Chicken liver can be baked, fried, or stewed in a variety of sauces. In any case, the taste is excellent. We've gathered 15 of the best recipes for you!
1. Pan-Fried Chicken Liver
While pasta, porridge, or potatoes are cooking, you can quickly fry chicken liver with onions. A delicious lunch or dinner will be ready in less than half an hour!
You will need: 0.5 kg chicken liver, 2 large onions, 100 ml water, 1 tbsp sifted flour and vegetable oil.
Preparation: Fry the floured liver pieces in oil until golden brown, add the onion cut into half-rings. Pour in water, season with spices, and simmer for 10 minutes with the lid on.
2. Chicken Liver in Milk
Stewed liver in milk acquires an especially tender texture and exquisite creamy taste.
You will need: 0.5 kg chicken liver, 350 ml fresh homemade milk, green onions, and sea salt.
Preparation: First, fry the liver pieces in vegetable oil until browned, then pour in the milk and season with spices. Simmer the liver for 5-6 minutes with the lid on, then sprinkle with green onions.
3. Liver Patties
Chicken liver patties are just as delicious, juicy, and aromatic as traditional meat patties.
You will need: 450 g chicken liver, 1 onion, 1 clove garlic, 2 tbsp white sesame seeds, 1-2 tbsp sifted wheat flour, 1 tsp sweet paprika.
Preparation: Mince raw chicken liver pieces, onion, and garlic in a blender, mix with flour, paprika, and sesame seeds, season with salt and pepper. Fry small patties from the resulting semi-liquid mixture.
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4. Chicken Liver in Sour Cream
Liver stewed in sour cream sauce will be an excellent addition to pasta, porridges, or boiled potatoes.
You will need: 0.6 kg chicken liver, 2 large onions, 2 tbsp sunflower oil, 120 ml sour cream, herbs.
Preparation: Sauté the onion in oil, then add the liver pieces and fry for about 6 minutes. Season the dish to taste, pour in the sour cream. After three minutes of gentle simmering, it can be served, sprinkled with herbs.
5. Chicken Liver Appetizer Rolls
Liver pancakes with a filling rolled inside can be served as an appetizer for a festive table.
You will need:
For the pancakes: 600 g chicken liver, 1 cup milk, 2 eggs, 4 tbsp sifted flour.
For the filling: 1 onion, 1 carrot, 1 clove garlic, 150 g cream cheese.
Preparation: Mix the liver passed through a meat grinder with the other ingredients for the batter, season with salt and pepper, and whisk with an immersion blender until smooth. Fry thin pancakes in a pan. For the filling, mix the cheese with fried carrots and onions, minced garlic, and spices. Spread the filling on one side of each liver pancake, roll it up, and cut into pieces.
6. Liver Roast
A delicious and hearty roast can be made from chicken liver with vegetables.
You will need: 550 g chicken liver, 7 medium potatoes, 1 onion, 1 carrot, 2 tbsp vegetable oil, 3 tbsp sifted flour, 1 bay leaf, sea salt, ground pepper.
Preparation: Mix flour with salt and pepper, dredge the liver pieces in it, and immediately fry in oil until dark golden brown. In a saucepan, fry onion and carrot in oil, add potatoes, spices, and liver, pour in water, and simmer for 35 minutes with the lid on.
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7. Potato Casserole with Liver
Mashed potatoes and chicken liver fried with vegetables – each piece of this casserole literally melts in your mouth.
You will need:
For the casserole: 10 potatoes, 2 tbsp butter, a pinch of nutmeg, 2 eggs, spices.
For the filling: 0.5 kg chicken liver, 1 onion and 1 carrot, 0.25 tsp Provence herbs, 3 tbsp sour cream.
Preparation: Fry onion, carrot, and liver in oil until cooked, season with spices, and blend until smooth. Prepare mashed potatoes, mix with eggs, butter, and seasonings. Spread 2/3 of the total mashed potato mixture on the bottom of a baking dish, distribute the liver filling, and cover with the remaining potatoes. Grease the top of the casserole with sour cream, sprinkle with herbs, and bake in the oven.
8. Chicken Liver in Batter
Chicken liver with an appetizing golden crust – an excellent and inexpensive alternative to costly meat cutlets.
