Tzhvzhik Armenian

Delicious, healthy and satisfying dish of Armenian cuisine! Armenian tzhvzhik is chicken offal stewed in tomato sauce: liver, hearts and ventricles. The peculiarity of this dish is such an additive as ginger, it gives the taste of the dish a piquant edge.
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Composition / ingredients

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Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 46 % 12 g
Fats 38 % 10 g
Carbohydrates 15 % 4 g
140 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h 20 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Prepare the ingredients according to the list. All by-products, if frozen, are thawed at room temperature

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    And thoroughly rinse, cut off excess fat and films.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Chicken hearts and ventricles must first be boiled in salted water, cook for 30 minutes from the moment the water boils over low heat.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Drain the water, throw the offal into a colander, let it cool down a little and cut them into small pieces.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Chicken liver does not need to be pre-boiled, it needs less time to cook. We cut it into strips or cubes, as you like. Peel the onion from the husk and cut into cubes.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan with a thick bottom. We warm it up. We send onions to the frying pan, fry it until transparent, put the cooked liver. Stir, fry them together over medium heat for about 2-3 minutes, the liver should lighten slightly.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Put boiled hearts and ventricles in a frying pan to the liver, add a piece of butter, tomato paste, salt, ground black pepper to taste, garlic passed through a press, grated ginger and coriander. Stir, fry over medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally with a spatula. Then pour in a little water, mix, cover the pan with a lid and simmer for 15 minutes so that the sauce thickens a little.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    The dish is ready. Tzhvzhik can be served to the table as an independent dish – offal in sauce, or with a side dish, mashed potatoes, rice, buckwheat are perfect. Gravy will make any side dish juicy and delicious. Enjoy your meal!

Tzhvzhtik is a traditional Armenian dish. It is very popular in its homeland, it is prepared for everyday and for holidays. Translated from Armenian, "tzhvzhik" means "liver", but it is prepared not only from the liver, but with the addition of chicken stomachs, hearts, spleen and even kidneys, in general, the whole set of offal. In addition, tzhvzhik is made with the addition of prunes, mushrooms, herbs, bell peppers and tomatoes. However, in the classic recipe, only tomatoes or tomato paste are used.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Ginger - 80   kcal/100g
  • Dry ginger - 347   kcal/100g
  • Pickled ginger - 51   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734   kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709   kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661   kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652   kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Tomato paste - 28   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Chicken heart - 159   kcal/100g
  • Chicken liver - 140   kcal/100g
  • Chicken stomachs - 114   kcal/100g
  • Ground coriander - 25   kcal/100g

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