Special Korean chicken fillet heh

In any (or almost any) corner of the globe there is a signature dish that is usually ordered in restaurants, cafes, or purchased from street vendors by all self-respecting tourists. What then remains in the memory of inquisitive wanderers - the absolute perfection of taste or a list of remedies for gastrointestinal disorders (the gastrointestinal tract is the digestive system of the organs of real multicellular animals, designed for processing and extracting nutrients from food) - is the tenth thing. The main thing is to try it! And create the appearance that you liked it. Although in the case of Korean he, pretense is not useful. It's really delicious. And this is essentially made in Korea (unlike our beloved Korean carrots). And even though in the Land of Morning Freshness they often make heh not from chicken, but from mackerel, tuna, beef or octopus, the main thing in this dish is the marinade. The hot spicy mixture and vinegar make the thinly sliced poultry so tender and appetizing that it’s simply impossible to get enough of it. And, by the way, you don’t have to be a specific traveler to try Korean chicken fillet heh. The recipe with a detailed photo will tell you what to combine with what to make a colorful Korean snack from the most ordinary Russian goods.

To make it, take:

chicken breast fillet – 600 g	carrots - 2 pcs. medium size
onions - 2-3 heads	sweet pepper (optional) - 1 pod
table salt - 1 tbsp. l.	ready-made seasoning for Korean carrots - 2.5 tbsp. l. or spices*
fresh garlic - 3-4 cloves	sugar - 1 tsp.
table vinegar - 4-5 tbsp. l.	soy sauce - 4-5 tbsp. l. (not necessarily)
sesame seeds - for decoration (optional)	vegetable oil without aroma - 120-150 ml

*the finished seasoning can be replaced with the following spices: red hot pepper - 1 tsp, reddish sweet paprika - 1.5 tsp, dark freshly ground pepper - 3/4 tsp, coriander grains (whole or crushed) - 2 tsp.

How to cook chicken heh with vegetables in Korean (recipe with photos step by step):

I usually make this appetizer with chicken breast fillet. After marinating, the chicken comes out tender and very tasty. But on a theoretical level, you can eat meat from the legs, having previously removed the bones and skin from it. Wash the bird thoroughly. Dry and cut. The pieces should be very thin so that the marinade can simply soak them. I tried to create blocks no thicker than 2-3 mm.

Advice:

If you are not convinced of the quality of the chicken and are afraid to eat it without heat treatment, fry it in advance over high heat in vegetable oil. And then marinate in Korean marinade. The taste and texture of the dish will be completely different. But it will also come out delicious and piquant in an oriental way. It is important to process the chicken before marinating. If you fry already prepared heh, the meat will become hard due to the vinegar.

Cut the peeled and washed carrots into strips or grate them on a special grater for Korean salads.

Feel free to add more onion, it comes out very tasty. Remove the husk from it. Cut into thin half rings.

For brighter color and taste, I decided to add sweet pepper to the chicken khe. Cut the pod in half. Remove the core with seeds. Chop the pulp into thin, almost transparent strips.

Place all hehe ingredients in a deep bowl. Add salt and sugar. Stir.

Place dry spices and pressed garlic in a heap. Heat sunflower or other deodorized vegetable oil in a frying pan. Pour over seasonings and stir quickly.

Pour in vinegar. The table can be replaced with apple or rice.

Add soy sauce. Stir chicken, vegetables and spices again. Cover with a lid or cling film. Place in a cool space to marinate for 1-2 days. The longer a dish is marinated, the more intense its taste becomes.

Korean chicken hye

Ingredients

Chicken fillet – 250 g

Onions – 1 pc.

Vegetable oil – 50 ml

Apple vinegar – 2 tbsp.

Ground coriander – 1/2 tsp.

Dark ground pepper – 1/2 tsp.

162 kcal
30 min.
30 min.

Photo of the finished dish

Step-by-step recipe with photos

Heh is a popular snack made from lightly cooked, heat-marinated meat and vegetables. Even if you are not convinced of the success of this event, it’s worth preparing hehe at least once, so that later you’ll be pleasantly taken aback and prepare the appetizer more often.

Korean chicken hye is prepared very simply and quickly, then you should let the appetizer brew and then try it. As a standard, this is a spicy, cool appetizer, but if you are not a fan of spiciness, then you can create a dish that is less special. If you want something “hotter”, then reddish ground pepper will help - for sure, this will be the most “masculine” option.

Prepare all the necessary products. Use prepared chicken fillet, vegetables and spices that you usually put in Korean vegetable snacks.

Wash the chicken fillet and blot off excess water with napkins.

