It's no secret that the kidneys have a rather unpleasant specific smell, which, when cooked, spoils the overall taste of the dish and discourages the appetite. Every housewife should know a few secrets about how to cook the kidneys in order to completely eliminate this unpleasant "aroma". Today, there are many recipes for making kidneys that you should take on board.
Instructions
Pork kidney recipe.
For this dish you will need: pork kidneys, a medium-sized onion, spices for meat with nutmeg, baking soda, sour cream.
• Cut open the pork kidney (not all the way), add baking soda and leave for thirty minutes.
• Rinse the kidneys thoroughly under running warm water, and then cut them into thin strips.
• Place the resulting straws in the skillet and fry until the excess liquid has evaporated.
• Add some sunflower oil, pre-chopped onions, spices.
• Pour in some water, cover the pan and simmer for an hour.
• Then add sour cream to taste and keep on fire for another fifteen minutes.
Serve on the table with any side dish: pasta, rice, buckwheat.
Kidney roast.
You will need the following ingredients: pork or lamb kidneys, medium-sized carrots and onions, six potatoes, and herbs.
• Bring water to a boil in a saucepan, add salt and dip the kidneys. Let it simmer for five minutes. Then drain the water, add new and bring to a boil again. Repeat this procedure two or three times.
• Grate the carrots, finely chop the onion and send to the skillet, previously greased with sunflower oil. Fry until golden brown.
• Cut the kidneys into small squares and add them to the vegetables.
• Pour some water into the skillet, cover and simmer for about ten minutes.
• Take pickled cucumbers and chop them into small pieces, then add them to the skillet.
• Cover again and simmer for another fifteen minutes.
• Cut the potatoes into cubes. Boil water in a saucepan, place potatoes in it and cook until half cooked.
• Then add the prepared contents from the pan to the potatoes: the kidneys along with the fried vegetables.
• Cover and cook for twenty minutes. Turn off the heat and let the dish sit for about fifteen minutes.
• Chop the herbs finely.
Before serving, place the roast on plates and sprinkle with herbs. The dish is ready!
Beef kidney with sauce.
For this delicious dish you need: half a kilogram of beef kidneys, a medium onion, four pickled cucumbers, flour, sunflower oil, black peppercorns, three bay leaves, herbs.
• Remove films and fat from the kidneys, place them in a saucepan, cover with water and bring to a boil. Then drain the water, rinse the kidneys thoroughly under running warm water, put in a saucepan, pour in new water. Cook until cooked for about an hour and a half.
• In the broth that you got during cooking, prepare the sauce. Take one tablespoon of flour and sunflower oil. Fry until dark brown. Pour in one and a half cups of cooked broth and simmer for about seven minutes.
• Cut the finished buds into small slices.
• Chop the onion finely and sauté until golden brown, add the kidneys and sauté for about three minutes.
• Cut potatoes into wedges and sauté.
• Chop the cucumbers finely.
• Place the buds in a saucepan (keep some stock), add potatoes, cucumbers, bay leaves and eight black peppercorns.
• Cover and simmer for about thirty minutes.
• Chop the herbs finely.
Serve on preheated plates (you can pour boiling water over them) and sprinkle with herbs on top.
Here are some simple recipes on how to cook kidneys so that the dishes are delicious and enjoyable!
