients so I can make this for lunch or snack. My kids will love this for sure! I make something similar with mochi + soy sauce + sugar + nori, but never thought of bacon in there. Can't wait to give it a try!
Healthy World Cuisine says
I know it is very similar to baking the mochi and then just wrapping with nori and the dipping sauce. My dear friend Naomi-san made this for me in Japan. However the bacon takes it to a new level. Have a super day. BAM
Janine says
thanks for a great idea on what to do with the rice cakes because i always make them in the same way and baking them with bacon sounds awesomely delicious!
Healthy World Cuisine says
Thanks for stopping by Janine. This is definitely a good change up from the usual spicy dish of dduk that we all enjoy. Give it a try I promise you will like it. Take care, BAM
Dawn says
Your kids are so lucky to come home to such delicious snacks!!
Healthy World Cuisine says
I like my after school/works snacks too so it is a win win situation. Take care, BAM
Amelia says
Hi Bam, thanks for sharing the recipe, look delicious and with bacon it sure taste good.
Have a nice day.
Healthy World Cuisine says
Thanks for stopping by Amelia! Anything with bacon is better or so this is at least what my hungry teenage boys think...Take care, BAM
Profiteroles & Ponytails says
Bacon is my secret weapon when I want my girls to eat something new. They love rice cakes, they love seaweed and they love bacon -- so this is sure to be a winner with them. Great post Bam!
Healthy World Cuisine says
Good thinking. Quick fetch the asparagus and broccoli and we can disguise the veggies...
sweetsimplestuff says
Thank you for this idea, I am giving this a try very soon. Everything is better with bacon!
Healthy World Cuisine says
I know you usually like the sweet things but this salty and sweet so I have you covered! Take care, BAM
Zoe says
It is hard to believe that you can make these amazing snack so quickly and you actually made it!
Nice to learn lots of cooking tips and techniques from you. Now following you at Twitter 😀
Healthy World Cuisine says
Hello Zoe, so glad you stopped by and thanks for the follow on twitter. Have a super week. BAM
Healthy World Cuisine says
Hi Zoe, "Blogger" is being very difficult tonight and wont let me place a comment on your website so I will put it here instead. You cookies look so chewy and delicious and actually quite addictive. Thanks so much for stopping by so I could find your little happy recipe corner. Take care, BAM
dianeskitchentable says
Those look wonderful! Of course you could wrap bacon around just about anything & I'd love it. I love the different names for rice cakes & really like how you give us such interesting info. Please keep posting, especially snack things (got a small party coming up that I need to bring muchies to).
Healthy World Cuisine says
Thank you Diane for your lovely comment! I will have lots more new party snacks coming your way soon but please do visit my appetizer category on Healthy World Cuisine as I have several quick and yummy snacks great for gatherings. "Tapas and Tinis" are a great fun way to host a small gathering. Take care, BAM
dianeskitchentable says
I will definitely do that. You always have such interesting ideas & I hope to try tons of them myself. Getting to be fall which is more my kind of weather for cooking now.