You will need: 0.5 kg chicken liver, 1 egg, 2 tsp sifted flour, a pinch of ground pepper, salt.
Preparation: Season the liver with salt and pepper, and also add salt, pepper, and sifted flour to the beaten egg. Dip the liver pieces into the resulting batter and fry in oil for 5-6 minutes.
9. Chicken Liver Goulash
Liver goulash should be served with boiled or baked potatoes, buckwheat, rice, or pasta.
You will need: 600 g chicken liver, 2 bay leaves, 1 onion, 2-3 tbsp sour cream, 1.5 tbsp sifted flour, 160 ml water.
Preparation: Fry onion and liver pieces over minimal heat until lightly golden. Pour in a mixture of water, sour cream, flour, and seasonings, and let it simmer for 3 minutes.
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10. Chicken Liver with Mushrooms
Chicken liver pairs wonderfully with mushrooms, and mashed potatoes can be served as a side dish.
You will need: 300 g chicken liver and fresh champignons each, 2 large onions, 150 ml mayonnaise, a pinch of dried garlic, salt, and pepper.
Preparation: Wash and cut the liver and champignons into pieces, mix with onion half-rings in a bowl, season with spices and mayonnaise. Transfer the mixture to a pan with heated oil, and simmer for 15-20 minutes with the lid on over low heat.
11. Chicken Liver with Apples in the Oven
A delicious and light dish of chicken liver with apples, prepared in minutes in the oven.
You will need: 0.5 kg chicken liver, 2 sweet and sour apples, 1 onion, 3 tbsp flour, 6 tbsp sunflower oil, 1 tsp sweet paprika, 0.25 curry, a pinch of ground pepper.
Preparation: Dredge the sliced chicken liver in flour, fry in oil until golden brown, season with salt and pepper. Fry apple slices in the remaining oil after cooking the liver, transfer to the bottom of a baking dish. Arrange the liver pieces on top, cover with fried onions, sprinkle with curry and paprika. Bake for 10 minutes in the oven.
12. Spicy Liver
Chicken liver marinated in soy sauce acquires an amazingly piquant and wonderful taste. Be sure to try it with spaghetti!
You will need: 400 g chicken liver, 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp potato starch and honey each, 1 egg, 0.3 tsp chicken seasoning, sea or seasoned salt.
Preparation: Pour a marinade of honey, a couple of pinches of salt, soy sauce, beaten egg, and starch over the halved chicken liver (whisk the mixture with a blender). After 25 minutes, fry the liver in a hot pan with oil until golden brown.
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13. Chicken Liver Salad
Salads can be made from any liver, but chicken liver salads are especially delicious and tender.
You will need: 350 g chicken liver, 3 pickled cucumbers, 1 carrot, 1 large onion, sea salt, mayonnaise, a handful of croutons.
Preparation: Fry chopped onion and carrot in oil, cut the cooked liver and pickled cucumbers into strips. Mix all ingredients in a salad bowl, dress with mayonnaise, and sprinkle with croutons.
14. Chicken Liver Soufflé
Tender and airy liver soufflé will be a welcome addition to any festive table.
You will need: 450 g chicken liver, 4 tbsp semolina, 1 egg, 2.5 tbsp sour cream, 0.5 tsp sea salt, a pinch of pepper, 1 sweet bell pepper, 1 carrot, and 1 onion.
Preparation: In a bowl, combine the liver, sour cream, egg, semolina, salt, and pepper, whisked with an immersion blender until smooth. Add the bell pepper cut into thin strips, onion half-rings, and grated carrot to the liver mixture. Pour the mixture onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake in the oven.
15. Romanian Drob
Another recipe for a simple but very delicious chicken liver appetizer.
You will need: 1 kg chicken liver, 5 hard-boiled eggs, 2 fresh eggs, 220 ml sour cream, 200 g sifted flour, 1 large onion, 1.25 tbsp starch, 1 tsp baking soda, 2.25 tbsp sunflower oil, 1 bunch fresh herbs.
Preparation: Roughly chop the hard-boiled eggs and cooked liver, mix with fried onion, starch, and chopped herbs, season to taste. Pour in the batter made from eggs, flour, baking soda, and sour cream. Bake in the oven, serve completely cooled.