Liver as a food item... (recipes?)

[Plecostomus]

Poll says it all.

Looking for interesting ways to serve liver, I have access to several good pieces as a "thank you" for repairing a machine at the butcher shop.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

I don't really have a recipe, but my mom would just coat calf liver in flour and fry it in a pan. Delicious.

 

[Plecostomus]

I don't really have a recipe, but my mom would just coat calf liver in flour and fry it in a pan. Delicious.

Just flour? Well that's a start... I could add some seasoning.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

I don't really have a recipe, but my mom would just coat calf liver in flour and fry it in a pan. Delicious.

Just flour? Well that's a start... I could add some seasoning.

I just asked her. She just said a little salt and flour. Here's a recipe I found online: http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1827,151178-248192,00.html

 

[ancientone51]

Don't forget the caramelized onions that go with it. Good stuff. Even better if you have thick slices rather than the beaten thin type. Yummy.

 

[An Officer]

My mother used to dice it into cubes and sautee it along with onions, and green peppers. Serve with flat bread. Delicious. No seasoning required.

 

[Rincewiend]

Chicken livers, cut them up in some smaller pieces.
Also cut up some onions and mushrooms, stirfry them in a pan...
Add some salt and pepper for taste...
Eat it on white bread...
Jummy...

And with pigs liver my mom just boils it and we eat it cold in pieces...

 

[Plecostomus]

All good suggestions.

My basic prep for liver is to cut it into strips and fry it with peppers and onions and celery and a bit of oil. Nothing fancy.

Looking at the packages it looks like four good-sized pieces of beef liver, I'm thinking of cooking them up for work as my wife doesn't really like liver all that much.

 

[Mallory]

I don't really have a recipe, but my mom would just coat calf liver in flour and fry it in a pan. Delicious.

No kidding, especially with sauteed onions. Yum!

Coming from the South, most of the chicken livers I've eaten have been fried but every once in a while my mom would wrap each one with a slice of bacon, stick a toothpick through and then broil them all on a tray until the bacon was cooked. Is there nothing that can't be improved by bacon?

 

[Plecostomus]

I don't really have a recipe, but my mom would just coat calf liver in flour and fry it in a pan. Delicious.

No kidding, especially with sauteed onions. Yum!

Coming from the South, most of the chicken livers I've eaten have been fried but every once in a while my mom would wrap each one with a slice of bacon, stick a toothpick through and then broil them all on a tray until the bacon was cooked. Is there nothing that can't be improved by bacon?

Chicken livers I cook all the time. I deep fry them until they change color slightly then serve them with a side.

The bacon-broil idea sounds divine though.

 

[CaptainStoner]

Here you go:

http://www.dogaware.com/treatref.html

 

[ancientone51]

Add a water chestnut to the liver/bacon wrap and you have a classic hors'dourves.(sp)

 

[Roger Wilco]

I don't really like chicken liver, pork liver is ok, and I love veal liver.

When I order liver at a restaurant here, there are usually two ways of preparation, either a recipe similar to the one linked by Gary Mitchell and the other one "breaded" - sort of like Wiener Schnitzel, you take the liver steaks, cover them in flour, eggs and breadcrumbs in that order, then fry them in a pan.

I'm not sure which I prefer, I like both.

 

[SmoothieX]

The only way I'd serve liver is to the dog. I'm not a fan.

 

[Ceridwen]

It's been awhile since I've had it (I stopped eating meat and poultry about two years ago), but you really can't go wrong with just a bit of flour and salt, fry it up, and serve with onions and crumbled bacon.

 

[Aurian]

Liver is the body's clean up system. No thank you.

 

[Roger Wilco]

Liver is the body's clean up system. No thank you.

Yeah, and honey is bee-vomit.

I don't get such opinions - if it tastes good, who cares what function it served in the animal's body?

 

[Aurian]

Liver is the body's clean up system. No thank you.

Yeah, and honey is bee-vomit.

I don't get such opinions - if it tastes good, who cares what function it served in the animal's body?

I happen to think it doesnt taste good either. And it is still the body's clean up system. Animals these days are given god knows what in forms of injections and antibiotics. I believe that you can find that stuff in a higher concentration in the liver than the rest of the animal.

 

[Roger Wilco]

Your loss, more liver for me.

 

[An Officer]

I was raised with liver as a child, so I've always enjoyed it... however, no power on earth ever inspired me to eat kidneys, as they always tasted of wee to me. So I can kind of see where you're coming from with the organs, Aurian.