7/8/24: This is my kids-approved chicken heart skewers recipe especially made for my little foodies. One pound of chicken hearts cost about $3 at the Asian markets. I have been paying $2.75 per skewer at the Chinese BBQ restaurants and there is about five chicken hearts per skewer. Unfortunately, the Chinese-style BBQ restaurants I took my kids to use similar spice rubs that my kids and I detest. After researching, Chinese-style BBQ dry rub seasoning mostly contain ground cumin, peppercorn, fennel, and black cardamom. Apparently my kids and I detest all those spices. So here is my kids-approved version of our chicken hearts on a stick Asian fusion recipe. I will update this recipe documentary with different dry rub versions I will be experimenting for my kids and family.
- prep time: 15 minutes
- serving: 10 skewers (4 to 5 hearts each)
- cook time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 pound chicken hearts
- 1 Tbsp AMOY Premium Chicken Marinade or different soy sauce
- 1 Tbsp Mirin
Dry Rub version 1:
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 tsp lemongrass powder
- 1/4 tsp salt and black pepper
- 1 teaspoon tapioca flour
- 1/2 tsp kaffir lime leaves powder would enhance the flavor (optional)
Result: Kids-approved! They devoured it before I could snap a nice picture of the cooked chicken hearts. My mom, husband, and sister enjoyed my chicken hearts on the stick too. They said it’s flavorful without that queer chicken hearts smell.
Prepping
1. Slit the chicken hearts open in halves like shown. Remember to remove the clotted blood before marinating the chicken hearts.
2. Put the hearts onto the skewers. Apply the dry rub onto the hearts.
3. Before cooking, remember to brush butter or oil onto the chicken hearts. I will try making these next time without the butter to see if there’s a difference.
Cooking Method
I am still experimenting with different cooking method to find my best preference.
1st try: I don’t recommend using this Bella brand for indoor smokeless grill that I tested out from my mom’s house today. It took forever. After 20 minutes cooking at 400F, I ended up putting the skewers into the Cuisinart Air Fryer and baked it for about 5 minutes to finished cooking it.
2nd try: to be tested
I think I will skip the idea of using an indoor grill since I couldn’t find a model I wanted to buy. I would probably pan grill the marinated chicken hearts with butter for about ten minutes next time on high heat. Then stick the hearts into the skewers, rub the dry spices on, and then bake the skewers for six minutes in my air fryer. (To be updated of result.)
