Nutritionists strongly advise including meat by-products in the diet. They contain more nutrients than in meat, they are well absorbed by the body, not too high in calories. The advantage of by-products is an attractive price compared to meat. Beef liver contains a lot of potassium, iron, other minerals and vitamins, it increases hemoglobin, improves the condition of blood vessels, metabolic processes in the body, strengthens the immune system. However, not all of this product to taste, being just stewed or boiled. Salads with beef liver come to the rescue, which almost everyone likes, cost relatively cheap and easy to prepare.
Cooking Features
Even an inexperienced cook can make a delicious beef liver salad, but he will need to know a few things.
- It is necessary to choose a fresh liver that has not been subjected to freezing, since such a product is juicier and more tender. If the liver is covered with a dark crust, has greenish spots, it is better to refrain from buying. Fresh liver looks smooth, has an even color, pleasant smell.
- If you purchased frozen liver, it can be used for salad, but only if you defrost properly. This process is considered correct when the product is protected from a sharp temperature difference, allowing it to thaw in the refrigerator.
- Before cooking, the liver should be washed, removed from the film, remove the vessels. If you cut the liver into pieces, then it will cook faster.
- It is necessary to boil the liver for a salad for 30-40 minutes depending on the size of the pieces. Digest the product is not worth it, because it can become hard and dry because of this. 10 minutes before being cooked, you can add spices to the saucepan with the liver, add some salt to it.
- Before combining with other products, the liver must be cooled to room temperature, otherwise the snack will quickly deteriorate. This rule applies to other products subjected to heat treatment.
- Boiled liver itself is rather dry, so salads, where it serves as the main ingredient, are seasoned with fatty sauce (mayonnaise, sour cream), add juicy vegetables to it. The liver is well combined with pickled cucumbers, fried mushrooms, browned vegetables.
- If you are preparing a layered salad of beef liver, allow 2-3 hours for the layers to soak in the sauce.
Recipes for beef liver salads are varied, and the technology for their preparation is not always the same. Paying attention to the instructions accompanying a particular recipe, you will avoid mistakes and prepare a dish that will appeal to your guests and family members.
Layered beef liver salad
Composition:
- beef liver - 0, 4 kg;
- hard cheese - 0, 2 kg;
- chicken egg - 6 pcs .;
- onions - 0, 25 kg;
- carrots - 0, 3 kg;
- salt, pepper - to taste;
- lemon juice - 20 ml;
- mayonnaise - how much will leave;
- fresh greens - for decoration.
Preparation Method:
- Boil beef liver, cool, chop finely, spread on two plates.
- Boil carrots in uniform. Cool, peel, chop on a coarse grater, divide into two approximately equal parts.
- Free the onions from the husk, finely chop, pour with lemon juice, mix, divide into two parts.
- Eggs boil hard boiled. It is necessary to boil 10 minutes after boiling, not longer. During long cooking, the yolk is covered with a bluish bloom, and it will be needed to decorate the snack.
- Place the eggs under a stream of cold water so that they cool faster. Peel, remove yolks. Chop the yolks and proteins separately, using a grater with small holes.
- Put the liver from one plate on a dish or in a salad bowl, salt and pepper to taste, generously pour with mayonnaise.
- Put one part of the onion on the liver, pour it with a small amount of sauce, put the carrot on it (one part), grease it with mayonnaise.
- Finely rub the cheese, half put it on the carrots, grease with sauce.
- Put half of the proteins on the cheese, sprinkle them with half of the yolks, pour with mayonnaise.
- Repeat the manipulations, laying the remaining products in layers in the same sequence. Eggs this time with mayonnaise is not necessary to grease.
- Decorate the salad with a sprig of greenery, put it in the fridge for 2-3 hours so that the products can be soaked with mayonnaise.
Puffy liver salad looks festive, has a pleasant taste, well satisfies hunger.
Warm salad with beef liver “Manor”
Composition:
- beef liver - 0, 2 kg;
- fresh champignons - 150 g;
- cherry tomatoes - 100 g;
- leaf lettuce - 25 g;
- arugula - 50 g;
- soy sauce - 50 ml;
- olive oil - 50 ml;
- onions - 50 g;
- balsamic vinegar - 10 ml;
- pine nuts - 20 g;
- Pepper mix - to taste.
Preparation Method:
- Wash liver, pat dry with tissues, peel off films, remove vascular lesions. Cut into strips like meat for beef stroganoff.
