Hotteok (Korean: 호떡, pronounced [ho.t͈ʌk̚]), sometimes called hoeddeok, is a type of filled pancake known as a popular street food in South Korea.

Handful-sized balls of this stiff dough are filled with a sweet mixture, which may contain brown sugar, honey, chopped peanuts, walnuts, and cinnamon.

[1] It is said that Qing merchants who entered Korea during the Imo Incident did not return to their homeland even after their country was destroyed, but opened restaurants and sold food to make a living, and one of them was hotteok.

[8] Commercially produced hotteok products are developed and sold by companies such as Samyang, Ottogi, and CJ.

It is believed that the phrase originated from the thought of Qing merchants arguing over the reason of a fire at their hotteok stall.