Take a suitable container or bowl. Peel the carrots and grate them on a special grater. Peel the onion and cut into strips or halves of rings. Place everything in a container. If desired, you can add garlic.

Place the chicken strips in a container. Add spices - ground coriander, ground dark pepper, salt.

Now add natural apple cider vinegar. Heat vegetable oil without a strong aroma or taste in a frying pan or place a cup of oil in the microwave. Pour the hot oil into the container and stir everything quickly.

Let the appetizer cool, then cover it with a saucer so that the oppression comes out, and put it in the refrigerator - for several hours, or even better - for the whole night (that is, in the dark) .

Before serving, Korean chicken hee can be sprinkled with chopped fresh herbs. Bon appetit!

Chicken heh - 6 recipes for making it at home

Chicken heh will be especially appreciated by all fans of special and spicy snacks. Koreans never prepare it from pork, but only from beef or fish. But now we are adapting the Korean snack to our realities and making it from chicken. It turns out just as tasty, fragrant and unique.

Korean chicken heh - the right recipe

Hye is the national dish of Korean cuisine. True, in Korea itself it is prepared not from poultry, but from seafood or beef.

But the most important thing in the appetizer is not the meat, but the marinade, which gives the dish a special taste and smell.

Ingredients:

550 g fillet;
two onions;
a spoonful of table salt;
two heaped spoons of spices for spicy carrots;
1 tsp. Sahara;
three garlic cloves;
5 tablespoons each of vinegar and soy seasoning;
110 ml vegetable oil.

Manufacturing method:

Cut the meat into cubes as thinly as possible.
Mix it with onion half rings, chopped garlic cloves, salt, sweetener and Korean seasoning.
Heat the oil and pour it into the waiting products. We also add vinegar and sauce, mix the ingredients, cover with film and marinate the heh in the cold for up to 2 days.

The longer the meat is marinated, the tastier the appetizer will be.

With carrots at home

If you like meat snacks with a special taste, then be sure to try making chicken heh. To slightly “damp down” the spiciness and add brightness to the dish, use sweet carrots in the recipe.

Ingredients:

600 g fillet;
two carrots and onions;
spoon of vinegar;
two tablespoons of Korean salad dressing;
5 tablespoons of vegetable oil.

Manufacturing method:

Cut the poultry fillet into thin strips and mix with carrot strips and onion half rings.
Add some salt, pepper, season with vinegar and add hot oil. Taste it – if it’s too sour, add sugar.
Cover the container with the contents and keep it in the cold for at least a day.

With bell pepper and cucumber

Nowadays, the Korean snack can be prepared using various methods. Some people stick to the traditional recipe, while others add other ingredients to it. For example, the freshest cucumber and bell pepper.

If you want to add some color to the dish, use colorful vegetables.

Ingredients:

350 g meat;
two cucumbers;
three multi-colored bell peppers;
carrot;
60 ml vegetable oil;
1 tsp. Korean spices;
45 ml vinegar;
35 soy sauce.

Manufacturing method:

Cut vegetables and meat into strips, mix with salt, pepper and Korean spices.
Pour the prepared products with heated oil, vinegar and soy seasoning, mix and marinate under a closed lid in a cool place for 24 hours.

Homemade chicken heh, quick and easy

Modern cooking allows you to prepare dishes from various cuisines of the world. Now we will prepare the national dish of Korean cuisine - chicken heh. The main ingredient in it is chicken meat, and we will cook it at home.

Ingredients:

450 g poultry fillet;
Korean-style prepared carrots;
25 ml vinegar;
large onion;
5 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
Teriyaki sauce (optional).

Manufacturing method:

Pepper thin strips of chicken fillet and fry in hot oil. You can also add Teriyaki sauce at this step, which will give the meat a sweet taste.
Mix the prepared Korean carrots with onion half rings and place them together with salt in a frying pan with the meat. Simmer the ingredients for 5 minutes.
Season the stew with vegetables with vinegar and keep in the cold for 10 hours.

Option with garlic and cilantro

The following recipe may not appeal to many people, because cilantro is added to the appetizer. Its smell is specific, but in combination with other seasonings the snack comes out very tasty. Don’t ignore this version of making a Korean dish – it can amaze you.

Ingredients:

450 g chicken fillet;
two heads of onions;
two cloves of garlic;
Korean seasoning and ground cilantro to taste;
80 ml chicken broth.

Manufacturing method:

Boil the meat, do not add salt to the broth . Cool the chicken and cut into cubes.
Chop the onion into thin half rings and add them to the meat together with chopped garlic cloves.
Add Korean seasoning, cilantro and salt. You can also add vinegar and hot pepper to taste.
Pour into the broth, stir and leave the appetizer for an hour and a half.

