Chicken hearts are an affordable delicacy that can be easily, tasty and quickly cooked.
It is boiled, fried, baked and stewed in a variety of ways.
In addition, vegetables, cereals, mushrooms are used, but onions are the best friend.
Chicken hearts with onions - general principles of preparation
Pre-treatment of hearts consists in cutting adjacent tubes, removing excess fat from the surface. Then the organ is cut lengthwise, washed well inside to remove the remnants of blood. But you can simply soak the product in cold water, then press hard on each heart to release clots.
Hearts are mostly fried and baked without prior heat treatment. But some dishes require boiling. The product is simply placed whole in boiling water and cooked for half an hour. In this case, it is better to cut it after cooking, so that the pieces turn out more accurately.
Onions are mostly used onions. It is cut and fried, stewed, baked with hearts. The quantity and preliminary preparation are determined by the recipe.
What else do the hearts prepare:
• carrot;
• mushrooms;
• potatoes;
• cabbage;
• seasonal vegetables;
• cereals.
Any spices can be added to dishes. Seasonings for chicken, meat, vegetables are great for hearts. They are harmoniously combined with garlic, different types of pepper, herbs.
Braised chicken hearts with onions in sour cream
A wonderful way to cook chicken hearts with onions and sour cream. Offal is obtained juicy, tender. We take any sour cream fat, but it is better not less than 20%.
Ingredients
• 0.5 kg of hearts;
• 0.05 kg of oil;
• 0.15 kg of sour cream;
• 0.15 kg of onions;
• spices;
• 1 spoonful of flour.
Cooking
1. We washed the washed hearts into four parts. Get slices resembling straws.
2. Sprinkle the pieces with flour and stir.
3. Heat the oil in a frying pan and transfer the hearts into it, fry a little.
4. Add chopped onions to the hearts, fry the dish until half ready.
5. Add salt and pepper to sour cream. You can throw a clove of garlic and any seasonings at your discretion.
6. Pour the sauce into the hearts, stir and cover the pan.
7. Stew the dish for about ten minutes, look at the readiness of hearts. We do not make fire big.
Fried chicken hearts with onions in a pan
For the preparation of simple, but very tasty fried chicken hearts with onions, you will need the most minimal set of products. The dish is great for garnishes of potatoes, buckwheat, pasta.
Ingredients
• 0.7kg of hearts;
• 0.2 kg of onions;
• salt and pepper;
• 60 ml of oil (any fat can be used).
Cooking
1. Hearts need to be washed, cut the tubes and cut in half. Pour with cold water and rinse well the sections. Then lightly dry on a cutting board.
2. Onion cut into strips or half rings, not chopped.
3. Heat the oil and put the hearts in it, fry until a light crust appears.
4. Add the onion, fry for another minute, then cover, reduce the fire at this stage. We cook in our juice for about 15 minutes.
5. Remove the lid, salt and pepper the dish, bring to full readiness. All liquid should evaporate. At the end, you can season with herbs, sprinkle the dish with any spices.
Chicken hearts with onions and carrots
Another stew with chicken hearts sour cream with onions and carrots. For cooking, you need a stewpan or a large frying pan.
Ingredients
• 700 grams of hearts;
• 1 carrot;
• 0.2 liters of sour cream;
• salt and pepper;
• 2 things onions;
• 2 tablespoons of pasta;
• some oil or fat;
• 0.5 bunch of dill.
Cooking
1. Cut in half all the hearts, put in a saucepan with butter and simmer under the lid for about twenty minutes.
2. While the hearts are stewed, cut the vegetables into strips.
3. Open the pan, evaporate all the liquid from the hearts.
4. Add vegetables and fry until soft.
5. Combine the tomato paste with sour cream, stir.
6. Once the vegetables are browned, add a mixture of sour cream and pepper to them. At the same stage, salt the dish and throw any seasonings into it.
7. Thoroughly stir, cover and leave to simmer for a low boil for five minutes.
8. Chop the dill finely, send it to the pan and turn it off.
Chicken Hearts with Onions and Cabbage
The recipe for a diet of chicken hearts with onions and cabbage. It is better to cook it in a cauldron or a thick-walled pan. According to the recipe, tomato juice is added to it, which can be replaced with grated tomatoes or diluted paste.
Ingredients
• 0.4 kg of hearts;
• 2 onion heads;
• 0.7 kg of cabbage;
• 2 tablespoons of oil;
• spices;
• 2/3 cup tomato juice.
Cooking
1. Cut the hearts into four parts, pour into a cauldron with two tablespoons of oil, lightly fry. Then cover and let the by-product stew until soft. If the hearts give off a little juice, you can pour a little boiling water.
2. Add onion to the stewed hearts, chopped into thin strips, fry.
3. Shred the cabbage and also send it to the cauldron. Mix well and fry for three minutes.
4. Pour in tomato juice, put salt and throw any seasonings.
5. Cover and bring the hearts with vegetables to full readiness. At the end we try the dish, if necessary, pour more spices, add herbs.
Fried chicken hearts with onions and potatoes
The option is by no means a dietary, but a very satisfying and tasty dish for dinner made of fried chicken hearts with onions and all your favorite potatoes.
Ingredients
• 0.4 kg of hearts;
• 0.5 kg of potatoes;
• 0.2 kg of onions;
• 60 grams of oil;
• spices;
• clove of garlic;
• 4 sprigs of parsley.
