Heh is a kind of Korean snacks made from raw pickled foods, mostly fish and vegetables. Admirers of Korean cuisine claim that he is always juicy and tasty. If you like Asian cuisine, you should try this dish. To do this, there is no need to go to a specialized restaurant. The above-mentioned snack is easy to prepare yourself in your kitchen.
Cooking Features
The cooking process is simple. Time is needed only for products to be marinated. The period of active culinary action is negligible. Compliance with the recommendations below will provide the best result.
- Heh prepared from pike perch, not subjected to heat treatment. This makes the choice of the main ingredient the most responsible task. Fish need to choose absolutely fresh, elastic. Usually it is taken entirely, since the easiest way to evaluate the quality and freshness of such products on the head. Later, the head and tail are cut off, using them to make soup.
- Pike perch for heh cut into fillets, cut into small pieces and marinate. The smaller the fish fillet pieces and the stronger the vinegar, the less time it will take to pickle pikeperch. It is considered marinated when it turns white.
- If you are not sure that after a short stay in the marinade the fish will become safe for consumption, you can pickle it beforehand.
- A distinctive feature of Korean cuisine is the generous use of hot spices. To make the coriander and other spices maximize their flavor, they are slightly heated in a frying pan or mixed with hot oil.
- We must not forget that not everyone can eat spicy snacks. It is not necessary to cook heh from perch, if the family has children and the elderly, as well as if someone from the household suffers from ulcers of the digestive system.
There are several options for heh from zander. Often in the composition of the snack includes onions, carrots and other vegetables. Cooking technologies may have small differences, depending on the choice of dishes. To avoid mistakes and get the expected result, you should carefully study the instructions accompanying the corresponding recipe.
Simple recipe xe from pike perch
Composition:
- pike perch - 0, 8 kg;
- onions - 100 g;
- Korean style carrots - 100 g;
- coriander seeds - 5 g;
- red pepper (hot) - 5 g;
- sugar - 5 g;
- refined vegetable oil - 50 ml;
- acetic essence (80 percent) - 10 ml;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- fresh greens - 20 g;
- soy sauce - 10 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Wash, clean the pike perch carcass. Cut off the fish head and tail, remove the insides. Wash the carcass again and pat dry.
- Divide the fish into fillets, remove the skin.
- Cut the fish fillets into slices about 5–8 mm thick. Put in a bowl. It should be ceramic, plastic or enamelled. Aluminum utensils can not be used, as it under the action of acids forms harmful substances.
- Spray the fish, mix. Cover with a saucer and leave for 15 minutes at room temperature.
- Peel the onion, cut into thin half-rings, put on the fish fillet.
- Top with carrots marinated in Korean.
- Crush the garlic cloves with the flat side of a knife, chop finely.
- Crush spices with a pepper mill. It is necessary to grind them just before preparing the snack, since the esters, which give them a characteristic aroma, tend to evaporate.
- Wash, dry and finely chop the greens.
- Put greens and garlic in a clean cup, add sugar and soy sauce to them, mix well.
- Heat oil in a pan. Pour spices into it, stir. After a minute, remove the pan with oil from the heat.
- Pour the seasoned butter into a cup containing garlic, soy sauce and other ingredients.
- Pour the hot zander, onion and carrot sauce. Stir, you can hand.
- Cover the food again with a saucer and put it in the fridge.
Xe from a pike perch cooked according to this recipe will be ready to eat in 2 hours, although many housewives marinate it longer with caution.
Xe from zander with sweet pepper
Composition:
- perch fillet - 0, 5 kg;
- carrots - 150 g;
- onions - 150 g;
- sweet pepper - 0, 2 kg;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- coriander, black and red pepper - to taste;
- sugar - 5 g;
- soy sauce - 20 ml;
- Acetic essence (70 percent) - 20 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Pike perch fillet cut into pieces about 1 cm thick. Put them in a bowl. Pour vinegar essence, mix. Clean in the refrigerator for a period of 2 hours to days. The time depends on how confident you are about the quality and safety of the fish.
- After a specified time, prepare the vegetables. Scrub carrots, wash, blot with a napkin, cut off the tips from it. Crush carrots grated for cooking Korean salads.
- Peel onions, cut into thin half rings. If you have one large onion, it is advisable to cut it into quarters of rings.
- Pepper seeds are removed, at the same time removing the stem. Cut it into strips or thin quarters of rings.
- Finely chop the garlic.
- Put the prepared vegetables in a bowl where the perch fillet is. Sprinkle with spices and sugar, pour over soy sauce and mix.
- Return the bowl with the snack to the fridge. Marinate it for at least 2 hours, but it is better to leave for a longer period, you can even for a day.
The longer you marinate a pike perch fillet, the more guarantees that a snack will not harm your health. However, more than the time specified in this recipe to prepare heh from pike perch is not necessary.
Xe from pike perch with cucumber
Composition:
- perch fillet - 0, 5 kg;
- onions - 0, 2 kg;
- carrots - 100 g;
- acetic essence (70 percent) - 40 ml;
- fresh cucumber - 0, 2 kg;
- garlic - 1 clove;
- seasoning mix for Korean carrots - 10-15 g;
- refined vegetable oil - 50 ml;
- salt or soy sauce - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Pike perch fillet cut into small blocks or cubes, squeeze garlic on them, pour vinegar, stir.
- Store in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
- Rub the carrots on a special grater, put them on the pike perch Sprinkle them with seasoning and salt (it can be replaced with soy sauce).
- Cut onion into thin half-rings, fry in oil until golden brown, and shift with the oil to the remaining ingredients.
- Stir them. Container with them clean in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours.
- After a specified time, cut the cucumber into thin strips and place it on top of the other ingredients. Stir.
- Marinate products together for another hour.
Xe perch with a cucumber has a fresh taste and is much more popular than the traditional version of this snack.
Hee from pike perch - savory Korean food. It will appeal to those who love spicy foods. There are several recipes for this dish, each version has its fans.
