tell how, one and all beef liver

[greybeard]

It's probably been 35 years since I've cooked any beef liver but wife asked me to. Stove top in a skillet most likely, not charcoal grilled.
Liver, onions brown gravy. I'm all ears (eyes)

 

[Travlr]

Grill the onions first because the liver only takes half the time. The trick to great liver is to not cook it too long. Putting it in a bag with flour will help keep it from sticking to the pan.

 

[greybeard]

High heat, short cook time or low heat longer cooking time?

 

[Travlr]

High heat, short cook time or low heat longer cooking time?

Same temp as the onions. Medium low heat, maybe three/four minutes per side depending on how thick the liver is cut. I prefer it less time and a little rare.

 

[Philip-TX]

Just made it yesterday. Wife won't touch it.

Fry bacon
sauté onion in bacon grease, I usually put onions in on the last turn of the bacon.
flour/salt/pepper on liver
fry liver in bacon grease

Medium low heat (same as normally cook bacon)

I like white gravy some prefer brown
mashed or boiled taters with gravy helps it go down

 

[Warren Allison]

Just made it yesterday. Wife won't touch it.

Fry bacon
sauté onion in bacon grease, I usually put onions in on the last turn of the bacon.
flour/salt/pepper on liver
fry liver in bacon grease

Medium low heat (same as normally cook bacon)

I like white gravy some prefer brown
mashed or boiled taters with gravy helps it go down

Exactly what I do! I keep a coffee can that I pour my bacon grease in every morning, but if I was running low, I would do what you do: Fry some bacon just to get the grease!

 

[Philip-TX]

The bacon is the "pusher"

no bread&butter "pusher" needed for this meal.

 

[Son of Butch]

The secret to making delicious beef liver....
Blanch the liver in a pot of boiling water for a minute or 2 before frying.
You will see 'scum' from impurities form on the water = drain, roll in flour and fry.
Blanching cuts the harshness that many find objectionable.
Try it... you'll like it... you're welcome

 

[SmokinM]

Just made it yesterday. Wife won't touch it.

Fry bacon
sauté onion in bacon grease, I usually put onions in on the last turn of the bacon.
Put nice fat cheese burger on the grill now.
flour/salt/pepper on liver
fry liver in bacon grease.
Feed liver and bacon grease you ruined to the dog. ( only do this if your dog lives outside and you have a love hate relationship)
Go back inside and enjoy your bacon cheeseburger with delicious grilled onions.

Medium low heat (same as normally cook bacon)

I like white gravy some prefer brown
mashed or boiled taters with gravy helps it go down

There you go I fixed it for you!

 

[Rafter S]

Just made it yesterday. Wife won't touch it.

Fry bacon
sauté onion in bacon grease, I usually put onions in on the last turn of the bacon.
flour/salt/pepper on liver
fry liver in bacon grease

Medium low heat (same as normally cook bacon)

I like white gravy some prefer brown
mashed or boiled taters with gravy helps it go down

I don't blame her. I wouldn't either. As far as I know, the only thing that tastes worse than beef liver is chicken liver. I'd rather have a chunk of sheep meat, and I really don't like sheep meat.

 

[greybeard]

I cooked it. She loved it but Now I remember why it's been so long since I last did it.
The stench of raw calf liver. I had to put the package and leftover flour in a ziplock bag to keep the garbage can from puking it back up.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

I was always taught to soak in milk before cooking. I think it tempers the strong flavor.

 

[SBMF 2015]

Our retired butcher swears you put it in the crockpot with a can of cream of mushroom soup.
I don't like either so never tried it.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Our retired butcher swears you put it in the crockpot with a can of cream of mushroom soup.
I don't like either so never tried it.

Man, crackpot usually makes things stronger tasting. I like it fried. My nephew doesn't like it at all, so I give it to my sister ( his Mom).

 

[Texas G@l]

My momma cooked it every time we butchered a calf. My "job" was carrying the liver back to the house in a bucket........I can still remember that smell. My brothers and I never developed a taste for liver. I'm very thankful my husband hasn't either.

 

[bbirder]

My wife likes it but she doesn't cook it in our house. Can't stand the smell. I always tell people I eat the outside of the cow!

 

[Silver]

My wife likes it but she doesn't cook it in our house. Can't stand the smell. I always tell people I eat the outside of the cow!

I always tell people that there's lots of meat on the cow, I don't need to eat the guts.

 

[chaded]

Pretty bad when it's not even fit to throw in the trash can..

 

[greybeard]

Pretty bad when it's not even fit to throw in the trash can..

That was just the package and the flour I coated the liver in. The stuff just stinks even when still cold. I KNOW what rotten liver smells like and it ain't good.

Oddly, I loved eating it when I was a kid, but I didn't have to cook it. Momma did.

 

[callmefence]

Rolled in flour and pan fried is good.
I try to stay away from flour these days.
Might as well eat rat poison. So I grill it with just a little salt and pepper on the grill. As mentioned above don't overcook it. I'll eat the liver out of anything.