The value of hFE is a very unreliable design parameter. Read up on how to set up Common-base, Common-Collector and Common-Emitter gain stages to design amplifiers which are approximately independent of hFE.
If you want a x amount of current trough a particular branch in a circuit look up and design a circuit referred to as a constant current source. There are a few topologies of these constant current sources available. It might be what you are looking for.