Chicken Liver Pate

Ingredients:

1 lb chicken livers

2 tablespoons garlic chopped

1 onion chopped

1/4 cup sherry wine

1 tablespoon thyme

1 tablespoon ground sage

fresh sage *garnish*

1 tablespoon rosemary

1/2 teaspoon allspice

2 bay leaves

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1 1/2 stick of butter

avocado oil

Equipment: Blender

Make sure to clean the livers thoroughly. Rinse and remove gall bladder if attached and cut off any appearance of green color off the liver. This is bile from the gall bladder and very bitter.

On medium heat in a little avocado oil, saute in only 1/2 a stick of butter all ingredients. (except for the fresh sage this will be used at the end as a garnish). When your livers are cooked through then you can remove it from heat.

Drain about 1/2 the juices and then blend the rest until smooth. Pour into an small bowl. Use an herb like sage or rosemary as a garnish on top of the pate. Or by all means get creative with the presentation. I used sage.

Melt the remaining stick of butter and pour over top the pate. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to harden.

I added a few goodies to snack on and garnished the pate with tomatoes and chives.

May 18, 2019 0

Southern Smothered Chicken Livers

Ingredients:

1.25 lbs of chicken livers

2 onions chopped

1 cup of mushrooms

1/2 a Serrano pepper chopped finely

red wine vinegar

lemon juice

2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 cup of chicken broth

**About 2 tablespoons of flour

Olive oil

seasoning salt

garlic powder

black pepper

1 cup of water

Thoroughly clean and inspect your chicken livers making sure no gall bladder is attached. Cut any of the green areas off. Then in a small bowl marinade the livers in a little vinegar and lemon juice for about 10 mins. This actually cuts a little of that bite that I love so much down. Lol. On medium heat saute the mushrooms, Serrano peppers and onions in a little olive oil. Sprinkle salt and pepper and stir. Drain the chicken livers from the vinegar and lemon juice then add them to the vegetables. Continue to saute. Mix beef broth, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, water in a separate small bowl and whisk in flour. Add to the livers. Allow it to simmer. Stir it as it begins to thicken. If its too thick add more water slowly too thin add more flour to thicken. Depends on your tastes. Finally season with garlic powder, black pepper, and seasoning salt to taste. You can also adjust the soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce depending on how you like your flavors. Once your livers are cooked completely through you can serve with rice.

*Country Girls Rock!!

July 26, 2018 1

My Recharge meal is Chicken Livers! 😭

Now my hobby of hiking can be very strenuous. Yesterday I left later than I was supposed to because my son Troy was super distracting with his jokes. I didn’t get to the trail until like 10:30 and by then it was nuclear winter hot. Like in the 90s strong. I did a 3 mile hike and after I made it home I was drained. I could feel my body screaming to me “I NEED NUTRIENTS NOW!!! I was laid up weak and was brainstorming what do I need to feed myself? What is the most nutritionally dense food so I can recharge my body? Then it came to me… chicken livers!

Lol… now chicken livers are an acquired taste. People are never on the fence about them. It’s pretty much love or hate. Cut and dry. I love them personally and they are so good for you. I provided a link to show what I mean when I say they are a nutritional powerhouse!!!

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/poultry-products/667/2

With that said I didn’t deep fry them this time. Let’s Go!

Ingredients:

1 lb of chicken livers

1 cup of cilantro chopped

1 small container of mushrooms

1/2 red bell pepper sliced

1 onion chopped

juice from 1 lime

3 cloves of garlic chopped

1/2 can of chicken broth

1 teaspoon of cumin

1 tablespoon of soy sauce

1 tablespoon of tumeric

1 tablespoon of grated ginger

steak seasoning

sea salt

2 tablespoons of butter

1 teaspoon of sugar

Rinse off the livers and make sure there is no gall bladder attached to them. It’s a green weird looking thing. If you see it cut it off and surrounding flesh thats appears green. If not it is going to taste horrible. Bile is inside of the gall bladder and tastes VERY bitter!

*FYI: If you have ever had a rough hangover and barfed until there is no end that vile taste is bile.

Season the liver with cumin, soy sauce, ginger, sugar, lime juice, tumeric, garlic and steak seasoning.

On medium heat with butter and a little sea salt, start your vegetables.

Then add the livers and the chicken broth. Stir and let simmer for 20 mins.

Add the cilantro. and stir. Give it about 5 more minutes. Once the livers are soft and can be split with just a spoon. Cut the larger ones in half for smaller bites.

Serve with Rice! Watch the magic of how your body loves all the nutrients. I literally felt revived. Energized!

May 28, 2018 0