Each person’s diet contains beef liver. Compared to meat, it is considered to be a more valuable product, as it contains a large number of vitamins and minerals, as well as very useful amino acids, which contribute to improving well-being, normalizing the work of two important body systems - the immune and circulatory. At the same time, it is a source of folic acid, which is very useful for both children and women who are only expecting the appearance of a baby. Beef liver in sour cream - this is the most famous dish with a classic combination of ingredients, which is not a shame to serve as a family member or for a festive feast.

Important! The quality of a dish of beef liver directly depends on its freshness. Only elastic, smooth and moist by-product without blood clots and spots on the surface, evenly colored in the color of ripe sweet cherry, deserves your attention. Fresh beef liver should have a sweet smell, and if it smells of acid, it is not recommended to buy it.

Beef liver in sour cream - a step-by-step recipe for cooking

So, you got the best beef liver and decided to cook it, but don’t know how? Calm, only calm, now we will tell you all step by step.

Take the following ingredients:

  • 500 grams of beef liver;
  • 1 cup of milk;
  • 3 tbsp. tablespoons of flour;
  • ½ cup sour cream;
  • 1 medium onion;
  • Vegetable oil;
  • 1 bay leaf, favorite spices and salt.

Cooking process:

  1. In running water, wash the beef liver, wash all the mucus from it, and then remove all the veins and remove the films.
  2. Using a sharp knife, cut the product into medium pieces about 1.5 cm thick and fill them with cold milk.This is necessary in order to make the liver soft and tender, as well as to leave the remnants of blood.
  3. Remove the peel from the onion and cut into medium cubes.
  4. We heat 1-2 tablespoons of any vegetable oil in a frying pan and put the onion, pass it until caramel color, and then remove it to another container.
  5. We take the liver out of milk, dry it with a paper towel, and then roll each piece into flour and put it on the same pan where the onions were fried. Important! Roast beef liver for a long time should not be, as it can become a rubber, quite light ruddy chicken on both sides
  6. We take a small pan or stewpan, it is important that its bottom is thick, and put half the fried onions on it. Next, evenly spread the liver, which we add a little salt, pepper, add bay leaf and favorite spices. The liver is very fond of allspice. Spread the second half of the onion on top.
  7. We put the saucepan on a slow fire and add 100 ml of water, simmer for 10 minutes.
  8. Add salt, pepper, pour 100 ml of hot water into the sour cream, mix and place in a saucepan in which the liver is prepared.
  9. Stew in sour cream sauce for another 15-20 minutes. In the process of cooking a couple of times, the contents of the saucepan should be mixed and the taste balanced (add salt, pepper, if sour cream, a little sugar).

Beef liver with onions and spices has an amazing aroma and it turns out tasty, tender, just melting in your mouth!

How to cook beef liver in sour cream with wine?

 

This dish is not a shame to serve on the festive table with a side dish of mashed potatoes. And if you serve a glass of wine to him, then in general the holiday will succeed ... Will we cook?

We will need:

  • 500 grams of beef liver;
  • 2-3 medium onions;
  • 200 ml of wine (it is better to take dry red);
  • 200 grams of sour cream;
  • 100 grams of smoked bacon;
  • Salt, spices, vegetable oil.

Cooking:

  1. We prepare beef liver as in the previous recipe, soak in milk for about 30 minutes, and then cut into small pieces.
  2. We heat the pan with vegetable oil and quickly fry on both sides until a crust forms.
  3. We shift into a saucepan and pour wine and simmer for 10-12 minutes on low heat.
  4. In a frying pan on which the liver was fried, fry the bacon, then onion, previously sliced ​​in medium slices, add spices and sour cream. If the sour cream is too thick, you can pour a little water.
  5. The resulting sauce is transferred to a saucepan, where the liver is stewed, mix, cover and continue to simmer another 10 minutes.

