Heh From Fish In Korean: Recipes With Pike, Pike Perch, Carp And Other Ingredients, Step By Step With A Photo

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

Heh fish is a delicious Korean snack

He is a Korean dish with a pungent pungent flavor and spicy aroma. They use it both as a snack and as an independent dish. Both meat and vegetables can be the basis for he, but the most common variant of the dish is fresh fish.

Content

• 1 Recommendations for choosing fish for a Korean snack

• 2 Recipes for making fish heh

  • 2.1 Pike heh with coriander and soy sauce

    2.1.1 Video: how to quickly cut a pike into fillets

  • 2.2 The classic recipe for pike perch he

    2.2.1 Video: filing a walleye

  • 2.3 Heh from carp with daikon and sesame
  • 2.4 Video: Original Korean Snack by Natalia Kim

Recommendations for choosing fish for a Korean snack

Many people are afraid to eat raw fish. This fear is quite justified, because it may contain parasites that cause serious diseases. However, fish contains unsaturated fatty acids, which are extremely necessary for the body, as well as iodine, zinc and phosphorus.

Fish fillet contains a lot of essential vitamins, proteins and amino acids

As part of he, fish fillets are processed with vinegar, lemon juice, salt and spices. So, in fact, the fish becomes marinated. Still, in order to eat fish in Korean he without harm to your health, you need to know some rules.

The product must be of the highest degree of freshness. The best option is to use freshly caught fish for heh.

Fish for heh can be bought from fishermen or at a specialty grocery store where sea and river inhabitants are kept in aquariums

If this is not possible, purchase a chilled snack ingredient. Be sure to pay attention to the gills and eyes. The former should be bright red and by no means black, and the latter should be transparent.

To buy fish, it is better to prefer large stores with high traffic, so the chances of buying a fresh product become higher

Try to sniff the fish before buying. The smell can tell a lot about this product.

It's a paradox, but fresh fish does not smell like fish - it has a fresh, mild aroma of the sea, but the presence of an unpleasant smell is a reason to refuse to buy

Recipes for making fish heh

Korean appetizer cooks very quickly. The main part of the time is spent cutting fish into fillets. If you do this in advance, the preparation will not take longer than 15–20 minutes.

Pike heh with coriander and soy sauce

The pike has a dense white fillet that quickly absorbs the aroma of spices. Korean appetizer from this fish turns out to be very tasty and tender.

You need to prepare:

• 1 kg pike fillet;
• 4 onions;
• 5 cloves of garlic;
• 100 g of sunflower oil;
• 3 tbsp. l. vinegar essence;
• 2 tbsp. l. lemon juice;
• 3 tbsp. l. soy sauce;
• 1 tbsp. l. salt;
• 1 tsp ground coriander;
• 1 tsp Sahara;
• 5-6 peas each of black, red, white and green peppers.

Recipe:

1. Butcher the pike.

   

   Pike has very dense meat, so it is easy to cut even for a beginner.

2. Cut the fillets into medium-sized slices.

   

   Too thin fish slices will lose their shape during the marinating process, and too large ones may remain untreated with brine

3. Combine lemon juice, vinegar, salt and sugar. Pour the marinade over the fish pieces.

   

   Do not exceed the amount of vinegar indicated in the recipe, otherwise the taste of heh will change for the worse

4. Chop the onion into half rings and chop the garlic.

   

   Chop both onions and garlic with a sharp knife

5. Heat the oil.

   

   Heat oil over low heat to heat the pan properly

6. Fry the onion and garlic.

   

   Fried onions will give heh a very pleasant aroma and taste

7. Grind the coriander in a mortar.

   

   Too fine grind for he is not needed, just lightly grind the coriander

8. Grind the pepper mixture after the coriander. Add spices to a skillet with hot oil, onions and garlic.

   

   It is better to take pepper in peas and grind it yourself before cooking heh

9. Now add soy sauce to vegetables and spices, mix everything and combine with fish. Stir again and refrigerate for 2-3 hours.

