Not all housewives favor offal, buying them exclusively for pets. But Murziki and Barsiki often understand the benefits of certain products better than their owners, so they will refuse any sausage in favor of chicken hearts. And this is not surprising, because they contain a whole store of vitamins and nutrients that make this product invaluable for people with metabolic disorders.
The chicken heart is a muscle that worked tirelessly, so it is likely that after cooking the meat will be too hard. Proper heat treatment and proven cooking recipes, such as stewing in sour cream, will help to avoid this.
Step-by-step recipe for making hearts in a pan
This is a very simple recipe for making delicious goulash from chicken offal. Since there are very few ingredients in the dish, it may seem that at the end of cooking something a little appetizing will turn out on the plate, but this is not so.
For this simple, but very tasty dishes will need:
- 500 g chicken hearts;
- 100 g fat (better homemade) sour cream;
- 100 ml of water;
- 30 ml of vegetable oil;
- 20 g butter;
- 2 medium bay leaves;
- 3-5 g dry spice mix for chicken;
- salt to taste
It is possible to cook goulash from chicken hearts in one hour, and since the time of vigorous actions of the hostess is not long, then this time will be enough to prepare a simple side dish at the same time.
The nutritional value of the dish is 194.8 kcal per 100 g of the finished product.
How to cook chicken hearts stewed in sour cream in a pan:
- At hearts cut tubes of blood vessels and excess fat. Rinse them well under cold water and drain to drain in a colander;
- In a pan of suitable size, melt the butter and heat it with the vegetable;
- Put chicken hearts into a pan in one layer. Fry them for three minutes on each side;
- Then pour a little water into the pan and simmer still half an hour under a lid on a small fire;
- After that, add sour cream, salt and all spices, mix thoroughly and simmer another 15 minutes so that the dish has time to feed on the aromas of spices and soft cream.
Recipe for chicken hearts in sour cream with mushrooms
This simple and easy-to-prepare dish has a very rich meat taste with subtle mushroom notes. So that he can fully open up and come to the fore, it is better to choose a side dish without complicated combinations of products as a supplement to such a treat, and something simpler, such as mashed potatoes or pasta.
Products for cooking should be taken in the following proportions:
- 1000 g of chicken hearts;
- 300 g champignons (or other mushrooms);
- 200 g onions;
- 100 ml of cold broth or water;
- 70 g sour cream;
- 50 g of flour;
- 50 ml of unscented sunflower oil;
- salt and spices (black pepper or allspice, basil) to taste.
The hostess will have to spend 65-75 minutes on cooking offal and mushrooms in sour cream sauce.
The caloric content of such a combination of stewed foods will be equal to 144.1 kcal / 100 g.
Cooking method:
- Before you start cooking, you need to simply cut off the top of each heart in which the vessels are located. Cut the heart in half lengthwise and rinse thoroughly;
- In a frying pan with a thick bottom and high sides in vegetable oil, fry chopped onion until soft;
- Then put prepared offal to it, cover the pan with a lid and simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 30 minutes;
- Peeled mushrooms and dust cut into thin slices and send to the pan. Next, the process of extinguishing continues in an open pan until all the liquid has evaporated from it;
- For the sauce, mix the flour and sour cream, dilute the mixture with broth or water, pour into the pan, add salt, coax with spices, mix and after five minutes you can remove the dish from the heat.
Chicken Hearts with Sour Cream in a Multivariate
To achieve tenderness and juiciness from ready-made chicken offal, you can use a modern slow cooker, for example, to use electronic modern kitchen assistants. The technology of cooking in it suggests that the meat razomleet and become more tender in the cooking process.
To cook soft and tender chicken hearts in a slow cooker you will need:
- 500 g chicken hearts (frozen or chilled);
- 200 g onions;
- 120 g sour cream;
- 50-60 ml of vegetable oil;
- 3 g of salt.
The actions of the hostess and the work program of the kitchen gadget will take from 50 to 60 minutes.
Every hundred grams of this dish carries an energy charge of 187.4 kilocalories.
Working process:
- Prepare the hearts. To do this, the frozen ones will need to be defrosted at room temperature. Then thawed, and only cooled, rinse under running water, cut off excess fat from them, tubules. Each heart cut lengthwise into two parts and remove blood clots. Rinse the by-product again under cold water;
- While with washed chicken hearts, thrown back in a colander, water will drain, clean from the husk, wash and dice onions;
- Pour the vegetable oil into the multicastry pan and, using the "Frying" (or "Baking") option, fry the onion cubes to a transparent state. It takes from five to ten minutes;
- After this, the frying program needs to be turned off, hearts are put in the multicastry pan, salt, you can also add spices to taste and pour all the sour cream;
- Stir everything thoroughly with a plastic spatula, cover with the lid and turn on the “Quenching” option for 30 minutes. As soon as the multicooker gives a signal that she has already finished her work, you can arrange the hearts on plates and serve them to the table.
We bake offal in the oven
You need to prepare a side dish for stewed hearts, which adds to the mistress of the kitchen. And what if time is running out or just do not want to mess around with another dish? Exit - baked chicken hearts in sour cream with potatoes in the oven. This treat will be able to kill two birds with one stone: prepare a tasty dish, and less stain the dishes during the cooking process.
For cooking chicken hearts with potatoes and sour cream in the oven, you must use the following products:
- 500 g chicken hearts;
- 500 g potato tubers;
- 200 g onions;
- 200 g sour cream;
- 220 ml of warm drinking water;
- 150 g of hard cheese;
- 90 grams of wheat flour;
- 40 ml of sunflower oil;
- salt, pepper and other spices to taste.
Cooking time - 90 minutes.
Although the dish turns out to be quite nutritious, but this does not affect critically its calorie content, it is 147.6 kcal / 100 g.
The sequence of cooking steps:
- If necessary, cut off the excess fat from the chicken hearts and rinse them in a colander under running cool water. Then, in just a few minutes, fry them in a hot frying pan with a few tablespoons of vegetable oil and chopped onion;
- Remove the fried hearts from the pan and put them in the baking dish. And in oil, where they were fried, fry for 5-10 minutes, stirring constantly, chopped potato tubers. After that, put the vegetables in the form of hearts;
- Sour cream mixed with flour, then diluted with lukewarm water, add salt and spices, stir well. Pour the resulting potting over the hearts and potatoes into a baking dish;
- In the oven, the dish should spend approximately 40-50 minutes at 180 degrees. 10 minutes before the end of cooking, the form must be removed from the oven, sprinkle its contents on top with cheese shavings and send everything back to baking, in order to form an appetizing crust.
Cooks Recommendations
Like any product, including by-product, the preparation of chicken hearts in sour cream has its own nuances, which are contained in the recommendations of experienced chefs:
- So that in the finished dish does not appear unpleasant bitterness, be sure to remove the film from the hearts, which envelops them. This simple action will help them get rid of excess fat;
- Frozen product should not be subject to rapid temperature changes. It is better to start defrosting on the shelf in the refrigerator, and then continue it at room temperature;
- Before preparing the heart, be sure to soak in cold water. A quarter of an hour spent on this procedure will help get rid of blood clots and give the meat more softness;
- Particular attention should be paid to the quality of the other main ingredient - sour cream. The better it is, the less likely it is that under the influence of temperature it will not turn into a little white, white flakes.
Enjoy your meal!
In the next video - another detailed recipe for chicken hearts stewed in sour cream.
