Heart and Liver

[enaz]

I saved the heart and liver from my doe and want to try them. Shot her friday mid day, both had been in fridge until this morning put them in buttermilk. Any advice on ways to cook either? I tried heart earlier this year but I did it wrong and didn't like it. Liver will be a first for me.

[hillbilli]

I always boil the heart, then slice it and eat it while its still warm. Usually cook it the same day I kill one.. might try frying the liver..

[RifleRidge]

I like to steak out the heart , coat it and fry it...

[ribka]

First cook up sliced onions in a pan until soft. I like bacon grease to cook in. Remove.

Cut liver into manageable cooking sizes. Put salt, pepper and flour in large zip lock and shake pieces of liver in bag. Turn heat on medium. Use oil or bacon grease and cook for about 6 to 8 minutes a side until center barely pink. Throw in onions in pan toss for about a minute, remove everything from pan. Deglaze with chicken stock or white wine. Add a slurry of  corn starch ( 2 tsp) in a glass of water. Cook low med heat stirring until thick. Add spices. I like a little garlic, paprika, siracha.   Pour over liver and onions.   


For heart. I boil low heat about 30 minutes. Wait to cool off pat dry . Thin slice and dredge in flour and salt and pepper. Fry it.  Can make a gravy too. Pretty simple

[crazysccrmd]

I trim all the excess fat/vessel/etc from the heart muscle and slice it into 1/4 - 1/2" rings. Toss it in a frying pan with butter and season with garlic, salt, pepper and onion powder. I do it either the day of the kill or freeze it until the morning of next season's first hunt.

[TheFewTheProud]

flour and fry them both

[DoubleJ]

For both heart and liver:

Soak in buttermilk for 12 hours
remove, pat dry
sprinkle with salt & pepper and paprika, smoked if you have it
pre-heat oven to 425 degrees
chop heart & liver into 1" cubes
turn the oven off
feed heart and liver cubes to the dog

[str8meat]

find a good recipe for heart fajitas. then boil the liver and feed it to your dogs  i cant eat an organ the makes pee.

[DoubleJ]

find a good recipe for heart fajitas. then boil the liver and feed it to your dogs  i cant eat an organ the makes pee.

Livers don't make pee.  That's kidneys

[grundy53]

I like to steak out the heart , coat it and fry it...

[grundy53]

Heart is the best part of the deer in my opinion.

[3nails]

First cook up sliced onions in a pan until soft. I like bacon grease to cook in. Remove.

Cut liver into manageable cooking sizes. Put salt, pepper and flour in large zip lock and shake pieces of liver in bag. Turn heat on medium. Use oil or bacon grease and cook for about 6 to 8 minutes a side until center barely pink. Throw in onions in pan toss for about a minute, remove everything from pan. Deglaze with chicken stock or white wine. Add a slurry of  corn starch ( 2 tsp) in a glass of water. Cook low med heat stirring until thick. Add spices. I like a little garlic, paprika, siracha.   Pour over liver and onions.   
 Guts and onions. Love it!


For heart. I boil low heat about 30 minutes. Wait to cool off pat dry . Thin slice and dredge in flour and salt and pepper. Fry it.  Can make a gravy too. Pretty simple

[bankwalker]

Heart is the best part of the deer in my opinion.

Amen!

I like it simply cooked with a light coating of flour. Nothing fancy

[Bshiftbc]

I trim all the excess fat/vessel/etc from the heart muscle and slice it into 1/4 - 1/2" rings. Toss it in a frying pan with butter and season with garlic, salt, pepper and onion powder. I do it either the day of the kill or freeze it until the morning of next season's first hunt.

 

Its fantastic!

[ICEMAN]

First cook up sliced onions in a pan until soft. I like bacon grease to cook in. Remove.

Cut liver into manageable cooking sizes. Put salt, pepper and flour in large zip lock and shake pieces of liver in bag. Turn heat on medium. Use oil or bacon grease and cook for about 6 to 8 minutes a side until center barely pink. Throw in onions in pan toss for about a minute, remove everything from pan. Deglaze with chicken stock or white wine. Add a slurry of  corn starch ( 2 tsp) in a glass of water. Cook low med heat stirring until thick. Add spices. I like a little garlic, paprika, siracha.   Pour over liver and onions.   


For heart. I boil low heat about 30 minutes. Wait to cool off pat dry . Thin slice and dredge in flour and salt and pepper. Fry it.  Can make a gravy too. Pretty simple

Exactly as we prepare liver.

For the heart, trim off the top of the heart, reachinto each chamber and remove any connective tissue. Pack heart chambers with a mixture of 50/50 apple and onion and some pepper. Jam each chamber till it bulges. Place on broiling pan, drape with bacon and bake at 350. Remove when no red is showing when you slice, just a bit of dark pink...  Mince the whole heart and stuffing and bacon into snack sized bites. Lay before your friends, with a cold beer in hand. Excellent at camp.

[Bean Counter]

How long does it usually take for a deer  heart?

[ICEMAN]

How long does it usually take for a deer  heart?

To bake? 25 -35 minutes? I just keep checking with a sharp knife...

[Bullkllr]

Biggest trick with liver is to NOT overcook it.
Slice about 3/8-1/2 inch thick and cook until it's just a bit pink still.

Venison liver is so far superior to most beef liver it isn't even funny. Tender, almost sweet tasting, delicious if cooked right.

[enaz]

Does soaking in buttermilk just pull all of the blood out? I will try one of these tomorrow and one tuesday. Can't wait to try liver and onions! If I don't like em crawdad bait and dog food it is  thank for all the recipes!

[Bullkllr]

Soaking in buttermilk should pull most of the blood out. I usually change the milk a couple of times while soaking, then drain it good before cooking.

[sled]

flour and fry them both

  but with a little salt and pepper.

[sled]

find a good recipe for heart fajitas. then boil the liver and feed it to your dogs  i cant eat an organ the makes pee.

Livers don't make pee.  That's kidneys

[singleshot12]

Milk seems to not only draw more blood out but also helps it to be milder or less gamey. I cut the liver in thin strips and soak in regular milk then shake in seasoned flour and fry well in butter and onions.
The heart I cut very thin also shake in seasoned flour and fry in butter till crisp like bacon.

That is the only way me or my family will eat either

[Bean Counter]

Thanks guys for these delicious sounding heart and liver tips and recipes! 

[swalker]

hart - salt, peper, role in flour, and fry in bacon grease. Do liver the same but add onions. I agree the hart is the best part of the deer.