   

   For heh, it's better to choose classic soy sauce without additives

10. Put the finished appetizer on a dish and serve.

    

    Heh from pike turns out to be very appetizing and aromatic

Video: how to quickly cut a pike into fillets

The classic pike perch heh recipe

Zander is one of the largest freshwater predators. Despite the fact that there is little fat in pike perch fillet, it has a pronounced taste and delicate structure.

Have to take:

• 1 kg pike perch fillet;
• 4 onions;
• 3 carrots;
• 5 cloves of garlic;
• 150 ml of vegetable oil;
• 5 tbsp. l. vinegar essence;
• 1 tbsp. l. sea salt;
• 1 tsp mixture of peppers;
• 1 tsp dry red pepper.

So, you need to do the following:

1. Fillet the pike perch. Cut obliquely into slices.

   

   Use a sharp knife to cut the pike perch fillets

2. Pour vinegar over the fish and refrigerate for 3 hours.

   

   In 3 hours the pike perch fillet will be properly marinated

3. Cut the onion into half rings.

   

   Choose large onions for he, they are sweeter than small onions

4. Grate the carrots on a Korean grater.

   

   For this dish you will need fresh and juicy carrots.

5. Grind the crystals of sea salt and peppercorns in a mortar.

   

   Sea salt and a fragrant mixture of peppers will give zander heh an excellent taste and aroma

6. Chop the garlic.

   

   Chop the garlic with a sharp knife to avoid losing juice

7. Heat the oil.

   

   Choose the highest grade oil, the taste of heh will largely depend on it

8. Pour dry red pepper into hot oil and leave for 3 minutes. At this time, combine the onions, garlic, carrots and spices with the pike perch slices. Pour hot oil into the fish and vegetables and stir. Cover and let sit for 30-40 minutes.

   

   Choose freshly ground red peppers for the heh to give the dish the spice it needs.

9. After the specified time, serve the zander heh on the table.

Video: filing zander

Heh from carp with daikon and sesame seeds

This recipe uses daikon instead of carrots. The root vegetable gives the dish an original taste.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of carp fillet;
• 1 daikon;
• 5 cloves of garlic;
• 3 onions;
• 2 tbsp. l. vinegar essence;
• 100 ml of vegetable oil;
• 1/2 tsp coriander;
• 1/2 tsp Chile;
• 1 tsp salt;
• 1 tbsp. l. sesame seeds.

Step by step recipe:

1. Butcher the carp.

   

   Be sure to remove the bones from the carp fillet, for this it is convenient to use ordinary tweezers

2. Rub the daikon.

   

   Use a Korean carrot grater to chop the daikon

3. Cut the onion into half rings.

   

   Perfect for heh, freshly harvested onions

4. Cut the carp fillet into thin slices, mix with the onions and pour the vinegar into the mixture.

   

   After adding vinegar, the pinkish fillet of carp will quickly acquire a lighter shade

5. Chop the garlic cloves.

   

   Before chopping garlic, cut off hard areas, so the dish will be more tender.

6. Heat oil in a skillet and add coriander, chili, garlic and salt. Heat the spices slightly over low heat.

   

   Be careful not to burn spices and garlic

7. Then pour the spiced oil into a bowl with carp slices and onions. Toss and add sesame seeds to your snack.

   

   Do not substitute sesame seeds for another ingredient in this recipe, because sesame seeds give the dish its special taste.

8. Keep the finished heh in the cold for 3-4 hours, and then serve.

Video: original Korean snack from Natalia Kim

I started to cook heh from fish recently. For a long time, I was skeptical about eating raw fish. However, after reading the Korean appetizer recipes more closely, I discovered that the fish in the heh is not at all raw. The use of vinegar and a hot marinade based on oil and spices is ample processing for the product. As a result of cooking, a pickled fish is obtained, saturated with spices. It is good to make such an appetizer in advance for the festive table, since he takes some time to prepare it. An important tip: I recommend not to drain the juice released during marinating fish. It goes well with hot buttery marinade.

Observing the simple rules for preparing he from fish, you can prepare a fragrant and healthy dish. Do not forget that you should not overuse the Korean snack, as it contains a lot of spices.