The crock-pot is a universal assistant to all housewives in their chores in the kitchen, we can say that this is a modern "miracle pan". It is multifunctional and very “smart”.
The multicooker has some very positive qualities, however, according to most users, its main positive feature is that you can put all the products in it at one time, set the cooking mode, and calmly leave to do your personal affairs.
Today, for a multicooker, there are many different recipes, in addition, any housewife will be able to easily come up with new dishes. For example, from the liver. The liver is not only tasty, but also an extremely useful food product. It has a lot of vitamin C, thiamine, B vitamins, vitamin A. It is also rich in minerals, such as selenium, phosphorus, iron, zinc and manganese. Thus, the liver is an indispensable product in the human diet. However, preparing this product is not very simple. If you do not fry, it will not be too tasty, if fry it is tough.
Try to cook the liver in a slow cooker, for sure you will like not only the cooking method, but also the wonderful taste of the dish.
You will need: from half a kilogram to a kilogram of liver, a pair of onions, one carrot.
So, prepare the liver in a slow cooker.
The liver needs to be washed, cleaned of films, as you usually do, cut into pieces. Bulbs must be cut into thin half rings. Cut carrots into strips or grate.
Place the liver, carrots, onions in a slow cooker, put black pepper, bay leaf in the same place, any other spices, a little salt, two tablespoons of vegetable oil, you need to mix everything, close the lid, turn on the "Stewing" mode, cooking time - 1 hour.
As you can see, the liver in a slow cooker is prepared very simply, it is quite accessible even to inexperienced housewives.
In the summer, when there are a lot of vegetables, you can add tomatoes, various greens, bell pepper to the listed ingredients, which will help to significantly improve the taste and aroma of this dish.
If you want something more original, then you will like beef liver in a slow cooker with prunes .
You will need:
About 500-600 g of beef liver, a handful of prunes, one onion, soy sauce, salt and oil are not needed.
Prunes need to be poured with boiling water in advance.
Wash the liver, cut into thin bars about 4-5 cm long. Put the liver in a bowl, pour in soy sauce - to taste, the upper pieces should slightly stick out of the sauce. Mix well and leave for a while.
Chop the onion finely. Put in a slow cooker without adding oil - to the "Baking" mode with the lid closed.
Then you need to rinse the prunes, drain the water, chop finely and add to the onion, which will brown for a while. The “Baking” mode should be turned off, mix everything.
Put the liver there - without excess sauce. To mix everything. To close.
Switch on the "Extinguishing" mode for 1 hour.
It is also easy to prepare the liver in a double boiler.
One of the easiest ways to cook a liver in a double boiler is the Spanish braised liver . First, the liver should be washed, cleaned of films, cut into small pieces, put in a pan designed for cooking cereals, and pour a small amount of water. Pour the same wine there, add the peas of black pepper. Cooking the liver is required within 15 minutes.
Then garlic and onions should be peeled and finely chopped. Extinguish them in a saucepan in oil or in a skillet with a small amount of water. Add spices and chopped parsley, then simmer another three minutes.
Add the liver to vegetables, pour in the same broth from the liver, sprinkle with breadcrumbs and continue to simmer a few more minutes.
Serve, garnished with lemon slices.
Thus, if you decide to make the liver in a slow cooker or in a double boiler, you can easily and simply, without much effort and time, prepare delicious dishes in which all useful elements will be stored.