The liver is one of the few products that does not like prolonged heat treatment. If you cook or fry for a long time, the dish will turn out to be dry, tough, tasteless. With the right approach, a lot of goodies can be prepared quickly and easily from the liver. Especially if you add a popular product with onions.
Beef liver with onions - general principles of preparation
Preliminary treatment of the liver consists in washing and removing visible films. If this is not done, the product will not be able to absorb the juices of additional ingredients. Then the liver is dried and cut into pieces. The shape and size are determined by the recipe.
Onions are mainly used onions. It harmoniously combines with beef liver and these two products complement each other wonderfully. Often carrot, sour cream, mushrooms, potatoes and various other vegetables are put in liver dishes.
Stew liver, onion, roast, bake. You can cook in pots, in a slow cooker, steamed. They are supplemented with all kinds of spices, herbs, served independently and with side dishes.
Recipe 1: Braised beef liver with onion in sour cream
Instead of sour cream for the preparation of such a beef liver with onions, you can take cream, but with a fat content of at least 15%. The dish is great for garnishes of cereals and vegetables, it goes well with pasta.
Ingredients
• 0.6 kg of liver;
• 0.2 kg of onions;
• 0.25 kg of sour cream;
• 0.2 liters of broth;
• butter;
• 2 tablespoons of flour;
• salt;
• bay leaf and a little dill.
Cooking
1. Cut the washed and cleaned liver into small pieces, as for goulash.
2. Onion cut into cubes, throw in a pan with oil and start frying.
3. After a couple of minutes, add the liver, cover and fry for three minutes under the lid.
4. Remove the lid, evaporate the remaining moisture, and as soon as the pieces begin to fry, add the flour. We pour evenly so that it does not grab lumps.
5. Spread the sour cream, stir.
6. Add salt to the broth, any seasonings can be, and also send to the pan.
7. Stew together a few more minutes, check for readiness.
8. Sprinkle with chopped dill, stick a bay leaf on and off. Cover, let stand for five minutes and you can serve.
Recipe 2: Fried beef liver with onions in a pan
The simplest recipe for fried beef liver with onions, which can be prepared in less than half an hour. Great for a quick dinner.
Ingredients
• 0.5 kg of liver;
• 2 onions;
• 50 ml of oil;
• 1.5 tablespoons of flour;
• spices;
• 0.5 bunch of dill.
Cooking
1. We clear the liver of the films, rinse well and cut into strips. Leave it on the cutting board for now.
2. We clean the onion heads from the husk and also chop the straws.
3. Pour oil into a skillet and heat. Add the onion, make the fire big.
4. Immediately sprinkle the liver with prescription flour, quickly mix with your hands directly on the cutting board and send to the onion. We brown for a minute and remove the fire.
5. Cover the frying pan with a lid and fry for about five minutes.
6. Then open, salt, add black pepper and fry without lid until cooked. This is about three minutes. Do not overdo it.
7. Turn off, sprinkle with chopped dill.
Recipe 3: Braised Beef Liver with Onions and Carrots
A variant of a beef liver vegetable dish with onions and carrots. For cooking, use a large skillet or cauldron.
Ingredients
• 1 onion head;
• 0.3 kg of liver;
• 1 large carrot;
• 3 tablespoons of oil;
• salt pepper;
• greens optional;
• 130 ml of broth or water.
Cooking
1. We chop the onions in large half rings and pour them into a pan with heated oil.
2. Peel the carrots and cut them with very thin rings. We shift to the onion, fry together.
3. Cut the liver into cubes of three centimeters and also add to the pan.
4. First we fry without a lid, as soon as the juice begins to appear, pour in the hot broth indicated in the recipe. Cover and simmer for about seven minutes.
5. Season with salt, pepper, cook for another five minutes. We taste it.
6. We throw greens, turn off.
Recipe 4: Beef Liver with Onions in a Pot
The recipe for those who do not have time to prepare dinner. Just then you need to find ten minutes and load everything in pots. Immediately turn on the oven at 190 degrees, let it warm up for now.
Ingredients
• 0.5 kg of liver;
• 0.15 kg of sour cream;
• 30 grams of butter;
• 0.5 tablespoons of flour;
• 2 onion heads;
• seasonings;
• cheese as desired.
Cooking
1. Coarsely chop the onion. You can julienne or half rings.
2. Sprinkle the onion with flour and fry for a minute in hot oil. A golden crust should appear.
3. Turn off the onion, add sour cream, pepper and salt, you can throw any seasonings and a little dried dill.
4. Cut the liver into large pieces of about 50 grams.
5. Put in pots on a spoonful of sour cream with onions.
6. Then spread the pieces of the liver and cover with sour cream and onions.
7. From above you can throw a piece of cheese to make a delicious crust.
8. We send the pots to cook in the oven, take out after 40-45 minutes. If cheese was added, it is best to cook without a lid.
Recipe 5: Roasted Beef Liver with Onions and Apples
An unusual recipe for a delicious beef liver fried with onions and fresh apples. The dish tastes good, has a spicy acidity and amazing aroma.
Ingredients
• 2 onion heads;
• 0.5 kg of liver;
• 2 apples;
• butter;
• seasoning.