- Wash mushrooms, blot with a napkin, cut into strips.
- Tomatoes, washed and dried, cut in half.
- Wash arugula, put on a napkin. When it dries, coarsely chop it up with a knife and place it on a plate.
- Free from onions peel, cut into thin half-rings.
- Lettuce leaves, washed and dried, lay on the dish.
- Heat oil in a pan, put onions in it. When it is slightly gilded, put the liver in the pan. Brown it on all sides over medium heat.
- Add the mushrooms, fry for a couple of minutes with the liver.
- Pepper products, add soy sauce, reduce heat.
- Simmer the liver with mushrooms and onions under the lid for 10 minutes.
- Transfer to a bowl, mix with arugula, add balsamic vinegar, place on the salad leaves with a slide or turret.
- Spread the halves of cherry tomatoes around. Sprinkle the salad with pine nuts.
Salad prepared according to this recipe is served warm. It looks unusual, has excellent organoleptic qualities. Can replace dinner. Suitable for a festive table.
Salad with beef liver and pickled cucumbers
Composition:
- boiled beef liver - 0, 3 kg;
- pickled cucumbers - 0, 2 kg;
- onions - 0, 2 kg;
- carrots - 0, 3 kg;
- canned corn - 0, 2 kg;
- vegetable oil - 40 ml;
- mayonnaise, pepper - to taste.
Preparation Method:
- Cut boiled beef liver in medium-sized bars, put in a bowl.
- Chop the onion into half rings, fry until golden brown, add to the liver.
- Boil carrots, cool, peel. Cut into strips. Put to the liver and onions.
- Cut pickled cucumbers into thin strips, combine with other ingredients.
- Open a jar of corn, fold it to a colander. When the liquid has drained, pour the corn kernels to the rest of the products.
- Add some pepper and mayonnaise to the bowl, mix thoroughly.
It remains to shift the appetizer to a salad bowl and serve it to the table. The savory taste of pickled cucumbers in this salad perfectly emphasizes the taste of beef liver. Together with carrots, pickles add juiciness to the salad.
Salad “Liver under the fur coat”
Composition:
- boiled beef liver - 0, 3 kg;
- onions - 0, 2 kg;
- vegetable oil - 30 ml;
- potatoes - 0, 3 kg;
- carrots - 0, 2 kg;
- chicken egg - 4 pcs .;
- green onions - 50 g;
- salt, pepper - to taste;
- mayonnaise - how much will go.
Preparation Method:
- Cut onion into large half rings, fry in oil.
- Chop the boiled liver into small pieces.
- Turn the liver with the onions through the meat grinder, alternating pieces.
- Salt the liver mass and pepper, mix well, put in a salad bowl. Liberally grease with mayonnaise.
- Boil carrots and potatoes in uniform. Cool, clean. Separately, grind grated.
- Place potatoes on the liver, pepper and salt them, smear with sauce.
- Put the carrots on the potatoes, cover them with mayonnaise.
- Cool the eggs hard-boiled under cold running water, peel them, chop them on a grater, put them on carrots, smear them with sauce.
- Sprinkle the salad with finely chopped green onions.
Salad for this recipe will be even tastier if it is supplemented with fried mushrooms. If you use this ingredient, put it in a third layer (between potatoes and carrots).
How to decorate a salad with beef liver
Beef liver salads can be plain and layered. The type of snack may depend on the option of its design when serving.
- A puff snack can be collected not on a salad bowl, but on a dish. If you put the food inside the culinary hoop and then remove it, the salad will resemble a cake. For a greater resemblance to the pastry, the salad can be sprinkled with chopped nuts or grated cheese, decorated with flowers from vegetables.
- It is better to place an ordinary salad not on a bare dish, but on a piece of lettuce, then the appetizer will look much more festive. In addition, it can be decorated with a sprig of greenery, sprinkled with cheese, put berries of cranberries or currants on it.
- With batch serving, the salad can be laid out on plates using a mold, giving the snack a similarity to cakes. In the absence of such a device in the house, you can replace it with a can, cutting the bottom of it.
A beautiful beef liver salad will look great if you serve it in transparent creamers. This option is suitable for snacks of any type.
Salad with beef liver is nourishing and tasty. It does not cost much, but if served correctly, it is not a shame to put it on the holiday table. Puff type snacks are especially suitable for this.
