Beef heart is considered one of the most useful offal actively used in cooking. It is served in baked, fried or stewed form. After reviewing today's publication, you will understand how and how much to cook a beef heart in a slow cooker.
Option with vegetables
A dish prepared using this technology is not only tasty and aromatic, but also very healthy. It can be served for family lunch or dinner. An important role is played by the fact that the main part of the products used in the process is almost always in every kitchen. To make a satisfying beef heart (a recipe in a slow cooker will be discussed below) you will need:
- A pound of ripe tomatoes.
- Six hundred grams of beef heart.
- Parsley root.
- Three potatoes and carrots.
- A pair of onion heads.
- Two pickles.
Before you cook a beef heart, the recipes of which are presented in today's article, check if you have a bunch of fresh parsley on hand. Plus, you should definitely have some salt, quality vegetable oil and black pepper.
Process description
First of all, attention should be paid to the preparation of the main ingredient. It is thoroughly washed, freed from excess fat and soaked in cold water. After three hours, the beef heart (the recipe in the slow cooker will probably be in your home collection) is laid out in the appliance bowl, poured with boiling water and cooked in the “Stew” mode. After two and a half hours, it is slightly salted and boiled for another thirty minutes. After this, the broth is poured into a separate container, and the finished offal is removed from the device and placed in cold water. After about a quarter of an hour, it is cut across the fibers and removed to the side.
In a multicooker bowl, greased with any vegetable oil, put pre-washed, peeled and chopped vegetables (potatoes, carrots and onions) and fry them for ten minutes. Then they add chopped and free from seeds pickles, pieces of blanched tomatoes and a boiled heart, activate the "Multipovar" mode and set the timer for half an hour. A couple of minutes before the end of the process, chopped parsley greens are added to the bowl of the device. Ready beef heart (the recipe in the slow cooker can be viewed a little higher) is served hot.
Sour cream option
The offal, prepared using the technology described below, is incredibly juicy and soft. Its delicate taste goes well with pasta, cereals and boiled potatoes. Due to the fact that in the composition of this dish there are no harmful additives, it can be given even to children. Before you cook a beef heart, the recipes of which are likely to appear on the pages of your personal cookbook, be sure to go to the nearest grocery store. In this case, you will need:
- A pair of medium onions.
- Six hundred grams of fresh beef heart.
- A glass of not too oily sour cream and drinking water.
- A tablespoon of wheat flour.
To make a fragrant and tasty beef heart, the recipe in a slow cooker involves the use of vegetable oil, salt, spices and fresh herbs.
Action algorithm
Pre-washed, dried and cut into small pieces of offal is placed in a slow cooker, greased with any vegetable oil, slightly salted, pepper and fry until half cooked. After that, a tablespoon of wheat flour and chopped onions are added to the bowl of the device. Drinking water and sour cream dissolved in it are poured there. All is well mixed and cooked in the “Extinguishing” mode for one and a half hours. The finished dish is decorated with chopped herbs and served to the table.
In addition to onions, mushrooms, eggplant, green peas, corn, zucchini, bell pepper or any other vegetables can be added to this recipe. You can also experiment with gravy. When we cook a beef heart in a slow cooker, instead of sour cream, you can use tomato paste, Korean, Thai, sweet and sour or hot purchased sauce. As a result, you will get a completely new, but no less tasty dish.