Chicken Hearts: Recipes For A Delicious Dish In Sour Cream, With Onions And Carrots, In A Slow Cooker And An Oven, Instructions With Photos And Videos

2025 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:41

Cooking chicken hearts the right way: a selection of simple and delicious dishes

Chicken hearts are low-calorie, high-protein foods. They also contain a lot of essential amino acids, iron and B vitamins. Chicken heart dishes are especially useful for children, the elderly and those who suffer from anemia, since these by-products contain special copper compounds that increase the level of hemoglobin in the body.

Content

• 1 Recommendations for the selection and preparation of chicken hearts

• 2 Recipes for cooking chicken hearts

  • 2.1 In a creamy sauce with onions and carrots
  • 2.2 Oven-baked chicken heart skewers
  • 2.3 Hearts in tomato and soy sauce
  • 2.4 Video: chicken hearts in sour cream, cooked in a slow cooker

Recommendations for the selection and preparation of chicken hearts

In order for a dish of chicken hearts to turn out delicious, you need to know a few tricks. They will help not only save time spent in the kitchen, but also allow you to please your household with a real culinary masterpiece.

Choose chilled hearts. This will reduce moisture loss during defrosting and preserve juiciness.

When buying, pay attention to the color and structure of the offal: fresh chicken hearts should be dense, smooth and have a dark burgundy color

Always prepare hearts very carefully for cooking. Do not leave blood clots inside them, and be sure to remove films and fat that are on the surface.

Blood, films and fatty areas can adversely affect the taste of the finished meal.

A chicken heart is a muscle. Like any muscle tissue, it can be tough. To achieve a delicate texture in a dish, experienced chefs advise holding chicken hearts in milk before cooking.

It is enough to hold the offal in milk for just one hour, and the taste of the finished dish will become much softer.

Chicken Heart Recipes

The recipes presented are simple, and the ingredients listed are available and inexpensive.

In a creamy sauce with onions and carrots

Stewing in cream softens the chicken hearts and makes the finished dish incredibly tender.

This recipe uses:

• 700 g of chicken hearts;
• 2 onions;
• 1 carrot;
• 3 cloves of garlic;
• 50 g butter;
• 100 ml cream (10%);
• 1/3 tsp black pepper;
• 1/2 tsp sea salt;
• a pinch of turmeric.

Recipe:

1. Treat offal by removing waste.

   

   The more thoroughly you clean the hearts of waste, the more delicate the taste of the finished dish will be.

2. Peel and chop the onion.

   

   It is better to cut the onion into medium-sized cubes, so it will have time to stew properly.

3. Peel the carrots. Cut it into cubes.

   

   Do not use tough and old root vegetables for cooking, it is better to take young carrots

4. Chop the garlic.

   

   Chop the garlic with a sharp knife to chop

5. Dissolve the butter in a skillet.

   

   Be careful not to burn and smoke the butter

6. Place chicken hearts and vegetables in a skillet with butter. Fry them for 10-15 minutes.

   

   It is best to fry the offal with vegetables over medium heat so that the onions and carrots do not burn

7. Add black pepper and salt.

   

   If possible, it is better to use pepper coarsely ground, and salt in large crystals

8. Add a pinch of turmeric.

   

   Turmeric has a spicy aroma and gives the dish an appetizing color

9. Fry offal with vegetables for another 5 minutes and pour in the cream.

   

   It is better to preheat the cream to a temperature of 40-45 °

10. Hearts need to sweat under the lid for 10-15 minutes, after which they can be served.

As a side dish, boiled buckwheat, rice or mashed potatoes go very well with this dish.

Oven-baked chicken heart skewers

These spicy kebabs can be served as a snack. And if you cook sliced vegetables for them, you will get a light and healthy dinner.

Choose large chicken hearts for this dish.

Ingredients:

• 700 g of chicken hearts;
• 2 lemons;
• 150 ml of vegetable oil;
• 3 cloves of garlic;
• a pinch of dry rosemary, mint and thyme;
• 1/2 tsp black pepper;
• 1/2 tsp salt.

