100+ Ways to Eat More Organ Meats – The Ultimate Offal and Odd Bits Recipe Round-Up
Are you interested in practicing nose-to-tail eating? This post contains over 100 recipes for organ meats/offal, bones (for broths), bony bits (like oxtail, trotters), and gelatin. If you are brand new to eating organs and are intimidated by a plate full of liver and onions, don’t worry! There are quite a few recipes with hidden organs, plus many tips on how to sneak organ meats into your diet without even realizing it. But, if you love the flavor of offal, there are plenty of recipes that showcase their unique flavors, too. Enjoy!
Slow-Cooker Cuban Picadillo (with hidden, heart, liver, and kidney)
Picadillo is a spiced ground beef and vegetable hash and is a traditional dish in Spain, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Cuba, and, interestingly, the Philippines. This recipe is for the Cuban style and sneaks in a healthy dose of grass-fed beef organ meats! It is so flavorful and well-spiced that you can’t even tell the heart, liver, and kidney hidden alongside the ground beef.
Peruvian Anticuchos: Marinated Beef Heart Kebabs or Stir Fry
This is a lovely recipe for beef heart that comes from Peru: anticuchos, or marinated beef heart kebabs. This is one of those recipes that, unless somebody told you, you’d never know was made from organ meats. Why should you be eating organ meats? I’ll show you some of the science behind why.
Cajun-Spiced Chicken Livers with Bacon and Onion
This recipe is just a simple spin on the classic liver and onions you probably remember from your childhood, with the addition of bacon. Because bacon makes everything better. Additionally, you can give the livers a little (or a lot) of kick with a homemade Cajun spice mix. This recipe is gluten-free, paleo/primal, and compatible with the 21-Day Sugar Detox and Whole30.
How to Cook Beef Tongue
Beef tongue. If you’ve ever had it, you love it. If you haven’t, you are probably grossed out and intimidated by the thought of preparing and eating it. You shouldn’t be. It’s extremely easy to cook, and one of the most succulent, satisfying meats and it will probably become a new favorite after you taste just how delicious and melt-in-your-mouth tender it is. Read more to learn how to cook this amazing organ meat.
Time-saving slow cooker roast
I love my slow cooker. It saves me SO much time in the kitchen by allowing me to cook in bulk to either eat from for several days in a row or portion and freeze for later. One-pot-meals in the slow cooker sure are great, but sometimes I just don’t want to eat the same thing in a row for several days. So, I got the idea to start cooking up my roasts with a bare minimum of additional ingredients, or sometimes, with nothing extra at all, so that the meat can be used in a wide range of different final dishes. Since the meat is minimally seasoned, I can reheat it in any number of recipes, using whatever ingredients I happen to have on hand.
Liver latkes
Looking for ways to get liver into your diet? This recipe is so awesome, even the pickiest of eaters will love it! This recipe is gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, Paleo/Primal, and can be modified to suit the 21-Day Sugar Detox or Whole30. Enjoy!