Chicken kidneys are a fairly specific offal that can have an unpleasant odor. Before starting the heat treatment, cold should be carried out and soaked in liquid. Better for a long time - at night or at least 2-3 hours.
Soak is necessary in water or milk, which is a wonderful absorber of unpleasant odors. It is necessary to boil, changing the water, draining it at least 2 times.
The ratio of water and kidneys is 2 to 1, i.e. liquid should be twice as much. This is necessary because a lot of waste is released into the water. And with a small amount of it, the offal can stick to the bottom of the pan. Cooking time is 1-1.5 hours. Kidney broth is not used for food.
Below are the most popular chicken kidney recipes.
Skewer appetizer
It is required:
- kidneys - 400 grams;
- milk - 1 liter;
- smoked ham - 200 grams;
- bay leaf - 1 piece
How to cook chicken kidneys:
STEP 1: Rinse offal carefully, divide into several parts and add water for several hours. Then change the liquid and boil until half cooked.
STEP 2: Boil milk with bay leaf and pour the kidneys for five hours. This will help get rid of bad smell.
STEP 3: Then wrap the semi-finished product with a strip of ham and string on a skewer (or toothpick).
STEP 4: Lay out the baking paper on a baking sheet and lay out the snack. Put in an oven preheated to 180 degrees and bake for an hour.
The ham will melt a little and give its juice to the product. The appetizer will turn out juicy with a smack smack.
Chicken kidney in sour cream (yogurt)
It will be required:
- kidneys - 700 grams;
- sour cream (unsweetened yogurt in a dietary version) - 200 grams;
- champignon mushrooms - 500 grams;
- onion - 1 piece;
- pickled cucumbers - 2-3 pieces;
- vegetable oil - for frying;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Cooking Chicken Kidneys:
STEP 1: Cut the by-product into two parts, remove the film. First of all, before starting cooking, it is advisable to soak the kidneys for 2-3 hours in cool water, changing it periodically. Then put on fire, bring to a boil, drain the water. Pour clean, let it boil again. And so three times until the kidneys are ready.
STEP 2: Divide the finished kidneys into several parts and fry a little in vegetable oil.
STEP 3: Rinse the mushrooms thoroughly. Peel the onion. Chop the mushrooms and onion, add to the kidneys and stew for 10-15 minutes.
STEP 4: Chop pickled cucumbers, combine with kidneys, mushrooms and onions. Cover and simmer for five minutes.
STEP 5: Then pour sour cream or yogurt, salt and pepper. Simmer for another 10-15 minutes, stirring constantly.
Pickle
It will be required:
- kidneys - 700 grams;
- pickles - 3 pieces;
- barley - 3-4 tablespoons;
- potato tubers - 3 pieces;
- carrots - 1 piece;
- onion - 2 pieces;
- chicken broth (meat broth, but not left after cooking the kidneys) - 1.5 liters;
- peppercorns - 2 pieces;
- salt;
- small bay leaf;
- Fresh parsley - 2-3 branches.
STEP 1: Pre-rinse the offal carefully and boil, draining the water twice.
STEP 2: Stew pickles with a small onion for 15 minutes to make them softer.
STEP 3: Boiled peeled tubers in broth.
STEP 4: Finely chop the carrots and onions, sauté.
STEP 5: Add 2 peas of pepper to the broth with boiled potatoes.
STEP 6: Separate the kidneys into slices, removing the veins and add to the broth. Also add sautéed onion with carrots and roasted cucumber.
STEP 7: To add flavor, dip a small bay leaf into the broth and add salt to taste.
STEP 8: The final ingredient will be barley (pre-boiled), kidneys and finely chopped parsley. Bring to a boil, let it brew and serve.
Simple salad
It will be required:
- kidneys - 500 grams;
- pickled cucumbers - 5 pieces;
- onion - 2 pieces;
- butter - 50 grams;
- salt;
- mayonnaise.
STEP 1: Rinse offal, boil until cooked. Chop straws.
STEP 2: Peel the onion, chop in half rings and fry in melted butter. Allow to cool and add to salad.
STEP 3: Free the cucumbers from the peel and seeds, chop with thin bars.
STEP 4: Add salt and mayonnaise as long as it takes the salad.
With bean stew
Required:
- kidneys - 300 grams;
- beans - 250 grams;
- fat - 50 grams;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- sour cream - 200 grams;
- onion - 2 pieces;
- salt to taste;
- pepper - to taste;
- dill, parsley - to taste.
