Hachée with Chicken Hearts
This is a Dutch-Indonesian fusion recipe with chicken hearts and or chicken liver in a broth served over egg noodles. I made this on 25 Jan 2018, absolutely wonderful dish!
Ingredients
- 500 grams chicken hearts, (1 lb)
- 500 grams chicken livers, (1 lb)
- 100 grams dry egg noodles, (3½ oz)
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, smashed and minced
- 5-10 candle nuts, or kemiri paste, optional
- 1 teaspoon white pepper
- salt, to taste
- spring onion, chopped, for garnish
Instructions
- If using fresh egg noodles, soak them in hot water. If using dry egg noodles, cook those in a pot of boiling water until tender. Set aside. I used dry Japanese noodles and boiled them.
- Rinse the hearts and livers, trim the top of the hearts as desired. Place only the hearts in a pot and cover with about 1 inch of water. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to a gentle boil for 10 minutes, skim any foam off that forms on the top of the water. Here the hearts are in first, untrimmed as that is flavor in the fat, I trimmed them after they were removed from the broth.
- Three minutes after the hearts are simmering, add the liver, they take less time to cook. Here the hearts and livers are removed to drain, perfect broth on the right.
- At the 10 minute mark, remove the hearts and livers and drain, set the pot of broth to the side. Cut each heart and liver in half.
- While the hearts and livers are cooking, add the onion, garlic, and candle nuts (if using) to a mortar and pound with a pestle to form a paste.
- In another pot, add the onion mixture from the mortar, saute until a light yellow color, then add the hearts and livers, broth you made, and the coconut milk. Season with a teaspoon of pepper and salt to taste. Simmer until meat is heated through and is piping hot, about 5-7 minutes. I added some chopped spring onion and cilantro as well.
- To serve, place some drained egg noodles in bowl, ladle on the meat and broth, garnish with chopped spring onion and or cilantro. Steamed bok choy would also be a good addition to add as well when serving. Enjoy.
Notes
Chicken liver will cost about 55 Baht/500 grams and hearts will cost about 35 Baht/500 grams. For 4 servings, this is about 66 cents per serving.
Variants: 1. This can be prepared with just hearts, just livers, or a mix of both. 2. A blender can be used in place of a mortar and pestle. 3. Add some chopped spring onion, and or cilantro to the pot after adding the coconut milk. 4. Just saute the onion and garlic, that worked well for me.