Liver Recipe - Tasty Liver Steaks
By Cardisa
Copyright 2012 Carolee D. Samuda, All Rights Reserved
There are not many ways I like liver but this liver recipe is tasty and easy to prepare and it is also my fiance's favourite and only way he will have liver. I have used beef liver but you can use pork or goat liver if you dare. Chicken livers wont cut it because they are more mushy and have a different flavour.
This recipe takes under 1 hour to prepare and you don't need a lot of ingredients. The liver takes a little skill to prepare but with the right techniques it's quick and easy.
How I prepare my liver for slicing
- Liver should be frozen. Take it from freezer and let it stand for 15 minutes.
- In a bowl, pour on 2 table spoons vinegar and enough water to cover liver.
- Rinse and drain thoroughly.
- There is a film on the outside of the liver, while still frozen place the tip of a sharp knife under that film and ease a part of it then peel away the film with your hands. If the liver is still too frozen you can peel the film with a paring knife. Peeling that film is very important because it prevents the liver from cooking thoroughly.
- Still frozen, place the liver in a cutting board and slice thinly (similar thickness to onion slices)
- Lay liver slices on cuttin board until thawed but still cold. Don't place them on top of each other or they will freeze together and take a longer time to thaw.
- When they are thawed enough place them in a bowl and season. Below is my recipe.
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Ingredients and method
- 1 pound liver (0.450 kg - there about)
- 1 tablespoon dry Jamaican jerk seasoning or your favourite seasoning (use more of less depending on the saltiness or your specified flavour)
- A pinch of salt if necessary. Now you must know the taste of the spice you are using. I prefer a low salt/sodium or sodium free seasoning so I know exactly how much salt I am using.
- 1 stalk scallion sliced thickly
- 1 stalk fresh thyme
- 1 medium onion chopped
- three slices of green scotch bonnet pepper of other hot pepper (the green hot pepper isn't very hot but it gives a great flavour, leave out the seed)
- 4 tablespoons vegetable oil for frying
Note: Jerk seasoning has paprika and that gives a nice dark color when browned so you can use a little soy sauce and omit the salt if you are using another seasoning.
Method: Heat oil in fry pan or skillet until slightly smoking. While oil is heating use fingers to massages spice into liver. Set aside scallon, pepper, onion and thyme. When oil has reached the desired temperature place liver piece by piece in skillet. Reserve bowl. Fry liver until very brown on both sides. Remove pieces as they are done to prevent them from burning.
When you are done frying scrape bottom of pan and remove excess burnt pieces that have stuck to the bottom of the fry pan. Liver tends to ooze juices when cooking and those juices tend to burn when frying. Throw the burnt stuff away and return pan to the fire on a medium low flame. Add chopped onion, sliced scallion, thyme and pepper to pan and saute. If pan is dry add another splash of oil. Return liver to pan. In the bowl that you seasoned the liver in, add one cup water, swirl and pour unto liver, cover and let simmer for 10 - 15 minutes or until the sauce is formed.
Comments
Hi Suzzy. Yams and taro are vegetables. They are tubers and very good for you. They have a high fibre and water content. I prefer them to rice or pasta.
My wife bought some liver (beef) yesterday. She doesn't like it much but it is good for her because of the iron content as she has anemia. I will share this recipe with her (I might even try a bite! lol) I'll have to make sure she freezes it first. Very interesting recipe! Great job. Voted up and bookmarking for later!
JSMatthew~
Hi JS, I really hope she likes it and you too may end up being fond of it. Thanks for dropping in.
I hope I like it because it is very good for you. I have tried it cooked several different ways but can't get past the distinct texture and taste! We'll see what happens!
JSMatthew~
That's why I developed my own method of cooking it. I hated liver before. I hated the taste and that rawness about it, well the smell too. I use vinegar to get rid of some of the smell and the seasoning should mask the taste and the texture will change a bit. It's gonna be firmer.
I'm looking forward to giving it a try. If my wife is game, I'll let you know what we think! She's at work right now so I can ask her if she'll try it but she is pretty easy going with new recipes.
JSMatthew~
Hi Cardisa. I'm Gillian from St Catherine Jamaica, two days into the hub experience and finding it fascinating. Love your liver recipe. Liver and onions happens to be one my favorites.
When I saw the first picture I said no way without onion, lol, and then I saw you had onion and much more! Looks delicious. Wow my son and I will chow down on this, being the only two in the family who will even taste liver. Don't you just hate people who won't give good food a try?!
Thanks JS. I hope she likes it.
Hi Gillian, Welcome to HP!
I have not had liver and onions. As you know it's not a dish that is really served in Jamaica so I assume you live in the US. I don't have a liver and onion recipe to try, do you have one. Is the liver quite dark when it's cooked?
Hi Polly, my fiance is kinda like that but he is trying new stuff now. All I do is make it and he gets jealous seeing me it then he will have a taste and decide it nice. I think people should try something before they decide not to have it.
Cardisa growing up my grandmother use to make us eat liver and after she had left this old rock I stopped.. but looking at the photos here..glad I stopped LOL kidding you kmake it sound wonderful.. like a spoon full of sugar wonderful.. I know you can see right through me.. you know I'm lying.. I can't stomach liver but it was agreat hub and Im glad you shared it..:) that's not a lie Frank
Hi Frank, I understand about the liver thing. We raised chickens for a while and sold them. I couldn't eat chicken for months. I still can't eat chicken livers.
Thanks for stopping by. I do believe you Frank :)
I've tried liver just about every way, but I guess I just don't like it. I've tried soaking it in vinegar, to try to get out that distinct after-taste, but still after even that, I just can't stand it. However, my Mother LOVES liver, so I'll pass the recipe on to her. Thanks for posting.
Thank you so much for sharing this one.
I bookmark into my 'Favourte Recipes 'slot.
Take care and enjoy the rest of your day.
Eddy.
Ratke, I understand. This recipe doesn't leave a liver after-taste but if you can't stand liver then that's okay. I hope you mom loves this recipe. Thanks for stopping by.
Eiddwen, thanks for reading. I hope you like it as much as I do. Have a great day yourself.
Cardisa, yes I live in Jamaica. When I feel for liver and onions I go to a little breakfast place on Constant Spring Road in Kingston. They serve it with bananas, yam, fried johnny cakes, breadfruit. Heaven. When I do get the very rare chance to cook it, i season it well, cook the onions first, then add the livers, cooking them very lightly then adding pickapeppa sauce. My mom dredges the livers in flour before adding to the pan. everyone I suppose has their own style.
Hi Gillian, Constant Spring Road...wow. I had no idea that they serve liver and onions here. Come to think of it maybe the only place I know that might actually serve the dish is Suzies. I live in the country and if you know country people, they like their meat over cooked and black...lol. I would try the onions and liver but my fiancé wouldn't.
I've never been much of a liver fan but my husband is. I will give your recipe a try and let you know what I think. Maybe cooked this way I may enjoy it.
Hi Susan, this is the only way I like liver. I like a lot o spice on it to take away that "liver" taste...lol. I hope you hubby enjoys it.
This looks so good. Love liver, can't eat it much anymore with a bad heart it's one of the foods I'm not suppose to eat.
Hi Moonlake, sorry to hear about your heart. You have to be careful what you eat these days and liver must be had in moderation. I don't like eating it too often but the man in the house likes when I make it this way. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day.
suzzycue 4 months ago
Liver and fried onions is a favorite in the Diner I work in. The idea of cooking it with jerk seasoning would be good I have ate jerk chicken and I loved it. I am not sure what a yam or taro is? Is it a vegetable of some sort? You have plated this very nice -I would give this a try.