Beef heart is incredibly nutritious and delicious when prepared correctly, but it can be intimidating to add it to your menu. Here are 6 great recipes from recipe developers and food bloggers. These recipes will dispel the misinformation surrounding the cut and show you how to turn beef heart into a meal that not only nourishes your health but tastes amazing too!
1. Peruvian Beef Heart Skewers
This popular Peruvian street food recipe from Tara at Tara’s Multicultural Table is marinated in aji panca, oil, vinegar, garlic, oregano and cumin. This dish is traditionally served on skewers with sliced potatoes, Peruvian giant field corn and aji amarillo sauce!
2. Mushroom Spinach Stuffed Beef Heart
This appealing recipe is brought to you by Sonia at the Healthy Foodie. The meat is stuffed with a delicious, nutritious bacon, onion, mushroom, and spinach filling!
3. Grilled Beef Heart
This wonderful recipe, another great one from Sonia at the Healthy Foodie, offers step by step instructions from prep to finish. You might be surprised to find that this balsamic vinegar marinated grilled heart is similar to steak in both taste and texture!
4. Morrocan Heart Stew
This exotic Moroccan heart stew recipe comes from Vivica at The Nourished Caveman. This dish contains fragrant tones of cinnamon, cardamom and lemon. Exceptionally high in nutritional value, the stew is brought to delicious completeness by the sweetness of apricots!
5. Beef Heart Stew {Low Carb, Gluten Free, Paleo}
This stew recipe from Vered DeLeeuw is tender, flavorful and incredibly nutritious; serve on a bed of mashed cauliflower with a side of roasted brussel sprouts!
6. Slow Cooker Heart
This slow cooker recipe is from Elise at Frugal Farm Wife. It is perfect served up over a bed of rice to soak up the juices and topped with sauerkraut. This recipe also came with a great tip; since hearts tend to have quite a bit of fat, be sure to save and render this fat into homemade tallow!
Thank you for checking out this recipe roundup! Still looking for another beef heart recipe? Try this delicious recipe for spicy Peruvian beef heart kebabs. And comment below with your ideas for future roundups!
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Hi Linnaea! First thanks for the recipes. I bought a butcher opened beef heart and was surprised at how inexpensive the meat was. I had planned on injecting the meat with Wagyu tallow to see if that would change the meal any, but decided to just section it into one inch strips and season them. Then thew them in a hot pan and fried them up. Just as I remember from the past, extremely lean but very tender, with a slight liver flavor. I really want to try the Peruvian Beef Heart Skewers recipe in your posting. I love curry, and cumin tastes similar.
Thankyou so much for your beef heart recipies.