Algorithm of actions:

1. Peel the offal.

   

   A little fat on the hearts can be left for more juiciness in the finished dish.

2. Rinse the chicken hearts.

   

   A large colander is convenient for rinsing hearts.

3. Juice the lemons.

   

   Easily and quickly squeeze lemons with a hand-held cone

4. Chop the garlic.

   

   Choose young garlic for this dish, it has a thinner aroma and a more pronounced taste.

5. Pound the herbs in a mortar.

   

   Dry herbs are preferred over fresh herbs in this recipe.

6. Combine lemon juice, dry herbs, black pepper, salt and garlic. Add sunflower oil and stir in the marinade.

   

   For the marinade, you can use not only sunflower oil, you can use corn or peanut oil instead

7. Soak the offal in the marinade for 2 hours, then place the hearts on wooden skewers.

   

   These wooden skewers are sold at hardware and grocery stores.

8. Line a baking sheet with foil, and then place the skewers with hearts strung on them on it. Bake them at 180-200 ° for 25-30 minutes.

   

   Foil will prevent kebabs from burning

9. Sprinkle ready-made kebabs with sesame seeds and serve.

   

   This dish will appeal to both adults and children.

Hearts in tomato and soy sauce

This dish with a bright taste will appeal to lovers of Asian spicy cuisine. Japanese noodles go well with it.

Udon, ramen and somen are made from wheat flour, while soba is made from buckwheat

Ingredients in the recipe:

• 800 g of chicken hearts;
• two onions;
• 5 cloves of garlic;
• 5 tomatoes;
• 50 g butter;
• 3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• 2 tbsp. l. tomato paste;
• 3 tbsp. l. soy sauce;
• 1/2 tsp salt;
• 1/3 tsp black pepper;
• 250 ml hot water;
• fresh herbs (parsley, green onions).

Step by step recipe:

1. Remove films and blood residues from the hearts. Cut each in two.

   

   Slicing chicken hearts this way will allow them to soak better in the sauce.

2. Cut the onion into half rings.

   

   Keep the bulbs fresh and large to give the dish a sweetish note.

3. Coarsely chop the cloves of garlic with a knife.

   

   Coarsely chopped garlic preserves juice and flavor

4. Put the tomatoes in a saucepan and cover with boiling water for 5 minutes.

   

   This culinary trick will help you quickly and easily peel tomatoes.

5. Make a cruciform cut in each tomato and then peel the vegetables off.

   

   Do not skip peeling tomatoes, otherwise the dish will not have the desired texture

6. Heat the oil mixture in a skillet.

   

   A mixture of butter and vegetable oils enriches the taste of the finished dish

7. Then fry the chicken hearts over high heat.

   

   The high temperature of the oil during frying creates a golden brown crust on the surface of the hearts, which prevents the flow of meat juice and makes the offal soft

8. Now put the hearts in a saucepan, add chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, onions, garlic, spices and salt to them. Pour in hot water (37–40 °) and simmer for 30 minutes.

   

   Simmer chicken hearts in tomato sauce over low heat

9. Then add the soy sauce and simmer for another 10 minutes.

   

   Choose soy sauce that is thick, natural and free of foreign additives

10. Chop fresh herbs.

    

    It is not recommended to substitute dill for parsley and green onions in this dish.

11. Put the finished hearts on a plate, add a side dish to them and sprinkle with herbs.

Video: chicken hearts in sour cream, cooked in a slow cooker

In our family, chicken hearts are cooked quite often. Previously, to be honest, I treated this product a little dismissively, believing that by-products could not replace normal meat in the diet. But somehow I tried chicken hearts while visiting, and was pleasantly surprised by the taste of the offered dish.

They have absolutely no unpleasant taste or smell. The only disadvantage is that they need to be very thoroughly cleaned before cooking. All remnants of blood, films and everything that does not cause appetite - into the furnace. In the finished form, chicken hearts are very attractive, especially if they are fried until golden brown.

Delicious chicken heart dishes are perfect for a lunchtime meal or a light dinner. Affordable cost and a variety of recipes allow this meat product to be used for everyday cooking and for festive feasts.