FRIED LIVERS WITH ONIONS (2 RECIPES)

 
I love to eat livers. Whether livers are considered a laboratory of the organism, I still love them. Baked in foil in the oven ... yummy, you'll lick your fingers. After I got married, I don't eat livers so often - I'm the only one that eats them and I hate eating alone, so I stopped cooking them.

Tip: always before you begin to cook livers, leave them some time to stand in fresh milk. That way livers will be juicy and won't dry, especially if fried. And most importantly, don't add salt before cooking, but add salt or mixed spices at the end of cooking.

I usually cook livers with lots of onions. I add several big chopped onions to a slightly fried livers, add dried chili peppers (they go great with the liver), a little sauce (homemade tomato sauce), after a nice fry I add spices, water and leave to cook and to evaporate the water. There are different ways to prepare livers, here I present you 2 different recipes.

Recipe 1: Lamb livers 

 Ingredients: 

 For livers:

  • 500 g lamb livers (large pieces with about 1-2 cm thickness)
  • flour
  • sea ​​salt
  • black pepper (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil + 1 teaspoon butter

For the onions:
  • 1 large onion, cut into strips
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil or butter
  • 1 teaspoon mustard
  • a few drops of balsamic vinegar
  • black pepper

Preparation:
  1. Heat the olive oil and butter over medium heat, place chopped onion in the pan, season with pepper, then cook until the onions get golden brown color. Stir frequently to avoid burning. 
  2. Add the mustard and vinegar and leave to simmer until liquid almost evaporates. The entire process should take about 20 minutes.
  3. After onions, prepare livers. Coat livers in flour, heat the olive oil in a pan at the highest temperature. Put livers to cook until darkened and softened, for about 1 minute on both sides (inside should remain slightly pink and externally beautifully darkened). Add a little butter in order to enrich the flavor. Add salt and spices in the end.
  4. Align cooked livers on a plate for serving and add the onions sauce on top.
Recipe 2: Chicken livers

Ingredients:

  • 500 g chicken livers
  • 2 onions
  • 1 leek
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 carrots
  • 1 cup crushed tomatoes
  • laurel leaf
  • pepper and salt to taste
  • oil for cooking
  • parsley 

 Preparation:

  1. Divide chicken livers in halves. 
  2. Chop onions, garlic and carrots in cubes.
  3. In a saucepan heat a little oil in which the liver is cooked shortly and when lightly browned, add chopped vegetables. Mix and cook until soft.
  4. Then add the crushed tomato puree, bay leaf and garlic, allow to cook for a few minutes and stir occasionally.
  5. Before the end add salt and sprinkle black pepper and cook for another 5 minutes.
  6. Finished goulash sprinkle with fresh parsley.
Enjoy!