Stroganoff beef liver

Another old recipe - “Beef liver in a Stroganov style”, has been known for several hundred years thanks to the French cook Count Stroganov. Did the Count think that the dishes served during his receptions would perpetuate history? Most likely not, but this terrific dish is loved by millions of people all over the world today.

Tasty recipe: classic Stroganoff liver recipe

To prepare the dish you will need:

  • 500 grams of beef liver;
  • 2-3 onions;
  • 300 grams of thick 20-25% sour cream;
  • Flour - 1 tablespoon;
  • Butter - 2 tbsp. spoons;
  • Spices, salt.

Cooking:

  1. Grind the onions and fry in a pan in half the butter. We shift the finished vegetable into a saucepan, where the dish will be brought to readiness.
  2. The liver, soaked in cold milk, is cut into strips, dried with a paper towel, carefully crumbled in flour and sent to fry in a hot pan with the rest of the butter. Season the almost finished offal, but not very much, as spices and salt will still be in the sauce.
  3. The next step is to prepare the sauce. Mix sour cream with spices (if it is thick, it can be diluted with milk or cream) and pour into a saucepan with onions. We put it on a fire, but on a weak one, as if slightly warming the sauce.
  4. We spread the liver in a hot sauce, mix and simmer for 12-15 minutes.

Wenceslas beef liver

 

This recipe, belonging to Polish cuisine, became known back in the 19th century.Currently, this dish is prepared both from pork and chicken liver, but initially they chose beef offal for it.

So, let's start cooking and take the following products:

  • 500 grams of beef liver;
  • 5 medium potatoes;
  • 2 medium onions;
  • 100 ml of dry white or red wine;
  • 250-300 grams of sour cream;
  • 1-2 tbsp. tablespoons of flour;
  • Vegetable oil;
  • Greens, salt, spices, herbs (thyme and coriander).

Cooking:

  1. First of all, remove the skin from the potatoes, wash and cut into thin circles, dry with a paper towel and fry on both sides in a hot frying pan until golden.
  2. We prepare the liver, remove all the films and cut the veins, cut into small cubes, sprinkle with salt and spices and send to a heated skillet with vegetable oil, on which it is quickly fried.
  3. Remove the husks from the onion and cut it into thin half rings, and then send it to the liver, fry it all together for 5-7 minutes, reduce the heat and pour the wine.
  4. We evaporate the liquid, and in the meantime we mix sour cream, salt, coriander and thyme in a container.
  5. Pour the sour cream sauce into the pan, mix, cover and simmer for about 10-12 minutes.
  6. We spread potatoes according to the diameter of the plate, and in the center - a liver in sour cream sauce, sprinkle with chopped herbs and serve!

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Delicate liver in a slow cooker

It is easy and convenient to cook in the slow cooker, plus the dishes in it turn out to be just extraordinary in taste. We suggest you cook a delicious liver with vegetables in sour cream sauce. Keep the recipe!

Ingredients:

  • 500 grams of beef liver;
  • 2 onions;
  • 2 bell peppers;
  • 200 grams of sour cream;
  • 1 carrot;
  • Greenery;
  • Spices, salt;
  • Vegetable oil.

Cooking:

  1. We peel, wash onions, carrots and peppers, cut into strips. We heat the slow cooker in the "Frying" mode, pour a little oil, shift the vegetables and quickly pass them with an open bowl. After 5-7 minutes, close the lid and simmer for another 5 minutes.
  2. Cut the liver into medium slices, preferably in stripes and send to vegetables. Fry with an open bowl for 7 minutes, stirring its contents. Add salt to taste, your favorite spices.
  3. Five minutes before the readiness we shift the sour cream, bring the dish to taste, if desired, add a clove of garlic. Close the multicooker bowl, set the "Extinguishing" mode for 20 minutes.

Over time, the dish can be served at the table, as a side dish it is better to serve boiled potatoes or mashed potatoes, as well as rice!

We shared with you the most delicious, at the same time, useful and simple recipes from beef liver. Take them into service, and then this offal rich in various vitamins and minerals will become a frequent guest at your table.

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