Chicken hearts in cheese batter, deep fried

Ordinary chicken hearts make a chic dish. We first boil the hearts, and then deep-fry in an air batter based on cheese. The batter is ideal for hearts, making them tender and very tasty.

Ingredients

• Chicken hearts - 300 g
• Hard cheese - 80 g
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Flour - 130 g (1 cup with a volume of 200 ml)
• Soda - 0.5 tsp
• Sweet ground paprika - 0.5-1 teaspoon (to taste)
• Dried ground garlic - 0.5-1 teaspoon (to taste)
• Salt - 0.75 tsp (to taste)
• Ground black pepper - a pinch (to taste)
• Vegetable oil (for frying) - 300 ml

Directions

1. Rinse chicken hearts, dry, cut off the fatty part with large vessels.
2. Boil 1 liter of water in a saucepan.
3. Transfer the hearts to boiling water, salt and cook over medium heat for 20-35 minutes (depending on the size of the hearts).
4. After recline the hearts on a sieve. Give time for the glass of water and hearts to cool down a bit.
5. Cheese grate on a fine grater.
6. Transfer the cheese to a bowl, add the egg.
7. Pour 100 ml of water into a bowl, add flour, soda, ground pepper and paprika, dried garlic.
8. Mix the ingredients well to make a homogeneous thick batter.
9. Transfer the hearts to the dough, dip on all sides.
10. Heat vegetable oil in a saucepan or cauldron.
11. Carefully drop the hearts one by one into the boiling oil. Cook in batches of 4-5 until golden brown, 2-3 minutes. Put the hearts on a napkin to absorb excess fat.
12. Ready-made appetizing chicken hearts in cheese batter, deep-fried, serve to the table.
13. You can serve the dish with sauce to taste or with sour cream. It turns out very tasty!
14. Bon appetit!