One of the oldest human activities is cooking. Moreover, if our ancient ancestors tried to do this simply to make it tasty and satisfying, then modern culinary specialists adhere to a slightly different policy. Food must be not only tasty, attractive in appearance, color and smell, but also useful for the human body.
As you know, one of the most healthy foods is meat. But just talking about cooking meat would be commonplace and simple. There are a lot of recipes for meat dishes. But culinary recipes, so to speak, of a narrower focus, are of great interest. Today I would like to discuss offal, in particular, the liver. For hundreds of years, mankind has been eating the liver of various animals: goose, chicken, beef, pork, turkey, as well as the liver of fish (cod).
Today we offer a variety of recipes, the main ingredient of which will be the liver. Moreover, the recipe will be quite diverse. But before you start cooking, we advise you to determine the type of offal. The liver of different animals has different properties, a special list of useful vitamins and minerals.
The benefits of the liver
Beef liver is considered the most useful. Doctors constantly repeat about a balanced set of vitamins and minerals that make up its composition. Dishes from the liver have a low fat content, are quickly and easily absorbed, and are also characterized by increased nutritional value. By eating beef liver, you can normalize the quality of sleep, the nervous system, strengthen blood vessels, improve brain activity, prevent cancer, swelling, atherosclerosis and muscle cramps.
Chicken offal, which is also a popular ingredient for cooking delicious liver dishes, is high in protein. This fact suggests that the chicken liver has somewhat succeeded in this regard. It is the chicken liver that is most often eaten by those who monitor their diet, adhere to a diet.
Dishes with chicken liver are characterized by a high content of folic acid, which positively affects the immune system. In addition, the chicken liver contains a large amount of vitamin A, which is indispensable for the skin and eyes, as well as the norm of the daily iron, which favorably affects the work of the cardiovascular system, treats anemia, and stimulates the brain.
Pork, duck, turkey liver also refers to healthy, low-calorie dishes that transmit a lot of vitamins and minerals to our body.
Pork liver with pickles
Many housewives call this salad masculine, "marital", brutal. The selection of ingredients is so simple and affordable that a man who has never stood at the stove can cook a dish. In addition, the salad is very nutritious and satisfying, and what more does a tired man who comes home from work need.
List of ingredients
- 460 g in pork liver.
- Two pickles.
- 3 chicken eggs.
- 120 g of cheese.
- Mayonnaise.
- Spices, salt.
Description of the cooking process
A well-washed liver is sent to a pot of water. Do not forget to add a few peas of pepper, salt. Cook over medium heat for about 25 minutes. Cool a bit. We cut into strips. Add salt in a separate bowl and add ground pepper. It is not recommended to add too much salt, as pickles and mayonnaise will be present in the dish.
Just pickled cucumber will be the second ingredient that must be added to this dish from pork liver. We cut it into strips, send it to the pork product. Boil chicken eggs, cool, cut into cubes. Grind cheese with a coarse grater. Mix all the ingredients. Generously add mayonnaise, mix.
Rabbit liver with apples
This is perhaps one of the simplest recipes for delicious liver dishes. Moreover, despite the minimum set of ingredients, the liver with apples turns out to be amazingly tender, mouth-watering and satisfying. This is a great option for a Sunday dinner.
Grocery list
- Two sweet and sour apples.
- 420 g of rabbit liver.
- 2 large red onions.
Description of cooking steps
First of all, remove the films, veins, fats and wash the liver in water. Cut into small pieces, send to the pan. At medium temperature, in a small amount of olive oil, it is fried for 5-10 minutes. After ten minutes, you can add half a glass of water. We add a little fire. We languish for another 10 minutes, constantly checking with a fork. As soon as the blood stops flowing from the puncture, the liver is ready. If you replace the rabbit liver with pork or beef, immediately immediately double the cooking time.
Fry the onion rings in a separate pan. The apple is peeled, cut into strips. A bit of salt. Send the apple to the onion, mix thoroughly. Fry for another 5 minutes.
Mix well-done liver with apples and onions. Add parsley or dill. First we spread the pieces of the liver on the plate, and on top in the form of a fur coat add onions and apples.
Liver chops
This is a very simple and understandable recipe for beef liver dishes. As you know, the liver turns out to be quite rigid in taste if it is simply fried in pieces. But if you cook chops from offal, then they always turn out to be exclusively juicy, very tasty and soft.
Required
- 480 grams of beef liver.
- Vegetable oil.
- 3 tbsp. l flour.
- Two eggs.
- A pinch of ground pepper, sugar, salt.
Description of the process of cooking beef liver dishes
At the initial stage of preparing offal for cooking, all the manipulations are almost the same: rinse, cut the films, dry well and cut into portioned pieces. And if chops are prepared, as in our case, then the pieces should be the size of half a palm. Each piece with a kitchen hammer is beaten, sprinkled with spices, sugar and salt.
During the preparation of chops, clothing should always be secured by wrapping a piece of meat or liver in a plastic bag. The spray will be much less. In a separate container, mix a pinch of salt with eggs. Pour a little flour into a flat plate. Dip the liver chop in the egg, then dip in flour. Fry from 2 sides until golden brown. As a side dish, it is recommended to serve pasta, boiled rice or mashed potatoes.
Asian Chicken Liver Salad
This recipe for a delicious chicken liver dish is a rather spicy combination of ingredients. Moreover, despite the eastern orientation, all products for cooking are available and inexpensive. Special efforts in the cooking process will also not be required.
Product List
- 280 g chicken liver.
- 3 large carrots.
- 5 heads of garlic.
