afoona
Chicken

Chicken Livers Sautéed with Onion and Wine

Tender, juicy chicken livers sautéed with caramelized onion and red wine sauce — a classic Israeli meal

⏱ 30 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

To assemble

  1. 1
    Ahead of time, clean the liver, pat it dry well with paper towels.
    KnifeCutting board
  2. 2
    Heat the olive oil in a large pan over high heat.
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  3. 3
    Add the onion and fry for 10 minutes, stirring, until the onion softens and browns.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
  4. 4
    Add the garlic and fry about 30 seconds to 1 minute, just until fragrant. Don't let the garlic brown.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Garlic burns quickly and turns bitter. Add it only after the onion has softened, over medium heat, and add the next ingredient as soon as it smells fragrant.
  5. 5
    Add the liver over high heat and fry 3–4 minutes per side. Don't overcook: the liver should stay pink inside.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Liver is fried fast over high heat: it browns outside and stays pink and tender inside. One more minute in the pan and it turns hard and grainy.
  6. 6
    Sprinkle the cumin, paprika, salt and black pepper over the liver and stir.
  7. 7
    Add the tomato paste and wine and cook 5 minutes more, stirring.
    Stove
  8. 8
    Serve immediately with the chopped parsley and with fresh bread.
304calories
23 gprotein
9 gcarbs
16 gfat
● protein 33%● carbs 13%● fat 54%

Per serving (240 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)

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