Today we will cook kidneys with vegetables in a sauce. The recipe is not at all troublesome and, what is important, budgetary. simple and affordable products are used. At the same time, the dish comes out tasty and tender.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
For some reason, kidney dishes are not very popular, although other cuisines of the world treat them as an exquisite delicacy. They are not popular with us, tk. long and troublesome preparation: they are pre-soaked, washed and boiled many times. Another psychological reason is that some people feel a phantom smell, which, if properly prepared, is completely absent. Well, the next reason for the dignity of the kidneys to be fully revealed, they just need to be cooked correctly. Then they will not have a "rubber" consistency and unpleasant odor. But for this you need to know a few golden rules.
First, choose only fresh, light red-brown buds that are firm, smooth and shiny. Dark spots, dents, or mucus: skip the purchase. I do not recommend taking frozen offal. Second, be sure to remove the smell before cooking. I will tell you how to do this below in a step-by-step recipe. Then all the imaginary and true defects of the kidneys will be fully removed and the dish will turn out to be excellent. Now let's find out the step-by-step preparation of a real culinary delight - pork kidneys in sauce.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 89 kcal.
- Servings - 2
- Cooking time - 1 hour for cooking, plus 6 hours for soaking the kidneys
Ingredients:
- Pork kidneys - 2 pcs.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Vegetable oil - for frying
- Garlic - 3 wedges
- Tomato paste - 2 tablespoons
- Bay leaf - 2 pcs.
- Allspice peas - 3 pcs.
- Greens - a bunch
Step-by-step preparation of kidneys with vegetables in sauce:
1. Wash the kidneys, dry with a paper towel, cut off excess white fat and soak in water. Previously, you can make several cuts on the offal so that the accumulated aromas are better washed out. Leave the kidneys for 6 hours, you can overnight. At the same time, change the water several times as much as possible. pork kidneys, unlike beef kidneys, almost always have an unpleasant pungent odor.
2. Then wash the kidneys, cut into plates or pieces, or you can leave them whole. Place in a cooking pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Boil for 5 minutes and change the water. Boil again, boil for 5 minutes and change the water again. Repeat this action 5 times. In the last liquid, continue to cook the kidneys until tender, about half an hour.
3. Remove the finished kidneys from the boiling water and leave to cool so as not to burn yourself.
4. Then cut them into strips or cubes.
5. Peel carrots and onions, wash and also cut into strips or cubes. Observe the same cutting shape for all foods.
6. Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil and put onion with carrots to fry. Bring them to a light blush over medium heat.
7. Add the kidneys, tomato paste, bay leaf, peppercorns, salt and pepper to the pan.
8. Pour in 100 ml of water, stir, boil, cover the pan and simmer the dish over low heat for 20 minutes.
9. Wash the greens, chop and add to the pan. Stir and you can serve the dish to the table as a separate dish or serve with all kinds of cereals and other side dishes.
See also the video recipe on how to cook veal kidneys in a creamy sauce.
