Cooking delicious and soft beef liver in a pan with onions

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

• Cooking time:

  30 minutes

Ingredients

• beef liver
• onion
• salt
• pepper
• vegetable oil

Beef liver is a healthy by-product. We will tell you how to cook the liver in a pan with onions so that it turns out delicious, soft and everyone likes it.

Beef liver with onions - a simple recipe

Cooking soft and delicious beef liver in a skillet with onions is not as difficult as it might seem. The main thing is to remember that such a product cannot be fried for a long time, otherwise the liver will turn out to be dry.

Ingredients:

• 500 g beef liver;
• 250 g onions;
• 1, 5 tsp salt;
• 0.5 tsp pepper;
• vegetable oil for frying.

Preparation:

We clean the beef liver of films and cut out large vessels with bile, which make it bitter. Cut the offal into pieces of equal thickness (this is important). To make this easier to do, the liver can be slightly frozen

We transfer it to a bowl, salt, pepper and mix

Chop the onion in half rings. Here, too, an important point - the vegetable should be half as much as the liver

• Heat oil in a frying pan, send meat offal and fry with constant stirring.
• As soon as the liver brightens, add the onion. Salt, pepper, mix.

Fry until all the moisture has evaporated and the onion turns brown. We remove the dish from the heat

A culinary technique such as steeping in milk will help to soften the liver, as well as relieve it of bitterness. But if the liver is young, and you are sure of this, then it is not necessary to soak the offal.

Beef liver with onions and sour cream

Many housewives advise to cook beef liver in a pan not only with one onion, but also with the addition of such a fermented milk product as sour cream. They contribute to the fact that the liver is juicy, soft and tasty.

Ingredients:

• 700 g beef liver;
• 4-5 onions;
• 150 ml sour cream;
• salt and pepper to taste;
• greens to taste;
• vegetable oil for frying.

Preparation:

Cut the prepared offal into small pieces and send it to the pan with already heated oil, fry for 10 minutes

• After that, salt the liver, stir, cover and cook over low heat for another 10 minutes.
• At this time, chop the onion into small cubes and sauté it until golden brown in a separate frying pan.

Now add sour cream to the liver, add a little more salt, pepper, mix

Then put the fried onions, mix and simmer under the lid for 10 minutes

At the end, add any chopped greens to taste, mix and remove the finished dish from the heat

The taste of the dish depends on the quality of the offal. Beef liver should be uniform in color, without spots, have a fresh, even sweetish, but not sour smell.

Turkish beef liver

We offer to cook such an unusual treat as Turkish beef liver. Even if your family is not very fond of meat offal, then they definitely will not refuse such a dish. The liver is tasty, soft and with an unusual aroma.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of liver;
• 3 onions;
• 6 cloves of garlic;
• 3 tbsp. l. starch;
• 4 tbsp. l. tomato paste;
• 2-3 st. l. honey;
• 60 ml of vegetable oil;
• 7 tbsp. l. soy sauce;
• 1 tsp sweet paprika;
• 1 tsp salt;
• ½ cup boiling water;
• 100 g of rice.

Preparation:

Cut the beef liver into small pieces and transfer to a deep bowl. Salt, add starch, crushed garlic cloves, paprika. Pour in the oil, mix everything and marinate for 20 minutes

Then we shift the marinated liver into a frying pan with oil and fry on all sides

Add the onion, mix and simmer for 5-7 minutes

For the sauce, put the tomato paste in a bowl, add soy sauce and honey to it, stir. Pour in hot water and stir until honey is completely dissolved

Pour the liver with the resulting sauce, mix and cook under the lid for 5-7 minutes

Serve the finished dish with boiled rice

Beef liver should not be fried for more than 5 minutes on one side, otherwise it will lose moisture and all its taste.

Beef liver with onion and cream

You can cook beef liver in a pan with either sour cream or cream. Thanks to this fermented milk product, the liver is soft, with a delicate creamy taste. Be sure to fry the offal with onions, it gives not only taste, but also juiciness.

