Have you ever tried beef heart? This slow cooker beef heart recipe is the perfect place to start! You’ll love it! After all, the heart is just another muscle.
I love using inexpensive cuts of beef. One of the best ways to keep the meat bill down is to use cheap, less popular cuts and organ meats. This slow cooker beef heart recipe makes it easy, and, it’s a naturally gluten-free recipe!
We don’t actually sell our beef hearts, because heart is Gabriel’s favorite part. He sells the choice steaks and eats the heart. Is that backward, or what? But really, heart is a muscle, just like other meat, it’s not funny tasting like liver, so it’s not a big leap from using beef roast, to beef heart in recipes.
Having kept the hearts from several cows last year, I was able to do some experimenting and find our favorite ways to cook it. This recipe has withstood the test of time, and we’ve made it again and again with each beef we process. We even purchase beef hearts from our friends after they process their own!
Not surprisingly, this slow cooker beef heart recipe took the top spot. I love being able to throw ingredients into a pot, and let it babysit itself until I’m ready to serve it for dinner.
Hearts tend to have quite a bit of fat on them, which you can save and render into homemade tallow. I usually freeze the fat, and save it until I’m ready to render a larger batch of tallow.
This slow cooker beef heart dish is perfect served over a bed of rice, to soak up the juices from cooking in the crockpot, and then top it with homemade sauerkraut. We like to serve with a side of salad, or steamed broccoli and thyme roasted sweet potatoes.
Slow Cooker Beef Heart Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 beef heart (approximately 1 pound)
- 1/4 t. pepper
- 1/2 t. salt
- 1/4 t. garlic powder
- 1/2 t. dried oregano
- 1/2 an onion, sliced
Instructions
- Prepare beef heart by trimming fat, and dicing into one inch cubes. How much time you want to take to devein is up to you. I find that once the meat is cooked, the veins are pretty much indistinguishable, so I don’t like waste much time on this part.
- Toss into slow cooker, and sprinkle with pepper, salt, garlic powder, and oregano. Stir to coat beef cubes.
- Top with slices onions.
- Cook on high for 4-6 hours.
- Serve over steamed rice, or quinoa
, or for a more low carb dish, riced cauliflower. - Enjoy!
, or for a more low carb dish, riced cauliflower.
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Kathleen says
I may have to try this with the hearts I’ve stashed in our freezer! I didn’t know what to do with them but this seems simple.
ER Jo says
I find all of these comments quite humorous as my father was a hunter and every winter went deer hunting. The one part of the deer I look forward to eating was the deer heart. Most of my friends thought it was gross but a sandwich of deer heart was my absolute favorite. I don’t believe my mother did much fussing to cook it, may have even just boiled it, I’ll have to ask her. We bought several pounds of beef at our local farmers market from a rancher, in the assortment of cuts was the heart. I look forward to trying out your slow cooker recipe with mushrooms added-a must!
Marvin Raber says
how long do I cook it if I have 4.5 pounds of heart? is it still 4-6 hours?
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Elise says
I would say six hours should be enough. As long as the internal temperature reaches 160º, you’re good.
Phil says
I’ve done beef and deer heart this way by following this recipe. My favourite dish by far!
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Phil says
I like it better at the four hour mark but I add liquid.
Elise says
Yay! So glad you like it!
Marilyn Balding says
Making this now! I’m looking forward to talking it to church tomorrow. Thanks for an easy recipe!!
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Liz says
I am making this recipe for the first time. My husband bought 1/4 beef and we got the hurt in some liver. I have never cooked either , and I’m wondering if you have some recipes for liver as well.
Elise says
Sadly, I don’t. I still haven’t found one the whole family likes.
Joetta Serio says
I found that replacing the oregano with cinnamon makes a much nicer taste in sandwiches. I’m not a fan of oregano except in
Tomato sauce . I’m trying adding turmeric this time for its reported healing properties and will let you know how it comes out.
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Salina says
I love beef heart. Going to try this simple preparation. Thank you. Also, beef heart is the highest food and CoQ 10 ( I may not be spelling that right ) . Beef heart is good for out heart
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Regina says
I am gone for most of the day, so a 6 hours on high might be difficult. How long do you cook it on low?
Elise says
I’d say at least 8 hours, probably 10.
Carla says
Looking forward to trying this. Do you add water to the pot?
Dale Ruthenberg says
Excellent way to cook beef heart. I grew up eating organ meats as my father was a butcher. I was exposed to a lot of different meats and this recipe rates as one of my favorites for beef heart.