The liver is a fast-paced, but at the same time whimsical product. If overexposed, the ingredient becomes tough. Many began to cook the liver in a slow cooker. It is also fast, and the product itself languishes in the bowl, remaining soft. How to cook beef liver in a slow cooker?
There are simple but tasty recipes for the whole family. It is also worth noting that many do not even know how much new can be prepared from the liver. Simply boil pasta or cereals, and a delicious, healthy dinner is ready!
Liver with onions and carrots
This option contains the minimum amount of ingredients. The liver itself is not pre-soaked. Only wash, cut off the existing film. This will help remove tough spots on the product. To cook beef liver in a multicooker according to the recipe, you need to take the following components:
- 500 grams of liver;
- one medium carrot;
- onion head;
- spices to taste;
- vegetable oil.
The liver responds well to the simplest spices, namely salt, ground black pepper. As a variation, you can try adding a mixture of peppers. Fresh parsley also goes well with the liver. So you can sprinkle on her finished dish. However, dried herbs are no less good. It is better to choose not with a very bright aroma, so as not to interrupt the taste of the offal.
How to cook beef liver in a slow cooker?
The washed liver is cut into small cubes. Peeled vegetables. Onions are cut into cubes, and carrots are small straws. Vegetable oil is poured into the bottom of the bowl, slices of the liver are laid. Add selected spices.
Top cover with a layer of onions, and then - from carrots. For juiciness of the final dish, add a glass of pure water. Cook for forty minutes in the "Extinguishing" mode. The indicated time is suitable for beef liver in the Redmond multicooker. The rest should periodically check the product for availability.
When serving, the liver with vegetables can be decorated with fresh herbs. As a side dish, rice, pasta or mashed potatoes are suitable.
Steamed liver: tasty and fast
Many people don’t know that steamed beef liver is delicious! After all, it is traditionally fried or stewed. For such a useful cooking option you need to take:
- 500 grams of beef liver;
- 500 ml of water;
- onion head;
- one carrot;
- a tablespoon of vegetable oil;
- favorite spices.
You will also need a silicone mold for the size of the multicooker bowl. In other words, a steaming bowl. Why is it needed? When using only a standard tray, the juice from the liver leaks, that is, the product itself becomes drier. The silicone form allows you to save precious juice.
Steaming process
How to cook beef liver in a slow cooker? First, they process vegetables, clean them. Carrots are rubbed on a coarse grater, and onions are finely cut into cubes. Set the mode "Frying" for ten minutes, pour vegetable oil into the bowl. After a couple of minutes, it will heat up, so that you can send vegetables to the bowl. Stir them and simmer until the end of the frying cycle.
After they remove the vegetables, they wash the bowl. The liver, pre-sliced and processed, is placed in the silicone mold. Vegetables are laid on it. Set the mold in a steaming bowl. Water is poured into the multicooker bowl. Such a dish of beef liver in a slow cooker is cooked for forty minutes in the "Steaming" mode. It turns out juicy and tender.
Liver with sour cream and fresh mushrooms
How to cook beef liver in a slow cooker so that it looks festive enough? To do this, take the following products:
- kilogram of liver;
- 400 grams of fresh mushrooms;
- onion head;
- two hundred grams of sour cream;
- 1.5 tablespoons of flour;
- vegetable oil and spices.
To start, clean the onion, and then cut it into small cubes. Mushrooms are cut into slices. The liver is processed, films are removed, cut into slices.
The slow cooker is set in the "Baking" mode, a little oil is poured. When it warms up, lay the onion. Without closing the lids, fry it until golden brown, after which mushrooms are introduced. When both products become beautifully fried, remove the ingredients in a separate container.
Add a little oil, put the liver, fry, stirring constantly. After they put onions with mushrooms. Sour cream is introduced, mixed. Turn on the "Extinguishing" mode. They cook beef liver in sour cream in a slow cooker for about forty minutes, then introduce flour and mix thoroughly so that no lumps form. After languishing in the "Baking" mode until boiling, stirring. After disconnecting the device. Mushroom liver is perfect for mashed potatoes. It turns out both a meat dish and a gentle sauce.
Appetizing recipe with prunes and wine
Often the usual options for cooking the liver get bored. Then more non-standard, unusual and still simple recipes are used. This option of cooking the liver allows you to get a tasty, satisfying and unusual dish. For him you need to take:
- onion head;
- half a glass of dry white wine;
- 12 pitted prunes
- 450 grams of the liver;
- glass of water;
- odorless vegetable oil;
- some salt.
Despite the fact that the result is an original and fragrant dish, cooking it is simple. It is immediately worth noting that this option is suitable for any type of liver. Prunes are better to choose fleshy, so that it is sold in a slow cooker, giving its juice and flavor to the dish.
First, peel the onion, cut it into thin half rings. In the slow cooker, turn on the “Baking” mode, pour a little oil, fry the onions for about ten minutes.
After processing the liver, remove the films, cut into small pieces, add to the onion. Stir, fry for another fifteen minutes. Prunes are washed, squeezed, cut into quarters. Soak the berries in boiling water is not necessary. They add wine and water, salt. Cook in the “Baking” mode for at least twenty minutes. Serving such a liver is better with pasta.
Beef liver goulash in a slow cooker
This option includes tomato paste, that is, the finished dish looks elegant and mouth-watering. For this goulash option, you need to take the following products:
- onion head;
- one carrot;
- 600 grams of liver;
- a couple of tablespoons of thick sour cream;
- the same amount of tomato paste;
- some vegetable oil;
- a teaspoon of salt;
- a couple of tablespoons of flour;
- pepper to taste.
This option is good because the liver is wrapped in a tender and bright to taste sauce. It can be served with boiled cereals.
Goulash cooking process
Peeled vegetables. Carrots are rubbed on a coarse grater, onions are cut into thin half rings. In the “Baking” mode, vegetable oil is heated, and then vegetables are sent to be fried. They must change color. After injected chopped liver into small cubes, stir. She must change her color. Tomato paste, sour cream and flour are bred in a small amount of water. Pour the liquid into the bowl, then season with spices to taste.
Such goulash is cooked in the "Stew" mode for an hour. After giving another infuse under the lid for five minutes. When serving, you can sprinkle with chopped parsley leaves.
The liver is a healthy product that is simple enough to whip up. However, not everyone knows that in a slow cooker you can make this ingredient juicy, tender without fear of overexposure. Prepare the liver in a variety of ways. The simplest thing is to stew with onions and carrots. You can also cook this dish steamed, preserving valuable juice, without adding extra calories. You can also treat yourself to more original recipes, for example, with prunes and white wine.