Pancakes are an original Russian dish, a mention of which can be found in folk works, proverbs and sayings. The dough is prepared for him in milk, so it is tender and tasty in itself, however, pancakes are often used with filling. It can be a sweet curd mass with raisins and dried apricots, jam or berries, grated with sugar. Very nutritious products with meat filling are obtained.
In the article we will tell how to cook pancakes from chicken liver, how to knead the dough correctly, how to make the filling only from this offal or with the addition of interesting ingredients. Detailed instructions for doing the job will help novice housewives prepare pancakes for their family for breakfast or dinner, because not only adults, but also kids will be happy with this dish.
How to make pancake dough
Now you can easily buy ready-made pancakes in the store, but most often they are made on water with the addition of starch, so their taste is a little lame. If you want to really please loved ones with your culinary skills, then make the dough and fry them yourself, especially since it is not as difficult as it seems at first glance. Many believe that pancakes are prepared for a very long time, but this is not entirely true.
The dough is made liquid, so it is poured into a heated pan with a thin layer. A few moments are enough - and you can turn on the other side. If you fry them in advance, before use, simply put the filling on a sheet and wrap it with an envelope or tube. It remains to warm pancakes from chicken liver in a pan - and you can serve it on the table. It is better to eat them in a warm form.
Essential Dough Ingredients
This is an original recipe, which includes mineral water with gas. Her presence makes the dough more airy and tender. So take:
- 1 cup of milk.
- The same amount of mineral water.
- The same amount of white sifted flour.
- 1 tbsp. l granulated sugar.
- A pinch of salt and as much soda slaked in vinegar.
- 3 chicken eggs.
In a bowl, mix milk with mineral water, add flour and sugar, mix thoroughly so that no lumps remain. Then add salt and vinegar slaked in vinegar. If you have not encountered this process before, then follow the instructions - put a pinch of baking soda in a tablespoon and add vinegar, but not to the top, since during the active chemical reaction of quenching, the contents may spill out. For vinegar to react with all soda, you can stir the mixture with a teaspoon. Then slaked soda is poured into a bowl with the dough and re-mixed.
Beat the eggs in a separate bowl and only then pour a homogeneous mass into the pancake mixture. It is advisable to hold the eggs for some time in the refrigerator, then they will be better to beat. The finished dough should stand for 20 or 30 minutes, and in the meantime, you can prepare the filling for chicken liver pancakes.
A simple test recipe
Let's look at another option for making pancake dough, which is faster and easier than the previous sample. Such products will be required:
- Wheat flour - 2 cups.
- Milk - 3 cups.
- Sunflower oil - half a glass.
- A pinch of salt.
- 3 chicken eggs.
The dough for pancakes from chicken liver is made quickly, because all the ingredients are immediately placed in a bowl and whisk in a homogeneous mass. Set aside the finished dough for at least 20 minutes, stand still and you can start to fry them. Before pouring the dough into the pan, pour 1 tbsp. l vegetable oil and spread it over the entire surface. There should be no liquid in the container, only the bottom is wiped with oil.
Boiled liver filling
If you want to make tender pancakes from chicken liver, then it is best to do this with boiled offal. The liver needs to be washed, remove the yellow spots, sometimes remaining after cutting the gall bladder, so that they do not give bitterness to the meat.
Then put it in a pan, draw water, add a pinch of salt and put on fire. After boiling, carefully remove the foam with a slotted spoon and cook for half an hour. Then cool it a little and carefully sort it out, removing the veins. Next, work is done on the actual stuffing.
For 500 grams of chicken liver, you need 2 medium onions and 1 large carrot. Peel the vegetables and chop finely. Pour vegetable oil into a preheated pan and add the onion chopped into cubes. When it becomes transparent and takes on a hue of golden color, drop the grated carrots and simmer until soft. Pass the boiled liver, cleaned from excess, through a meat grinder and toss in a frying pan to cooked vegetables, mix, lightly salt and pepper if desired, and after making a minimum fire, simmer everything together for 5 minutes to make the minced meat juicy.
If you cook pancakes from chicken liver according to a recipe for children, then it is best to grind the frying in a meat grinder too, so that the baby does not begin to look for pieces of onion. It remains to stuff pancakes with cooked filling. To do this, lay a tablespoon of minced meat in the center of the circle and wrap all sides in the middle. The result is a rectangular or square envelope. When the pancakes are stuffed, put them on a preheated pan and fry on both sides until golden brown. Serve immediately warm.
Egg filling
Pancakes from chicken liver (photo in the article) can be made not only with the liver. Often use additional ingredients in the stuffing. So, a more satisfying option is pancakes with boiled eggs. For 500 grams of chicken liver, cook 1 large onion, 1 medium-sized carrot and 1 boiled egg. First clean the liver from films and veins and fry in vegetable oil until light. Put the semi-finished liver in a bowl, wash the pan or use another and cook the onion and carrot roast, as in the previous recipe.
After cooling, pass all products through a meat grinder. Stuff the minced meat and pepper, add the boiled egg chopped with a fork and mix thoroughly. Everything, you can stuff the pancakes with minced meat.
Cooking fill
To make pancakes from chicken liver (a recipe with a photo in the article) turned out tender and juicy, you can put them out in sauce. After all the pancakes are stuffed, put them in a deep pan with a removable handle. Separately, in a bowl, mix 200 ml of thick sour cream with 1 egg, salt and mix. Pour pancakes into the pan with the resulting mixture and put in the oven for 20 minutes, preheated to 180 degrees. Sometimes check that the pancakes do not start to burn. You need to remove it immediately after the formation of a golden crust on the fill.
Rice Pancakes
Favorite childhood pancakes with meat and rice can be made from chicken liver. Boil the rice in salt water in advance until cooked. The liver can be cooked both boiled and fried.
In a meat grinder, grind the offal along with the frying, which is done in a way familiar to readers. Then mix boiled rice with minced meat, salt and pepper if desired. Such pancakes with chicken liver and rice are hearty, so you can give your husband to work with you or cook for the whole family for lunch.
Raw minced option
Depending on the required number of pancakes, buy 0.5 or 1 kg of liver, rinse it, remove the films and veins and twist in a raw meat grinder. Peel 2 onions and 1 carrot separately and cut into small cubes or half rings. Sauté. When the frying is almost ready, pour the raw minced meat into the pan and, stirring constantly with a spoon, bring it to readiness. At the end, sprinkle with a pinch of salt and taste to taste.
In the article, we shared with you popular recipes for cooking both pancake dough and minced liver. Cook with pleasure and delight family members with delicious dishes!