Many recipes use offal. Most often these are stomachs, liver or chicken hearts. From these cheap products you can make a wonderful hearty dinner for the whole family. If you also decided to diversify your home menu, then we suggest you cook today chicken hearts in sour cream with mushrooms. The dish is very satisfying. The meaty taste of chicken hearts harmonizes and combines with mushrooms. The dish is prepared very easily, everyone will cope with it. Of course, the recipe does not pretend to be sophisticated and restaurant-like, but it is perfect for a hearty family dinner in a warm home circle. The dish can be served as a separate independent, or in combination with various side dishes.
List of Essential Ingredients
You will need:
- 580 g of chicken hearts;
- 420 g champignons (forest mushrooms can be used);
- a pinch of salt;
- 220 g sour cream;
- one teaspoon of curry or paprika;
- ground black pepper;
- sunflower oil;
- a pair of large onions;
- fresh greens of dill.
Features of the preparation of chicken hearts with sour cream and mushrooms
The first thing to do is rinse the hearts well. Now we are patient, because you need to cut each heart into two halves. With mushrooms we do almost the same as with offal. They are washed, cleaned and cut into two or four parts. Onions, after they have been peeled, are cut into very small cubes. And we dry the greens of my dill, chop it very finely. All the ingredients are prepared, you can start cooking chicken hearts in sour cream with mushrooms.
For cooking, experienced housewives are advised to use a deep pan with a thick bottom. This is a great dish for frying or stewing meat. Pour a little oil into it, spread the hearts. For 10-12 minutes, over high heat, well-fry offal. A slight golden crust should appear. In another pan, fry the onions for 4 minutes. In the fifth minute, you can add mushrooms to the onion. Fire is medium. Frying time - 7 minutes.
Salt fried chicken hearts, add pepper and curry seasoning. Mix thoroughly. Combine with mushrooms and onions. It remains only to add greasy sour cream, mix the dish well and hide it under the lid. Leave the hearts in this state to stew for 8 minutes. After that, you can turn off the fire, and leave the chicken hearts in sour cream with mushrooms for another three minutes. When serving, sprinkle the dish with plenty of finely chopped dill.
Right choice
When and who was the first to decide to cook chicken offal is unknown. There is evidence that people have long been preparing chicken hearts with mushrooms in sour cream. The recipe is found in the cookbooks of Britain, China and India, dating from the fourteenth century. Quality hearts are dense and elastic, have a dark red color. If the offal is gray or with a purple hue, then you should not purchase it. It must have been re-frozen or stored improperly. The most useful and delicious are considered chilled hearts. Products under a thick layer of snow are clearly frozen several times, it is not recommended to buy.
Cooking use
Chicken hearts are a versatile product for preparing a variety of dishes. They go well with mushrooms, cereals, durum wheat pasta and vegetables. Incredibly delicious will be not only chicken hearts in sour cream with mushrooms, but also with green beans and cream, herbs and tomatoes. Even simply fried, chicken hearts with stewed eggplant, potatoes or wild rice will be great. If you do not want to use a side dish, then you can serve hearts as an independent dish. Cheese, mushroom, vegetable or sour cream sauce will make them interesting. You can also use hot dressings that are served with chicken hearts in Japan, Korea, or China.