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How to Make a Yopokki Tteokbokki Cup in the Microwave

떡볶이tteokbokki

Quick answer

  • Microwave in the cup: Add water to the line, stir, set the lid on at an angle, then 2 min at 1000 W or 3 min at 700 W.

From the UK pack text as shown by stores. Full steps and sources below.

Yopokki cups are instant tteokbokki, Korean rice cakes in sauce, that you make in the microwave in their own cup. The directions below are from the UK packs of the Sweet & Spicy (140 g) and Cheese (120 g) cups.

Official directions

Microwave in the cup [1][2][3][4][5]

  1. Put the rice cakes and the sauce or seasoning powder in the cup.
  2. Add water up to the fill line on the cup.
  3. Stir well and set the lid on loosely, at an angle.
  4. Microwave for 2 minutes at 1000 W, or 3 minutes at 700 W.

Where’s the line? For the Sweet & Spicy cup, two listings say about 20 ml of water up to a red line on the outside of the cup, while Tesco’s says a line inside. For the Cheese cup, it’s the line inside. Follow the line printed on your cup.

If there’s a small oxygen-absorber sachet in the cup, throw it away. It isn’t food.[1][4]

Label facts

From the UK packs영양정보·표시사항
Sweet & Spicy
140 g cup. 230 kcal per 100 g, so about 322 kcal per cup. Salt 0.48 g per 100 g. [1][3][2]
Cheese
120 g cup. 313 kcal and 1.8 g salt per cup. [4][5]
Contains
Sweet & Spicy: wheat, soy. Cheese: milk, soy, wheat. [1][3][5]
Storage
Cool, dry place, away from direct sun [1][2][4]
US cups
The US “Sweet & Mild Spicy” cup is a different product. Follow its own pack. [6]

Korean words on this pack

Tap the speaker to hear each word. More in the label decoder.

떡볶이tteokbokkispicy stir-fried rice cakes
떡tteokrice cake
컵keopcup
표시선pyosiseonfill line
전자레인지jeonjareinjimicrowave
뚜껑ttukkeonglid
매운맛maeunmatspicy
치즈chijeucheese

Ways to serve it

  • Add a boiled egg or a slice of cheese once it’s hot.

These are serving ideas, not part of the pack’s directions.

Sources

  1. Tesco: YOPOKKI Sweet & Spicy 140 g
  2. Asian Grocery UK: Yopokki Cup 140 g
  3. Gurkerl: Yopokki Instant Topokki Sweet & Spicy
  4. Sainsbury’s: Yopokki Cheese Topokki 120 g
  5. Ocado: Yopokki Cheese Korean Topokki
  6. Yopokki US: Sweet & Mild Spicy cup

Checked October 25, 2026. If your pack differs, follow your pack, and tell us so we can update this page.