Undoubtedly, the most delicious heh is obtained from carp. But this is a universal Korean dish, where the main ingredient is not subjected to heat treatment, can be prepared from any kind of fish, poultry, meat, offal. For economic reasons, fresh-frozen herring is the most affordable budget option. Moreover, the taste of the dish is still excellent.
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You will need
1 kg of herring, 2-3 onions, salt, ground black pepper, red hot pepper, coriander, soy sauce, Korean dressing "For fish hee"
Instruction manual
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To prepare hehe for the sample, you can take 3-4 medium-sized herrings. This amount usually pulls 1 kg. However, after cutting off the heads, tails, removing the spinal part and skin, 60 percent will remain. To make the fish easier to cut, you do not need to wait until it is fully defrosted. From the thawed herring, the upper skin with the remains of the scales strives to remove along with the pulp.
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When the cutting of fish is completed, the herring fillet is cut into pieces 2 cm wide, which are folded into a deep bowl and moderately salted. It is important not to overdo it with salt at the first stage, since at the end of cooking soy sauce is added, which also adds a salty taste. In addition to salt, add 70% vinegar essence (2 teaspoons), after which the contents of the bowl are thoroughly mixed, covered and set aside.
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While vinegar and salt are doing their job, you can start slicing onions. It will take 2 large or 3 medium onions, which are cut into thin half rings. If the vegetable is too "evil", then after cutting it can be washed slightly. The onion goes to the fish and a mixture of ground peppers is poured over it to taste. Usually it is black and red burning, ground coriander. All ingredients are mixed.
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It is not forbidden to add various vegetables to the contents, to whom something is more to your taste. As a rule, it is carrots or green Margelan radish, fresh cucumber sticks, rings or half rings of bell pepper, sliced into thin strips on a special grater. At the very end, soy sauce is poured (1-2 tablespoons). In fact, on this, the preparation of herring heh can be completed, but it is preferable to add to the dish a ready-made dressing for fish heh, which is on sale today.
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This does not mean that with this dressing, all the other hot and spicy ingredients can be omitted. It’s just that with it, the dish acquires a richer taste inherent in all Korean salads. Herring as an ingredient for heh is also good because it can be eaten only an hour and a half after cooking.