Fish lovers are especially liked by fans of spicy and savory snacks. Such a dish can be eaten simply with bread or in combination with a vegetable salad. It may seem to many that preparing a snack is quite difficult, but in fact, everything is simple here. Read the article, and feel free to start cooking Korean dishes.
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What kind of fish is better to make hehe
Korean dishes have long won the hearts of Russian gourmets. One of these dishes is fish hehe. To prepare the appetizer, raw fish fillet is used, which is marinated with the addition of various spices and spices.
For Koreans, fish hey is both an appetizer and a full-fledged dish. If we talk about fish, then Korean cooks prefer tuna or pollock, but you can use other sea and river inhabitants - mackerel, zander, catfish, salmon, pink salmon, mullet, herring. You can pickle a pike, however, the cooks do not favor it too much because of the large number of small bones.
It is best to choose fresh fish for snacks, as a frozen carcass loses its integrity when defrosting.
To reduce the cooking time, you can buy a ready-made fillet, but most importantly, you need to cut it into thin slices, and with stirring, be careful that the snack does not turn into a mushy mixture. Various spices can be used for he, but the correct recipe for he implies the use of coriander and red pepper.
Classic recipe
For the classic recipe heh, you can take any fish, the main thing is that there should not be small bones in its meat. If you have a fresh catch on the table, then the snack will turn out to be excellent, it remains only to choose the appropriate spices and seasonings.
Ingredients for 0.5 kg fish fillet:
- bulb;
- three garlic cloves;
- a spoonful of sweet sand;
- two tablespoons of soya seasoning;
- two tablespoons of sesame oil;
- two tablespoons of red pepper;
- a spoon of vinegar essence;
- a spoonful of coriander seeds.
Cooking method:
- We cut the fish fillet into thin strips with a thickness of not more than three centimeters, add salt, fill it with vinegar essence, which oxidizes the proteins of the fish and the fillet ceases to be raw. Pickle for three hours, longer.
- In sesame oil, we pass chopped onions and spicy vegetables, then sprinkle with sweet sand, put the fish, pour in soya seasoning, mix and remove from heat.
- We grind coriander seeds in a mortar and together with red pepper we send to the fish, mix again, let the snack brew for an hour, and serve with parsley leaves.
Cooking with vegetables
Today, in addition to the classic fish hey recipe, there are many other variations of cooking snacks. So, along with the fish, fresh vegetables began to pickle, which refresh the appetizer and arouse appetite. So, for the recipe we take 300 g of not bony white fish.
Ingredients:
- half of bell pepper;
- one fresh cucumber;
- 110 g of Korean carrots;
- two onions;
- three garlic cloves;
- a bunch of parsley;
- a spoon of paprika;
- three tablespoons of soya seasoning;
- three tablespoons of vinegar essence;
- 0.5 tablespoons of coriander (ground);
- a spoon of sesame;
- 110 ml of oil (refined or sesame).
Cooking method:
- We also cut the fish fillet into thin strips, pour over vinegar essence, add a little salt and pickle for at least two hours.
- Grind the spicy vegetable and parsley, cut the cucumber into thin strips, chop the onion into quarters.
- We mix the prepared vegetables and greens with pickled fish slices, pour in the soy and oil, add all the spices, mix, cool the appetizer and serve.
How to make red fish
Red fish is considered a real delicacy, so any dishes from it always turn out to be very tasty. Let's try to make heh out of such a fish. Take any red, preferably fresh, fish weighing 400 g.
Ingredients:
- one fresh cucumber;
- three garlic cloves;
- half lime;
- two tablespoons of sesame oil;
- two tablespoons of soya seasoning;
- two tablespoons of red pepper;
- half a spoonful of zira and dried cilantro.
Cooking method:
- Thin slices of red fish fillet marinate in salt and lime juice for three hours.
- In hot oil, add the straws of fresh cucumber and thin plates of garlic, pour in the soy seasoning.
- We mix the pickled fish with the resulting dressing from vegetables, put all the spices, mix and you can enjoy a delicious snack.
Korean fish hee
For hehe in Korean, you can take any deep-sea or sea fish weighing half a kilogram. Korean cooks use a spicy blend for such an appetizer, but we will focus on seasonings for Korean carrots.
Ingredients:
- three tablespoons of sesame oil;
- hot pepper pod;
- three garlic cloves;
- onions (not sweet);
- two tablespoons of spice for Korean carrots;
- a spoonful of sugar and vinegar;
- a couple of branches of cilantro.
