Beef liver in a slow cooker

27-08-2018
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Beef liver is wholesome, inexpensive and tasty. It is often prepared both for a holiday, and for every day. The popularity of beef liver is due not so much to its unusual taste, as the vitamins it contains. It consists of 18% protein, a whole set of trace elements and vitamins. The product can be eaten boiled, fried, stewed, in the form of pate, etc. It can also be cooked in a slow cooker, while not losing a single drop of benefits and nutritional value.

How to cook soft beef liver?

How to cook soft beef liver?

Composition:

  1. Beef liver - 700 g
  2. Garlic - 7 cloves
  3. Flour - 3 tbsp.
  4. Parsley - to taste
  5. Salt and pepper to taste
  6. Olive oil

Cooking:

  • Wash the liver, cut it into thin strips, peel off the films and tendons. Chop the greens, skip the garlic through the press (or crush it with a wide part of the knife).
  • Pour olive oil into the bowl. Dip the liver strips in flour (it will create a crust that will protect the product from drying out). Put the liver strips in a bowl, sprinkle with herbs and garlic. Salt, pepper.
  • Close the multicooker with a lid, set the mode "Quenching" and cook for 20-30 minutes. Serve hot liver with vegetable salads, sprinkle with herbs.

Liver in sour cream: a recipe for multicooker

Liver in sour cream in a slow cooker: a recipe

Composition:

  1. Beef liver - 500 g
  2. Onions - 1 pc.
  3. Carrots - 1 pc.
  4. Flour - 2 tbsp.
  5. Sour cream - 3 tbsp.
  6. Boiling water - 1 tbsp.
  7. Vegetable oil
  8. Salt and spices - to taste

Cooking:

  • Before cooking the liver, soak it for several hours in ice water. So you will get rid of excess blood and smell.
  • Set the multicooker to the "Frying" mode. Pour vegetable oil into the multicooker bowl, let it heat up.
  • While the oil is heating, clean the onion, chop it into half rings, put it in a bowl and fry until golden brown. During frying, it is not recommended to close the multicooker lid, as the liver and vegetables should be fried and not stewed.
  • While the onions are fried, peel the carrots, grate them on a coarse grater and place them on the onion. Stir and fry the vegetables until half cooked for about 10 minutes. At this time, you can do the liver itself. Peel it from streaks, films and cut into small bars. Add flour and mix thoroughly.
  • When the vegetables are ready, lay out the liver with flour and fry them all together for about 5 minutes. When everything is fried a little, add sour cream and 1 tbsp. boiling water.
  • Salt, add spices. Mix everything thoroughly, close the lid, set the mode "Quenching" and cook for 10 minutes.
  • Garnish for rice, buckwheat or mashed potatoes.

Liver in stroganoff

Beef liver in a Stroganoff in a slow cooker

Composition:

  1. Beef liver - 700 g
  2. Onions - 2 pcs.
  3. Tomato - 1 pc.
  4. Sour cream - 3 tbsp.
  5. Flour - 2 tbsp.
  6. Water - 1.5 Art.
  7. Salt and pepper to taste
  8. Bay leaf - 2 pcs.
  9. Vegetable oil

Cooking:

  • Peel the liver of films and ducts, rinse and cut into small pieces. Peel and chop the onion.
  • Set the slow cooker to the "Baking" mode and fry the onions and liver for about 15 minutes, remembering to stir. Add flour, mix well and cook for 5 minutes.
  • Tomato wash and cut into small cubes. Send the tomato to the liver with onions, mix and cook for 5 minutes.
  • Dissolve sour cream in warm boiled water, add spices and pour into liver. Turn on the multicooker in the "Quenching" mode, close the lid and cook for 30-40 minutes.
  • A few minutes before the end of cooking, add a bay leaf. Liver in Stroganov is ready, serve it to the table hot with a side dish.

Liver with potatoes

Liver with potatoes in a slow cooker: a recipe

Composition:

  1. Beef liver - 500 g
  2. Potatoes - 7 pcs.
  3. Milk - 200 g
  4. Onions - 1 pc.
  5. Carrots - 1 pc.
  6. Salt and pepper to taste
  7. Vegetable oil

Cooking:

  • Soak the liver in milk for several hours. This will help make it softer and get rid of bitterness.
  • Peel the vegetables. Cut carrots and onions into small cubes. Fry in vegetable oil in the "Baking" mode. Cut potatoes into small pieces.
  • Well-moistened liver clean from tendons and films, cut into portions.
  • Place a liver in the bowl of the multicooker, put onion, carrots and potatoes on top. Set the mode "Quenching", close the lid and cook 1 - 1.5 hours depending on the size of the pieces of the liver.

Beef liver is an incredibly valuable product, a real storehouse of nutrients. It contains vitamins of groups A, B, E, K, phosphorus, magnesium, iron and calcium. Due to its high iron content, the liver is especially recommended for those who suffer from anemia and anemia. If you care about your health, be sure to include the product in your diet, and a multifunctional cooker will help in its preparation. With this device you do not have to think about how much to fry the liver, beef or any other, so as not to overdry it.