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Best Liver Ever – Crispy Liver with Sweet Sour Spicy Onions

by KitchenRebel on September 12, 2014

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If you like liver you will love this Crispy Liver and Sweet Sour Spicy Onion recipe. If you don’t like liver, this might make you change your mind about liver.

Fresh fruits and vegetables are full of vitamins and minerals, but their micronutrient content doesn’t always hold up to what is found in meats and organ meats – especially liver.  It’s why liver is known as natures most potent super foods.

  • An excellent source of high-quality protein
  • Contains all of the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K
  • Nature’s most concentrated source of vitamin A, which is rapidly depleted during periods of stress, as well as by consuming a low-fat diet
  • All the B vitamins in abundance, particularly vitamin B12
  • One of our best sources of natural folate
  • A highly usable form of iron
  • Trace elements such as copper, zinc and chromium; liver is our best source of copper
  • CoQ10, a nutrient that is especially important for cardio-vascular function
  • A good source of purines, nitrogen-containing compounds that serve as precursors for DNA and RNA

Sweet Sour Spicy Onions:

ingredients

2-3 tblsp Olive oil
2 Onions, sliced
1 Jalepeno Pepper, sliced
1/2 tsp Cayenne (optional if you like it with a real spicy kick)
1/2 tsp Smoked or Sweet Paprika
6 tblsp Red wine vinegar
3 tablespoons brown sugar
juice of half lemon
Salt to taste

instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in pan till medium hot
  2. Add onions and sauté for 3-4 minutes until onions begin to soften
  3. Add jalapeño pepper
  4. Sauté for 5-6 minutes until onions start to brown
  5. Add paprika, and cayenne pepper (if using), add 1/2 teaspoon salt, saut̩ for 2 Р3 minutes, till fragrant and start caramelizing
  6. Add vinegar, stir to deglaze pan. Deglazing is when you use liquid to get all the brown bits off the bottom of pan
  7. Add brown sugar and lemon juice. Stir through and let liquid cook off for 1-2 minutes
  8. Check seasoning, add salt.
  9. Remove from heat and set aside.

 

Heat olive oil in pan till medium hot unnamed-1

Add onions and sauté for 3-4 minutes until onions begin to softenunnamed-2

Add jalapeño pepper unnamed-3

Sauté for 5-6 minutes until onions start to brownunnamed-4

Add paprika, and cayenne pepper (if using), add 1/2 teaspoon salt, sauté for 2 – 3 minutes, till fragrant and start caramelizing unnamed-5

Add vinegar, stir to deglaze pan. Deglazing is when you use liquid to get all the brown bits off the bottom of panunnamed-6

Add brown sugar and lemon juice. Stir through and let liquid cook off for 1-2 minutesunnamed-20

Check seasoning, add salt.
Remove from heat and set aside. unnamed-8

 

Crispy Liver

Calfs liver has a milder flavour. Always eat organic meat, especially organ meats.

I always soak liver in water to get rid of excess blood and the ‘liver’ taste. Remove skin, cut out any sinews. Rinse well.

ingredients

1 lb Calf Liver
2 tbsp Soy Sauce
2 dashes (about 1-2 tsp) worcestershire sauce
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1/3 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup olive oil for frying

instructions

  1. Soak liver in water to get rid of excess blood. Remove any skin, cut out sinews. Rinse and drain well. Cut into desired size.
  2. Put liver in a bowl add soy sauce, worcestershire sauce and black pepper. Marinate for at least 30 minutes
  3. Heat olive oil in pan till medium hot
  4. Add flour to shallow dish, dredge liver pieces in flour
  5. Carefully add liver to hot oil. Always drop away from you to avoid splashes
  6. Fry liver for 2-3 minutes per side, until outside is browned and crispy, and liver is just cooked through
  7. Serve with onions, and mashed potatoes.

 

Prep and marinade liver: Soak liver in water to get rid of excess blood. Remove any skin, cut out sinews. Rinse and drain well. Cut into desired size. Put liver in a bowl add soy sauce, worcestershire sauce and black pepper. Marinate for 30 minutes unnamed-10

In a pan, heat olive oil till medium hot
Add flour to shallow dish, dredge liver pieces in flour unnamed-11

Carefully add liver to hot oil. Always drop away from you to avoid splashes unnamed-14

Fry liver for 2-3 minutes per side, until outside is golden brown and liver is just cooked through unnamed-15
Serve with onions, and mashed potatoes.

My favourite is liver and onion sandwiches. And I love it with extra onions!

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