Lebanese Style beef Lungs, kidney, heart and vegetables - CookEveryPart

Name: Lebanese Style beef Lungs, kidney, heart and vegetables - CookEveryPart
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1/2 kg cow lungs; 1/2 KG cow heart; 1/4 kg beef kidney; 1/4 kg beef liver; leaves Few bay; 3 potatoes, cut into cubes; 3 onions, sliced; 5 tomatoes, grated; 2 tablespoons tomato paste; 3 cups water; 1/4 teaspoon black pepper; 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder; 1/2 teaspoon lebanese 7spices or allspice; drizzle vegetable oil

Linda L. @lindzi

Lebanese

My dad back home wakes up some Sundays around 5:00 AM, once the butchers open to go and buy the offals while they're very very fresh, and then we share them with the whole family!
People race to get those parts in the morning before anyone else especially for Eid al Fitr and Eid Al Adha.

This recipe is a family favorite. You can cook with lungs or heart only or you can mix everything together!

Linda L. @lindzi

Lebanese

This recipe is a family favorite. You can cook with lungs or heart only or you can mix everything together!

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Ingredients

Quantity as your preference
1/2 kgcow lungs
Cleaning cow lungs before cooking WITHOUT washing #CookEveryPart
1/2 KGcow heart
Cleaning cow heart for cooking #CookEveryPart
1/4 kgbeef kidney
1/4 kgbeef liver
leavesFew bay
3potatoes, cut into cubes
3onions, sliced
5tomatoes, grated
2 tablespoonstomato paste
3 cupswater
1/4 teaspoonblack pepper
1/4 teaspooncinnamon powder
1/2 teaspoonlebanese 7spices or allspice
drizzle vegetable oil

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Steps

1

Slice all the different organs into bite sized cubes
2

Sautee the meat with bay leaves on oil in a deep pot or pan until browned
3

Add the onions with the spices, mix and let it cook on medium heat for 5 minutes without covering the pot because that will get the water of the meat out (especially the heart’s) and make it very dry and hard to chew
4

Add the potato cubes and cook for another 5 minutes, then add the grated tomato and tomato paste mixed in 3 cups of water. Mix well to combine all the ingredients
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6

Cook on low heat for around 30minutes. Eat with flatbread

When to add vegetables to offals

Tips

Cleaning cow lungs before cooking WITHOUT washing #CookEveryPart

My mom used to argue with my grandma whether to wash the lungs before cooking or not. My grandmother wouldn’t wash, and my mom only got convinced when the butcher himself told her not to wash the lungs because it’s like a sponge, if it absorbs water it’ll become very soggy.

Cleaning cow heart for cooking #CookEveryPart

Beef heart should be cleaned very well before cooking because it’s full of all the blood and fat. It’s not that hard to do so. Just a few steps, and the heart will be ready to cook. (You’ll need: cow heart, 1 cup white vinegar, knife, running water)

When to add vegetables to offals

If you’re cooking offals like beef heart, lungs, liver you should sautée them first until brown, then add the vegetables like onions, potatoes… because those organs are bloody in general and you should not add the vegetables with them in the same pot if they’re still raw. Otherwise, the vegetables will be covered a d cooked in blood and their taste will not be that good in the end.

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