Cooking method:
- Free the pod of red pepper from the seeds, cut into rings and fry for a few seconds in well-heated oil. Then we put half the onion rings to it, and then chopped garlic.
- Thin slices of fish fillet are mixed with all the spices, slightly added, pour in the vinegar, put the fried vegetables, mix, cover and insist on the premises for three hours.
- So that the fish is well saturated, you can put a load on top.
- An originally prepared snack can be served like this. Put heh on the lettuce leaf, roll it up and serve with any Korean sauce, for example, kimchi.
Herring Recipe
Despite the fact that heh is quite a savory snack, it is very useful and, of course, very tasty. It is better to cook such a dish yourself, rather than buying, to be sure of the quality of the ingredients used. We will tell you how to make a herring hehe. We use fish, fresh, and not salted or pickled.
Ingredients per 1 kg of fish:
- half a kilo of carrots;
- bulb;
- three garlic cloves;
- 185 ml of vinegar;
- two tablespoons of soya seasoning;
- a pinch of hot pepper;
- three tablespoons of sweet sand;
- a spoon of sesame;
- a spoonful of oil.
Cooking method:
- Cut the herring fillet into slices and marinate in vinegar for an hour.
- Then we drain the excess liquid from the fish, put the spiced vegetable, passed through the press, chopped onions and carrots, and also crushed sesame seeds.
- Pour in soy and oil. Then pepper and salt to taste, mix and insist on a snack for two hours.
From mackerel
Mackerel is a fatty, healthy and tasty fish. It has few bones, so it is ideal for making heh.
Ingredients for one mackerel weighing 400 g:
- two onions of two varieties;
- three tablespoons of vinegar;
- tablespoons of salt and sweet sand;
- a pinch of ground coriander;
- three tablespoons of refined oil;
- half a spoon of a mixture of peppers;
- a spoonful of soy seasoning if desired.
Cooking method:
- Cut the loin of fish into small pieces, mix with vinegar and leave for half an hour.
- We take two types of onions, chopped into thin quarters, slightly wrinkled with our hands so that the vegetables let the juice.
- We combine the onion with fish, pour the oil with soy, put all the seasonings, mix, cover and insist in a cool place for a couple of hours.
Tasty hey pollock
Such a fish as pollock is especially popular with our hostesses. The fish is tasty, healthy and affordable. It can not only be stewed, fried, or baked, but also used to make hehe. For the recipe you will need a fish fillet weighing half a kilogram.
Ingredients:
- two carrots;
- three onion heads;
- two sweet peppers;
- two garlic cloves;
- a spoon of vinegar essence;
- half a spoon of ground pepper (black);
- a spoonful of crushed coriander;
- salt and sugar to taste;
- three branches of cilantro;
- three peas of allspice;
- three tablespoons of oil.
Cooking method:
- We cut the fish fillet into slices 1.5 cm thick. Dilute the vinegar essence with water (1: 6 ratio), pour into the fish, salt and pickle.
- Cut the pepper into strips, chop the onion into thin rings, finely chop the spicy vegetable, and three carrots on a grater.
- We combine pepper and onion with fish. First, fry the garlic in the heated oil, then put the carrots to it, passée for no more than a minute, then mix with other ingredients.
- Season the appetizer with all the spices, peppercorns can not be chopped. We put chopped cilantro, mix everything, cover, put oppression on top, and insist on a snack for five hours, and preferably all night.
Pike fish
For the preparation of heh, it is often used exactly the pike, despite the fact that the fish is quite bony. But the time spent is worth enjoying a fragrant, spicy and delicious snack.
Ingredients per 1 kg of pike:
- one onion and one carrot;
- tablespoons of ground pepper (red and black);
- a spoon of coriander;
- a small head of garlic;
- three tablespoons of salt and sand;
- two tablespoons of vinegar essence;
- sesame oil (refined).
Cooking method:
- We cut the pike into fillets, remove the seeds and cut into strips. Mix with onion half rings and carrots chopped on a Korean grater, pour out dry seasonings and spices.
- In oil for 30 seconds, fry the chopped garlic and pour fish and vegetables with vinegar. Cover the snack and insist for two days.
As it turned out, it’s quite simple to cook fish in Korean. The main thing is to pay attention to the quality of the fish and choose spices. In this case, you yourself can adjust the sharpness and taste of the dish.