Chicken kidney recipe:
STEP 1: Before cooking, rinse and fill the kidneys with water for 3-4 hours.
STEP 2: Beans should also be soaked, so it will cook faster.
STEP 3: Cut the medium-sized bulbs into rings.
STEP 4: Boil offal, beans and onions until cooked.
STEP 5: Chop the garlic and herbs into a saucepan. Salt, pepper and add sour cream. Cover, simmer for 15 minutes.
Buds in a pot
Essential Ingredients:
- kidneys - 700 grams;
- vegetables to taste - 500 grams;
- mayonnaise - 150 grams;
- hard cheese - 200 grams;
- greens - 1 bunch;
- spices to taste.
STEP 1: Soak offal, cook until half cooked. Cut into several parts, add salt. Put on the bottom of the pots.
STEP 2: Rinse vegetables, chop and grease with mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Sort by forms. Put in an unheated oven, as the form may burst. Bake for one hour at a temperature of 170 degrees.
STEP 3: Grate the cheese, chop the greens. Remove the pots, add cheese with herbs and bake for another 15 minutes.
STEP 4: Serve the finished dish in portions in a pot.
Stewed with boiled potatoes
Required:
- chicken kidneys - 800 grams;
- carrots - 3 pieces;
- onion - 3 pieces;
- vegetable oil - for frying;
- spices "Provencal herbs" - to taste;
- salt;
- Boiled potatoes.
STEP 1: Before starting cooking, the offal should be washed, divided into parts and soaked for a couple of hours. Then bring to a boil, so blood comes out of the kidneys. Drain, pour clean. Cook until tender.
STEP 2: Peel onions and carrots, chop with straws. Passer.
STEP 3: Add the kidneys and continue to fry over medium heat until golden brown. Salt and add spices. To languish for 20 minutes. Serve with boiled potato tubers.
Liver pies
Filling:
- chicken liver (liver, kidneys, heart, lungs) - 1 kilogram;
- onion - 500 grams;
- vegetable oil - for frying;
- salt pepper.
Dough:
- dry yeast - 1 teaspoon with a hill;
- sugar - 2 tablespoons;
- water - 50 ml for dough;
- eggs at room temperature - 2 pieces;
- salt - 1 teaspoon;
- butter (butter or vegetable) - 80 grams;
- milk - 170 grams;
- flour - 500 grams.
Cooking toppings:
STEP 1: Chicken liver is cold-treated, canals and ducts are carefully removed. Soak for two hours in water. Drain, pour clean water and bring to a boil. Repeat the draining / pouring procedure. Boil over low heat until cooked for about one hour.
STEP 2: Chop the onion and sauté in oil.
STEP 3: Scroll the liver through a meat grinder, combine with onions. Fry for five minutes.
This liver can also be served as a full meal. For example, with rice or pasta.
Preparation of the test:
STEP 1: First make a dough. Combine 50 ml of warm water, a pinch of sugar and yeast. Let rise.
STEP 2: Beat the eggs, add sugar, beat with a mixer. Salt and whisk a little more.
STEP 3: Melt the butter a little, sift the flour. Combine the dough with flour and milk, mix thoroughly. Add oil and mix again. Knead the dough should be at least five minutes.
STEP 4: Cover with foil and leave for 90 minutes. Then wrinkle thoroughly and set aside again for 50 minutes. The dough is ready.
It remains to fashion the pies and put in a preheated oven until a golden crust is formed.
Offal with soy sauce
It will be required:
- kidneys - 500 grams;
- onion - 200 grams;
- garlic - 100 grams;
- salt - 0.5 tablespoon;
- sweet pepper - 0.5 tablespoon;
- hot pepper - 0.5 tablespoon;
- spices to taste;
- olive oil - 100 ml;
- soy sauce - 100 ml;
- lettuce leaves.
STEP 1: Rinse the kidneys, remove the skin, fat and veins. Make small cuts so they cook faster.
STEP 2: Coarsely chop the garlic and onion with petals, mix pepper and spices.
STEP 3: Fry the offal in a frying pan in heated olive oil. At maximum temperature, stirring quickly, evaporate the kidney juice and bring to readiness.
STEP 4: Add the garlic, onion and all the spices. Mix and simmer a couple of minutes.
STEP 5: Pour in soya sauce, cover, cover for another five minutes.
Serve the dish with lettuce.
A variety of dishes can be prepared from chicken kidneys, serving them as a side dish or using them yourself.
In any case, while observing the cooking technology, the product turns out to be tasty and juicy, and the guests will be delighted with the culinary skills of the owners.