Ingredients:

• 500 g beef liver;
• 2 onions;
• 200 ml cream (20%);
• salt and pepper to taste;
• vegetable oil for frying.

Preparation:

Cut the beef offal into small cubes and fry in oil for 2-3 minutes on each side

After that, we send the onion cut into half rings to the liver, mix and continue to fry until the onion is transparent

Next, salt and pepper the liver with onions, pour cream into them, mix and simmer under a lid for 20-25 minutes

When choosing beef liver, you should give preference to fresh rather than frozen product, from which it will not be possible to cook a truly tasty dish

Stroganoff liver

Initially, such a treat was prepared from beef, but today the hostesses tell how to cook Stroganoff beef liver in a pan with onions. And, indeed, the dish turns out to be soft, tasty and very exquisite.

Ingredients:

• 500 g beef liver;
• 150 ml sour cream;
• 3 tbsp. l. tomato sauce;
• 2 onions;
• 1, 5 Art. l. starch;
• 1, 5 Art. l. mustard (not hot);
• 25 g butter;
• 3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• salt and pepper to taste;
• 2 tbsp. l. greenery;
• 2 bay leaves.

Preparation:

• Salt and pepper the beef liver cut into small pieces, sprinkle with starch, mix.
• Fry the liver in a mixture of butter and vegetable oils on both sides for 2-3 minutes.

In a separate frying pan, saute the diced onion until golden brown and then transfer it to the beef offal, then put the bay leaf

• Pour tomato sauce or tomato paste diluted in water into sour cream, add mustard, stir until smooth.
• Fill the liver with sauce, mix, bring to a boil and simmer for 2-3 minutes.

At the end, add any chopped greens. You can serve the dish to the table

To make the beef liver soft, experienced housewives advise to salt it at the very end of cooking.

Beef liver with onions and potatoes

Beef liver with onions and potatoes is a simple yet delicious dish that can be made for lunch or dinner.

Ingredients:

• 500 g beef liver;
• 2 onions;
• 3-4 potato tubers;
• 3 tbsp. l. butter;
• 50 ml of vegetable oil;
• 1 large tomato;
• salt and pepper to taste;
• turmeric and paprika to taste;
• greens.

Preparation:

Pour the already melted butter into a preheated pan, add vegetable oil and spread the onion chopped into cubes. Fry until transparent and soft

In another pan, heat the vegetable oil and spread the potatoes, which we cut into small cubes. Fry until tender

Now add pieces of beef liver to the onion, mix and simmer for 5-7 minutes

Then add salt, pepper, turmeric and paprika to the liver

Next, lay out the tomato crushed into cubes, mix, simmer for a couple of minutes

Then we shift the liver to the potatoes, stir, cook for a few more minutes and remove from heat

Put the finished dish on a plate, sprinkle with any chopped fresh herbs and serve.

Oriental beef liver

Oriental beef liver is another interesting way to prepare meat offal. The dish turns out to be bright, aromatic and very tasty.

Ingredients:

• beef liver;
• 1 tomato;
• 1 onion;
• Bell pepper;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 20 g butter;
• vegetable oil;
• coriander;
• sweet paprika;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation:

1. In a frying pan with melted butter and vegetable oil until transparent, fry the onion, cut into quarters.
2. Add the garlic chopped on a grater, mix, fry for literally a minute.
3. Now we send the chopped green and red bell peppers, mix, fry for 2 minutes.
4. Then add small pieces of beef liver to the vegetables, fry for 7 minutes.
5. Salt, pepper, add paprika and coriander.
6. Following the spices, we send tomatoes into the pan, and as soon as they give juice, cover with a lid and cook for 20-25 minutes.
7. At the end, add some more fresh vegetables, heat for a couple of minutes and remove from heat.
8. Put the finished dish on a wide plate, sprinkle with fresh herbs on top and serve immediately.

Cooking delicious and soft beef liver in a pan with onions is quite simple, the main thing is to know how to choose the right quality product. The liver itself is nutritious, but it goes especially well with various sauces, vegetables and cereals.