In this article we will tell you what can be cooked from beef kidneys and how to make this product tasty and without a smell.
And some mistresses, who know a lot about beef kidneys, cook the picklewoman only with them and in no other way, arguing that this is how the dish turns out to be incomparable and original.
The only drawback of beef kidneys, which scares off most cooks in favor of other products, is their unpleasant odor. Let's learn how to get rid of it.
How to cook kidney beef without smell?
There are several effective ways to completely get rid of the unpleasant smell of beef kidneys. The first of these is prolonged soaking of the product followed by digestion. For its implementation, the product washed and disposed of fatty inclusions is cut into several parts, filled with clean water and left for twelve hours, periodically renewing the water. After that, the kidneys are washed again, filled with water and brought to a boil. Now we merge the water and repeat the procedure two or three more times.
Alternatively, you can also prepare a solution of 400 ml of white vinegar and two tablespoons of salt, and then rinse the kidneys in it until the fluid becomes cloudy. After this procedure, you should rinse the product, substituting it under running water for twenty minutes.
The effective way is to soak the kidneys in milk. To do this, it is necessary in it to withstand the prepared product for several hours, and then rinse well with water.
Rassolnik with beef kidney and heart
Ingredients:
- kidney beef - 490 g;
- heart beef - 490 g;
- broth beef - 2.2 liters;
- potatoes of medium size - 4 pcs .;
- onion bulb - 125 g;
- carrots - 125 g;
- fresh tomatoes or in its own juice - 145 g;
- pearl barley - 80 g;
- pickled cucumbers - 230 g;
- cucumber pickle;
- sunflower oil without flavor - 95 ml;
- coarse salt;
- laurel leaves -2 pcs .;
- peas of sweet pepper - 3 pcs .;
- fresh greens - 0.5 beam;
- sour cream for filing.
Preparation
We prepare the kidneys taking into account the above recommendations, fill it with clean water and set to cook for an hour and a half. In a separate saucepan, we also boil the heart. It will take about three hours. After that we cut off the cooled offal by small cubes. During this time, we also boil the pearl barley in a separate container until it is ready and fry the salted cucumber in a frying pan in a frying pan until soft. Also fry until golden, crushed bulb onion and grated carrot.
Now we pour the beef broth into the pot, give it a boil and put in it the peeled and diced potatoes. After about ten minutes, we add kidneys, heart, cucumbers, sliced tomatoes, vegetable fry, ready pearl barley, we throw peas of sweet pepper, dry laurel leaves and bring the food to taste with brine cucumber and if necessary salt. Warm up the contents of the pan to a boil, cook a couple of minutes, throw greens chopped and give the dish about ten minutes to brew. When serving, we put a spoonful of fresh sour cream into a plate with a fragrant rasolnik.
Kidney beef stewed in sour cream with mushrooms - recipe
Ingredients:
- kidney beef - 820 g;
- Fresh mushrooms - 220 g;
- pickled cucumbers - 145 g;
- onion bulbs - 280 g;
- cloves garlic - 4 pcs .;
- sour cream - 260 g;
- dill fresh - 1 small bunch;
- Sunflower oil without flavor - 75 ml;
- coarse salt;
- black pepper powder;
- leaves laurel dry - 1-2 pcs .;
- peas of sweet pepper - 2 pcs.
Preparation
Prepared properly, the buds are boiled for forty minutes, after which it is washed, cut into small pieces and fried together with chopped onion in a sauté pan with sunflower oil until browning. Now lay the washed and chopped mushrooms, and after five minutes add the crushed pickles, throw the laurel leaves, sweet pepper and ground black pepper, salt, pour in the sour cream, mix and let in a moderate fire under the lid for ten minutes. Now season the dish with chopped garlic and dill, mix it and let it stand under the lid for about twenty minutes before serving.