Fans of delicious homemade food are often interested in how to cook the liver so that it is soft and juicy. There are several simple recipes that will allow you to achieve this without any problems and please the family with your favorite dish.
How to cook soft and juicy chicken liver
You will need:
- 0.5 kg of chicken liver;
- 3 onions;
- 1 carrot;
- 4 tbsp. tablespoons of medium fat sour cream;
- salt and pepper.
Soft and juicy chicken liver in sour cream is one of the most famous varieties of the dish. The liver of a chicken is considered the softest and most pliable to cook, so it is enough to rinse it in cool water for 30 minutes, after which you can start cooking. Clean it from bile ducts and film, cut into small pieces. Season with salt and pepper.
Cut onion and carrots into small cubes, then sauté over medium heat until golden brown. Dip the pieces of liver in flour and sauté in vegetable oil in a separate skillet until crusty. Add onions and carrots, then simmer for 15 minutes over low heat, cover the pan with a lid. Add a tablespoon of water periodically to keep the food from burning and stewing well.
Add 2-3 tablespoons of sour cream to the liver and simmer for another 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Check the finished dish for hardness. If you want the liver to be softer and more juicy, you can add another 1-2 tablespoons of water and hold on the heat for longer until the dish is tasteful.
How to cook soft and juicy pork liver
You will need:
- 0.5 kg pork liver;
- 5 tbsp. tablespoons of flour;
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of mayonnaise;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of sour cream;
- 1 onion;
- spice.
Pork liver is high in blood, which makes it more bitter than chicken liver. After washing the liver, soak it in cold water for another 1-1.5 hours. Then remove any streaks and rinse again under running water. Cut into small cubes so that later they are well-done and become soft and juicy.
Dip the liver in flour, adding salt and spices to it. Preheat a skillet and fry the liver in vegetable oil. Please note that the dish should not be cooked at this stage, so remove the liver when it starts to ooze and place it on a plate.
Prepare the sauce to further stew the pork liver. Pour a glass of water into a saucepan, then bring to a boil. Add mayonnaise and sour cream, stir. Place the pieces of liver and diced onion in the boiling sauce. Simmer over low heat for 20 minutes, until the dish is tender enough.
How to cook soft and juicy beef liver
You will need:
- 500 g beef liver;
- 2 carrots;
- 2 onions;
- 3 cabbage leaves;
- 1 tbsp. a spoonful of milk;
- 1 tbsp. a spoonful of buckwheat;
- pork fatty mesh;
- salt.
Beef liver is the toughest and most bitter, but it can be cooked deliciously in the form of so-called liverworts. Boil buckwheat in salted water. Peel the beef liver from the film, cut into cubes and soak in milk for half an hour. Chop onions and carrots and sauté in vegetable oil. Pass the liver pieces and vegetable fry through a meat grinder or grind in a blender. Mix the resulting minced meat with the finished one and salt to taste.
Cut the pork fat net into 10x10 cm squares. Wrap a tablespoon of liver mass in them, making some kind of stuffed cabbage. Fry the pieces in vegetable oil until crisp, then place them in a pot or ovenproof dish, covering it with cabbage leaves. Pour a small amount of boiling water into a bowl, cover with foil or a lid and cook in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 20 minutes.