Cooking with sesame seeds

Sesame seeds have a sweetish, even nutty, taste. When heated, their taste and smell only intensify, which is why this ingredient is often used in cooking.

Korean chefs most often add sesame leaves to vegetable and meat dishes, which enhance the taste properties of the ingredients used.

Ingredients:

650 g fillet;
onion;
5 cloves of garlic;
a spoonful of soy sauce and vinegar;
1 tsp. Sahara;
spoon of hot pepper, salt;
sesame leaves.

Manufacturing method:

Place pieces of meat, onion rings, finely chopped garlic and sesame leaves in a bowl.
Season everything with spices, pour vinegar, sauce and a little warm vegetable oil.
Mix the ingredients and let the snack brew for a day.

If you couldn’t find sesame leaves, then take the seeds of the plant, dry them in a dry frying pan and put them in a ready-made dish.

Aspects of making hen chicken

For heh, raw meat is consumed, which does not undergo any heat treatment. If you are not convinced of the quality of the product, then fry the meat over high heat and only marinate later. Naturally, the taste of the finished dish will be the same, but the piquancy and unusualness of the snack remains.
The most commonly used seasoning for heh is pepper, both reddish and dark. Soy sauce is also often added to snacks. In stores you can find a ready-made set of seasonings for making heh, and almost all housewives use spices for Korean carrots.
To experience the real taste of the Korean snack, spices should be added after pouring in the warm oil. A hot product will simply destroy all the smell of spicy seasonings.

This is how you can easily feel some commonality with Eastern culinary culture. Ordinary ingredients, little time - and you have a special snack on your table, originally from the very heart of Korea.

Korean chicken hye

I tried my first Korean chicken heh while visiting a true Korean woman. I have to say that until that moment I was quite skeptical about all the heh salads that could be purchased at any point in the market, and I had never been an ardent fan of similar salads. But this one blew me away almost from the first bite! It's just a celebration of taste! Moderately spicy, slightly sour, with impeccable proportions of chicken and vegetables. Obviously, the recipe ended up in my notebook that same day! Using this recipe, I was able to prepare the most delicious Korean chicken heh the first time. I took a photo of the recipe so that you can see for yourself that the manufacturing process is not at all difficult. At least it’s much simpler than I thought. I would like to warn you right away - chicken for heh is not boiled or fried, it is marinated raw, so be very careful when choosing chicken in the store. It must be completely fresh and from a proven manufacturer.

chicken fillet – 500 g,
carrots – 200 g,
onions – 180 g,
vinegar essence - 1 tbsp. l.,
Korean carrot seasoning – 2 tbsp. l.,
vegetable oil – 4 tbsp. l.,
salt and dark ground pepper - to taste,
sesame seeds – 1 tsp. (upon submission),
fresh cilantro – 10 g (when serving).

How to cook chicken heh in Korean

First, rinse the chicken fillet, dry it and cut it against the grain into fairly thin strips. If you have problems with cutting the fillet (warm meat gets “picky” from time to time and practically falls apart under your fingers), you can keep it in the freezer for about 15 minutes.

Next, place the chicken strips in a suitable bowl, in which, in fact, the heh will be cooked (marinated).

Next are vegetables. We clean them, wash them, dry them and chop them. Chop the carrots into long, narrow strips. A special Korean-style carrot grater perfectly copes with this task. If you don't have one, a regular grater with large teeth will do. The external appearance of the carrots, in my opinion, will no longer be so beautiful, but this will in no way affect the taste.

We cut large onions into half rings or quarters (if the heads are quite large), small ones can be cut into rings.

Place the cooked vegetables in a bowl with the chicken.

Next, add salt, pepper and season with Korean carrot seasoning - all to your own taste. If desired, for lovers of the hottest salads, you can season the heh with finely chopped hot chili pepper.

Season with vinegar essence.

Afterwards, heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan until it smokes slightly, then season it with this hot oil.

Mix the contents of the bowl well. Taste the heh and add salt and sourness if necessary. If you suddenly overdo it with acid, you can quench it with a small amount of sugar.

Now he must marinate. To do this, cover the container with the salad with a flat bowl, place a weight on this bowl and load it in this form into the refrigerator, where it must stand for at least a day so that the raw chicken meat can marinate. During this period of time, it is better to look into the refrigerator 3-4 times and shake the contents of the container to mix.

After a while, remove the finished chicken heh from the refrigerator. To serve, lightly squeeze the salad from the marinade and place on a plate. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and chopped cilantro or parsley to taste.