Pan-Fried Chicken Liver with Pickles

Quick, simple, with regular ingredients, for dinner! Chicken liver with pickles in a frying pan will perfectly diversify your usual menu. Adding cucumbers will give the dish a spicy and spicy note, and a quick frying will leave the liver juicy and soft.
cook time: 30 min
Ivy Ramsay
Pan-Fried Chicken Liver with Pickles

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

101
Calories
5g
Fat
2g
Carbs
11g
Protein

Ingredients (3 portions)

Basic:

Onion 1 pc
Salt to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
Vegetable oil 1 tbsp
Salted cucumbers (or pickled) 2 pc
Chicken liver 450 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make chicken liver with pickles? Prepare your food. Try to take fresh, chilled liver, it will turn out juicier. But if your liver is frozen, then defrost it as delicately as possible by transferring it from the freezer to the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. Take pickled cucumbers, not pickled ones — they have a milder taste. You can vary the number of cucumbers depending on your taste.

Step 2

Step 2
Peel the onion and cut into quarter rings. Although the cutting method is not important in this dish, you can cut it into larger or smaller cubes. To avoid irritating the mucous membranes of your eyes when cutting onions, rinse the onion and knife with cold water. The cutting board will not absorb the unpleasant onion smell if you rub it with a slice of lemon before cutting.

Step 3

Step 3
Also cut the cucumbers as desired. You can do it like I did, in circles, or in strips or cubes. Instead of pickled cucumbers, you can use pickled cucumbers.

Step 4

Step 4
Wash and dry the liver. It will be convenient to do this in a colander, leaving the liver in it after washing to drain the liquid. Cut large pieces into smaller ones, cutting out ducts and veins, if any.

Step 5

Step 5
Heat a frying pan over low heat, pour vegetable oil into it for frying. Add chopped onions and cucumbers. Fry them, stirring, for about 5 minutes.

Step 6

Step 6
Then move the vegetables to one side (I always do this so as not to wash the pan) and place the liver in the free space. Make the fire stronger. Quickly fry the liver on all sides until the color changes — this way you will seal the juice inside, which will keep the liver soft.

Step 7

Step 7
Then mix the liver with onions and cucumbers, add salt and pepper, and turn the heat to low again. Fry it like this for a couple of minutes, then cover the frying pan with a lid and simmer the dish for another 5 minutes, no more — the liver will become tough from long-term cooking.

Step 8

Step 8
Serve the liver with a side dish or fresh vegetables. Bon appetit!

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