Chicken liver is a useful and easy-to-prepare product. If you like offal and want to make them part of the menu - it's worth starting with the preparation of the liver, as one of the most delicious foods of its kind.
Recipe for a dish with chicken liver
Perhaps, the first thing that comes to mind when mentioning a chicken liver is pate, that's what we decided to start with.
Ingredients:
- bacon - 100 g;
- garlic - 1 clove;
- onions - 1 pc .;
- vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- chicken liver - 500 g;
- brandy - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- cream cheese 225 g;
- sage - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- thyme - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- lemon juice - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- Butter - 175 g.
Preparation
Bacon cut into slices and fry in a heated frying pan for 2-3 minutes. On the fried fat fry finely chopped onions for 2-3 minutes, and at the end of cooking add the chopped garlic to the pan.
In another pan, heat up the olive oil and fry the chicken liver on it for 3-4 minutes on each side. The roasted liver should be slightly pink inside. Pour the ready-made brandy liver and wait until the alcohol is completely evaporated.
In the bowl of the blender we put onions and bacon, chicken liver, cream cheese, sliced herbs and pour lemon juice. We beat the ingredients until uniform, put them into the mold and put them in the refrigerator for 15 minutes. Melt the butter and pour the surface of the paste. Return the snack to the refrigerator until the oil layer freezes.
As you can see, it's very easy to cook delicious dishes from chicken liver. Serve pate for a meal in the company of crackers or bread toasts.
Now consider the option of the second dish with chicken liver.
Bologna stew with minced meat and liver
Ingredients:
- chicken liver - 400 g;
- pancetta - 75 g;
- butter - 20 g;
- olive oil - 80 ml;
- onions - 2 pcs .;
- carrots - 1 piece;
- celery - 2 stems;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- minced meat (pork + beef) - 700 g;
- dry white wine - 160 g;
- milk - 350 ml;
- chicken broth - 500 ml;
- ground nutmeg - pinch;
- tomatoes in its own juice - 800 g;
- bay leaves - 2 pcs.
Preparation
In the brazier, melt the butter and fry on it diced carrots, onions and celery. As soon as the vegetables blush (after 8 minutes), add the garlic and sliced pancetta. We wait another 2 minutes and lay the chicken liver.
In a separate frying pan, warm up the olive oil and fry on it ground beef until golden. Fried minced meat mixed with the liver and pour the contents of the brazier with wine. Wait until the liquid is completely evaporated and add all the remaining ingredients: chicken broth , milk, nutmeg, tomatoes, bay leaf. Preparation of a dish from a chicken liver will take 3 hours on low heat, and the lid of a brazier should not be closed.
You can serve the stew simply for bread, or you can use it as a sauce for pasta or lasagne.
Next, let's talk about a simple and dietary dish from chicken liver - vegetable salad.
Delicious vegetable salad with liver
Ingredients:
- flour - 35 g;
- fresh thyme - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- chicken liver - 500 g;
- olive oil - 60 ml;
- Balsamic vinegar - 60 ml;
- butter - 20 g;
- cherry tomatoes - 150 g;
- red onions - 1 pc .;
- parsley.
Preparation
Flour and crushed thyme is mixed with salt and pepper, and we pour in the mixture previously dried chicken liver pieces.
In a frying pan, we warm up the olive oil and fry the liver on it for 1 minute from each side. We remove the liver on a plate, and the juices that remain in the frying pan are mixed with vinegar and add butter. As soon as the glaze thickens we mix it with the liver.
On a plate lay out slices of tomatoes, onions and sliced greens, sprinkle everything with vinegar and lay the pieces of liver over.