Cooking
1. Washed liver cut into cubes no more than four centimeters. We throw in hot oil and start frying.
2. After two minutes, toss apples to it, cut into slices. Fry over high heat.
3. Onions, too, cut into small pieces and add three minutes after apples.
4. Fry all together, a lot of juice from apples will be allocated, as it should be. Stir occasionally so that the liver on top does not dry out and absorb moisture.
5. Bring the dish to the liver. Add seasonings a couple of minutes before the end. Sprinkle the finished dish from the liver with herbs.
Recipe 6: Beef Liver with Onions and Carrots in Tomato
Recipe for tender beef liver with onions and carrots in a saturated tomato sauce. For its preparation, pasta is used, but you can also take fresh tomatoes, mashed or chopped in any way.
Ingredients
• 0.5 kg of liver;
• 2 pieces of onions;
• 3 tablespoons of pasta;
• 1 spoon of sour cream;
• 1 carrot;
• 1 spoon of flour;
• greens, seasonings;
• 250 ml of broth.
Cooking
1. Shred straw onions and carrots, you can immediately put everything together.
2. Throw in a frying pan with oil, fry a little so that the vegetables are slightly set.
3. Now the turn of the liver. We cut it as you like, but better not very large. Sprinkle with flour.
4. With a spatula, we shift the vegetables in one direction and shift the liver to the freed area. Quickly fry until golden brown on the underside.
5. Now you can mix everything together with vegetables. Cooking for three minutes.
6. Put the tomato paste, fry until brownish.
7. Now it’s the turn of sour cream, which you just need to warm well with all the components of the dish.
8. It remains to add the broth. The fluid must be hot. Instead, you can use ordinary boiling water.
9. At this stage, add spices to the dish, do not forget to salt.
10. After boiling, reduce the heat, simmer until cooked. We throw greens at the very end or sprinkle the cooked dish already in plates.
Recipe 7: Braised Beef Liver with Onions and Potatoes
A very convenient and simple dish of beef liver with onions, which can be used as a first course or second course, served for lunch or dinner. It remains only to adjust the amount of fluid.
Ingredients
• 0.4 kg of liver;
• 2 onion heads;
• 0.6 kg of potatoes;
• oil, seasoning.
Cooking
1. The onion is first fried. Cut the cleaned heads into medium cubes and pour them into a bowl with heated oil. You can use a high frying pan or a cauldron.
2. The liver is not chopped finely, otherwise it will cook quickly and will be stiff. We make pieces of 30-40 grams. Throw to the bow. We do not fry for long, just a minute.
3. Peel the potato, cut a little smaller than the liver. Throw in the total mass.
4. Now the turn of the liquid. Need boiling water or broth. If a thick dish is being prepared for the second, then one or two glasses is enough. If you want to cook a stew close to soup, then the liquid should barely cover the potatoes.
5. Add salt, a little pepper and cover.
6. Stew until the potatoes are ready, to taste we throw a bay leaf, various seasonings and herbs.
Recipe 8: Fried Beef Liver with Onions and Mushrooms
Another recipe for fried beef liver with onions in sour cream, but this time champignons serve as an addition. Mushrooms give the dish a delicious aroma and great taste. It needs to be cooked!
Ingredients
• 0.4 kg of liver;
• 0.3 kg of champignons;
• 0.2 kg of onions;
• 0.2 liters of sour cream;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• oil, salt;
• a little dill fresh or dry.
Cooking
1. Mushrooms should be boiled in boiling water for about 15 minutes. You can cut the mushrooms immediately into pieces, so that later you do not wait for cooling. Throw the prepared champignons into a colander, let the liquid drip from them for the time being.
2. Shred the onion with rings, fry with the addition of oil or any fat until transparent.
3. Add the liver, fry together. We cut offal by cubes no more than three centimeters or similar cubes.
4. As soon as the pieces turn white on all sides and begin to fry, you can start the mushrooms. At this stage, we make the maximum fire so that the moisture evaporates faster.
5. Liver with mushrooms salt, pepper, fry until cooked. Sprinkle with dry or fresh dill, chopped garlic (optional), immediately turn off and let it brew. It is better to cover the pan for fifteen minutes with a lid.
Beef liver with onions - useful tips and tricks
• Flour breading prevents the liver from losing juice and contributes to the rapid appearance of a golden crust. To coat the pieces with flour, you just need to sprinkle and mix them. This is done immediately before being sent to the pan.
• Is there any fried or stewed liver left? You can beat it in the combine and get a wonderful paste. For juiciness, add cream or butter.
• Dishes from fresh liver always turn out tastier than from frozen offal. That is why experienced housewives buy chilled meat product.
• Any dish will be more tender if the liver is soaked in milk or cream before use. Dairy products nourish fibers, soften and make them more tender.
• The liver in tomato can turn out to be hard and dry due to the large amount of acid. If you are not sure about the result, it is better to use cream or sour cream for sauces. You can mix dairy products with tomato.
• The liver is not salted at the beginning of preparation, and moreover, spices are not added when soaked. Salt takes moisture from the product, promotes the active release and subsequent evaporation of juices. You need to salt the liver dishes at the very end of cooking.