Cooking
1. Boil the hearts in boiling water for half an hour. We throw it in a colander, let it cool for now.
2. Peel the potato tubers, cut into strips and send to fry in the pan. Immediately cover with a lid until the lower part is browned.
3. Cut slightly cooled hearts into strips, also chop the onion heads. Together we do not mix them yet.
4. Open our potatoes, if the bottom is browned, then mix.
5. Add onions and fry further.
6. Once the dish is almost ready, add the hearts and salt, stir.
7. Add heat and fry the pieces of food until golden brown.
8. Finely chop the parsley with garlic and grind together so that the juice stands out.
9. Sprinkle the dish with an aromatic mixture, cover and immediately turn it off. Ten minutes later, it can already be served.
Chicken hearts with onions and carrots in pots
A recipe for chicken hearts with onions and carrots, which does not require close attention. In total, it will take about an hour to cook. The pots are filled with sour cream, but similarly, you can use the same amount of cream for this purpose.
Ingredients
• 0.8 kg of hearts;
• 0.3 kg of onions;
• 0.25 kg of carrots;
• 0.5 liters of sour cream;
• seasonings;
• some butter.
Cooking
1. Cut the peeled onion heads in half rings and fry for a minute in a frying pan with butter. You can lay onions in raw form, but preliminary roasting will make the dish much tastier.
2. Cut the hearts in half.
3. Shred straw carrots.
4. In a large bowl, combine the fried onions with hearts and carrots, add all the sour cream at once and season with spices. Stir.
5. Put the mixture in pots, cover and send to the oven. Bake for 45-50 minutes at 190 degrees.
6. You can make the same dish in layers: onions, hearts, carrots. Each ingredient needs to be sprinkled with spices, sour cream is laid out on top.
Chicken hearts with onions in a creamy sauce
Another variant of an amazing dish of chicken hearts with onions. The proportion of sauce needs low-fat cream up to 15%. If there is a product with high fat content, then it can be diluted with milk or just boiled water.
Ingredients
• 50 grams of butter;
• 0.4 liters of cream;
• 0.6 kg of hearts;
• 2 large onion heads;
• salt pepper;
• 1 clove of garlic.
Cooking
1. Boil the hearts in boiling water for half an hour. Then cool and cut as you like. You can just cut in half, circles, slices or small straws.
2. We also cut the onion in any way and send it to the pan with melted recipe oil. Fry.
3. Add flour to the onion, stir.
4. After half a minute, pour in a thin stream of cream. Stir intensively at the place of contact with the pan so that the sauce does not seize lumps.
5. Warm the cream with onions and add the hearts.
6. Throw salt, pepper. You can immediately add garlic or leave it last, depending on the desired result.
7. Cover and languish the hearts in the sauce for about five minutes, so that the slices are well saturated.
Fried chicken hearts with onions and mushrooms
For fried chicken hearts with onions, ordinary mushrooms will be used. The dish is cooked in two pans.
Ingredients
• 0.5 kg of champignons;
• 3 onion heads;
• 0.5 kg of hearts;
• 60 ml of oil;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 2 tablespoons sour cream;
• 5 branches of dill.
Cooking
1. Divide the oil in half and pour into different pans.
2. Cut the mushrooms into slices and spread in oil. We fry under the lid until almost ready.
3. We cut hearts into quarters and also send them to our skillet. Stew for 15 minutes under the lid.
4. Shred the onion, open the hearts and add to them. Fry together for another five minutes.
5. We shift the prepared mushrooms in a pan to the hearts. You can and vice versa, we look at the capacity of the dishes.
6. Add salt, pepper and put sour cream. It will combine the taste of all components.
7. Stir and fry for another three minutes.
Chicken hearts with onions and carrots in cheese
Another recipe for chicken hearts with onions and carrots in the oven. The cheese is used hard, easily melted. It is not necessary to use mayonnaise, sour cream in the same amount is also suitable.
Ingredients
• 0.7 kg of hearts;
• 0.2 kg of onions;
• 0.2 kg of carrots;
• 0.2 kg of cheese;
• 0.12 kg of mayonnaise;
• seasonings.
Cooking
1. Cut the onion into thin rings, transfer to a greased form.
2. The washed hearts are cut into halves, laid on top of the onion. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. You can take any mixture for meat or chicken.
3. Now the turn of carrots. We also cut it into thin strips and lay it on top of hearts. You can use a grater, but the chips should be large and not thin.
4. Pour the top with lightly salted mayonnaise and put the dish in the oven.
5. Bake for 25 minutes at 190, then remove. We fall asleep on top with grated cheese and set a second time. Fry until golden brown for about 20 minutes.
Chicken hearts with onions - useful tips and tricks
• If frozen hearts are used, it is important to thaw them correctly. It is advisable not to use a microwave for these purposes. It is better to leave the product on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator overnight. To quickly defrost hearts, you can place them in salted cold water.
• Not only main dishes can be prepared from hearts. They show themselves perfectly in soups, pastes, fillings for pancakes and pies. They can be added to different mincemeats for dumplings, casseroles, meatballs and other dishes.
• There is a lot of fat on the hearts, but it is not necessary to throw it away. It is suitable for food, it can be added to different dishes and used for frying.
