Chicken liver in milk has many advantages compared to similar dishes that are prepared without the help of a dairy product. But in order to make the dish tasty and healthy, you need to know a few secrets of cooking. In addition, the taste can be significantly varied if additional ingredients are used.
How to and why soak the liver in milk?
Any liver is that type of offal, which has a specific smell and taste. To get rid of these unpleasant nuances, you need to use culinary tricks. Often, cooks use a variety of spices, but they will not always be able to remove the bitterness and a specific smell.
Rules on how to soak chicken liver in milk:
- First you need to prepare an offal: remove frozen blood, cut veins and fatty films, rinse the product well.
- First you need to soak the liver in plain water. Only 5-7 minutes are enough. Then it should be washed again in warm water.
- Put the product on a paper towel to get rid of excess moisture.
- Literally after 2-3 minutes, move the chicken liver into a container and pour milk.
- For a quality steeping chicken liver, just two hours is enough.
- Re-wet each piece with a paper towel.
After that, the product is heat treatable.
Taste qualities of a liver soaked in milk
It is believed that chicken liver (in comparison with beef or pork), does not have such specific taste. But at the same time, it still requires additional processing, which consists in milk soaking.
Chicken liver, soaked in milk, acquires the following qualities:
- The fiber of the product becomes more soft and tender.
- Taste is greatly improved, as bitterness is completely removed.
- The offal will become soft and completely remove foreign odors if a frozen product is used.
Herbs or spices can be added to milk. This will make the taste of the liver more piquant and original.
A recipe for a special chicken liver in milk
When there is absolutely no time and a large number of products, then it is worth using elementary recipes. The simplest recipe for making chicken liver in milk can be realized with only 4-5 components. You will need:
- Liver.
- Milk.
- Spice.
- Mushrooms.
- Cheese.
Chicken liver milk recipe is not difficult to implement:
- A kilogram of offal marinate in spices.
- Pour the liver with milk, in the amount of 1 liter.
- Grate the cheese. A prepared product is used to sprinkle food immediately after heat treatment.
- It is worth buying about 0.5 kilograms of mushrooms. Usually use oyster mushrooms or champignons. They need to be cut into thin slices. To prepare the product, you need to fry it in a dry and well-heated pan. This technique will help remove excess moisture.
- Mushrooms are added to the main product a few minutes before being cooked.
The billet can be stewed in a pan or baked in the oven. Additionally, you can use a wide variety of components. Preference should be given to your favorite vegetables.
Liver in milk with onions
This dish has a spicy taste that will complement any side dish. You can eat the liver in milk with onions and without additional components. With a good interpretation, the dish can be a great snack.
Chicken liver in milk with onions prepared from such products:
- 0.5 kilograms of chicken liver.
- Bulb.
- 10 grams of starch (corn).
- A glass of milk.
- Spice.
- Oil for frying.
Preparation consists of the following steps:
- Put the liver on a preheated pan with butter. Fry the product until crusty.
- When the liver gets the right color, you need to pour out finely chopped onions to it.
- Immediately after the onion, the filling is carried out, which consists of a mixture of milk, starch and spices.
- Cover the pan and simmer for half an hour.
In the process of extinguishing, only 2 stirring is made.
Milk liver in a slow cooker
An indispensable home appliance, in terms of quick and high-quality cooking, is a multicooker in the kitchen. Thanks to its unique functions, the chicken liver will turn out to be more tender and juicy.
To cook in a slow cooker you will need these products:
- 0.5 kilogram of offal.
- A piece of butter.
- 0.5 liters of milk.
- Vegetables that you like.
- 100 grams of hard cheese.
- Garlic.
- Spices and herbs.
In a slow cooker, chicken liver in milk with vegetables is prepared in accordance with this technology:
- First you need to cut the offal into small pieces. Pour milk into the product for Β½ hours.
- Straw vegetables. Usually use carrots, onions, potatoes.
- Mix offal, vegetables, spices and herbs. Squeeze a few cloves of garlic.
- Put the mass in the bowl of the multicooker. Pour with milk left over from soaking. Sprinkle with grated cheese and butter on top.
- Select the "Extinguishing" mode and set the timer for 30-35 minutes.