- Sugar.
- Vinegar.
- Salt.
- Canned corn.
- Vegetable oil.
- 140 g of mayonnaise.
How to cook
Korean carrots are used in this simple chicken liver dish. Of course, this ingredient can be purchased ready-made, but we suggest making it yourself. First you need to peel and grate the carrots. It should be a rather long, but thin straw. Peel the garlic. Grind each clove with a garlic press. Add sugar, garlic, salt to carrots. You can use ready-made seasoning for Korean carrots. Sprinkle the vegetable with vinegar, add vegetable oil and a little pepper. Mix thoroughly, try, adjusting the dish to your own taste.
We wash the chicken liver, cut into slices, fry. 2-3 minutes are enough for the liver to be ready. Mix the slightly cooled chicken liver with carrots, add the corn and mayonnaise.
Bean and Chicken Liver Salad
This chicken liver dish is not only simple, but also quick to cook. Salad is quite satisfying, high-calorie and nutritious.
Ingredients
- 240 g of chicken liver.
- Two pickles.
- Canned Beans.
- 60 g of carrots.
- Salt.
- Oil.
- Mayonnaise.
- Half the onion.
How to cook
Mistresses always note the fact that delicious chicken liver dishes are simple and easy to prepare. This salad is no exception. Most of the time - 15 minutes - will be required to fry the liver. Do not forget to pre-clean it of films, wash with cold water and dry. Slicing - thin long bars.
During the time when the chicken liver is fried, you can drain the water from the beans, chop the onions in half rings, rub the carrots, cut the cucumber into strips. From carrots and onions, frying in vegetable oil is done. We mix the prepared ingredients among themselves, seasoning with mayonnaise. But many housewives prefer to make puff salad using a special salad ring. The dish is decorated with fresh herbs.
Oven-baked chicken liver with apples
This recipe for chicken liver dishes may well qualify for the main role on the festive table. The dish is very original in appearance and incredibly tasty. Judging by the reviews, baked liver with apples is a very fragrant and delicate combination of products. Yes, and prepare the dish very quickly, without requiring special culinary skills.
Required
- 690 g of chicken liver.
- 3 large green apples.
- Two onions.
- 70 g of flour.
- Spice mix: coriander, pepper, salt, nutmeg.
- Vegetable oil.
Description of the main steps
For this liver dish, you need high-quality and fresh chicken offal. It must be washed, dried with a paper towel and cut into portions. Onions are cut in large enough half rings. Apples are peeled and cut into cubes. The onion is slightly fried. After 7 minutes, apples are added to it. Fry until apples are soft. We spread the liver, apples, onions in a baking dish. Add the spices. Bake for 15 minutes at 190 degrees.
Pork liver salad with mushrooms
This recipe for a simple liver dish is very much appreciated by the hostesses for the speed of preparation. Despite the minimum cooking time, the dish is worthy of a festive table. The salad is quite high-calorie, this should be taken into account.
What products are needed
- 240 g of pork liver.
- Pickle.
- 2 potatoes.
- 220 g pickled champignons.
- Two chicken eggs.
- Mayonnaise.
- Greens.
- Salt.
Cooking
We put a pot of salt water on the stove. Pre-rid of films and other "unnecessary" liver cut into strips. We send to cook for 15 minutes. A spicy hint of offal will be added to the bay leaf added during cooking. Potatoes are boiled "in their uniforms", cooled, cut into small cubes. We cut champignons and cucumbers in the same slices. We mix all the prepared ingredients, add mayonnaise and herbs.
Sour cream stewed liver
It is believed that pork liver dishes are tough and have a specific taste. In fact, if you cook the pork offal correctly, the dish will turn out to be refined and very tasty.
What is required for the recipe
- 570 g of pork liver.
- 230 g sour cream.
- 160 ml of milk.
- A spoonful of flour.
- 3 cloves of garlic.
- A spoon of mustard.
- Coriander, salt, vegetable oil, ground pepper.
- 60 ml of water.
How to cook a dish
This is a delicious simple liver dish. The main thing is to correctly approach the process as a whole and the preparatory stage - in particular.
Pork liver must be freed from the films, thoroughly washed, dried and cut into small pieces. Pour the chopped offal with milk and leave it alone for 30 minutes. After a specified period of time, drain the milk. If there is no milk, then you can fill the offal with plain water. Just do not forget to change it, drain every 15 minutes. By the way, milk added during the process of quenching the liver will also relieve the product of bitterness and unpleasant aroma.
In a pan with oil, spread half the onion rings and garlic, cut into cubes. Lightly fry. Add the liver soaked in milk. Sprinkle with spices and salt. Fry for 7 minutes. In a small plate, mix water, sour cream, mustard and flour. Pour the resulting mixture into a pan. Stew the liver under the lid for 10 minutes. When serving, decorate the liver dish with fresh herbs.
Tomato and liver salad
- 280 g of the liver.
- Chives.
- 6 cherry tomatoes.
- 2 cloves of garlic.
- Lettuce leaves.
- Mayonnaise or olive oil for dressing (depending on the permissible and desired calorie content).
How to make a salad
The liver is boiled in water with the addition of salt, bay leaf and peppercorns. A rich broth adds taste and aroma to the offal. And he, in turn, shares it with other ingredients of the dish. It cools, cut into long sticks. Mixed with finely chopped green onions, cherry tomatoes and chopped garlic cloves. If you want to cook a more satisfying and high-calorie dish, then we season the salad with mayonnaise (better than home cooking). And if you plan to prepare a dietary light salad, then we prefer olive oil or mustard oil dressing.