Smothered beef liver. This method is the ONLY way to eat liver: dredged in flour, browned quickly, then braised low heat briefly in liquid. Try it with tomato soup if you don't have sauce, or season it like swiss steak. Beef liver smothered in onions is a favorite at my house.
In a rectangular casserole dish, mix flour, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper and cayenne pepper. Beef liver is pan-seared and smothered and braised in brown gravy and onions. Beef liver onions and gravy is the ultimate comfort food that's served with mashed potatoes and fried corn. You can have Smothered beef liver using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Smothered beef liver
- Prepare 3 Tbs of oil.
- You need 1 of sliced onion.
- You need 1 pound of beef liver.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of plain flour.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Salt or to taste.
- It's 1/4 tsp of ground black pepper or to taste.
- It's 1 can of tomato sauce.
- It's 1/4 cup of water.
- It's 1/2 tsp of dried oregano.
Served with mashed potatoes and smothered in gravy. Ingredients: butter, onions, beef liver, and seasoning. If I may say so this IS the best liver and onion recipe you will come across. Place olive oil in a large skillet and brown both sides of the liver over medium high heat.
Smothered beef liver step by step
- Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute onions until soft, but not browned. Remove from pan using a slotted spoon, and set aside. Slice the liver into serving size pieces, and remove any membrane.
- In a shallow dish, mix together the flour, salt and pepper. Dredge the liver in the flour mixture, and place into the hot skillet. Brown the liver quickly on each side. Place reserved onions on top of liver pieces. Pour the tomato sauce and water over everything in the pan, lifting the liver pieces to let the tomato sauce coat the bottom of the pan.
- Sprinkle the oregano over everything, and simmer over low heat for 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Adjust salt and pepper to taste. Be careful not to overcook, or liver will be tough. Serve!.
Place sliced onions in the skillet with the liver. Pour beef broth on top of liver and onions. When the butter has melted, turn the heat up to medium-high, and place the coated liver slices in the pan. Cook until nice and brown on the bottom. Put liver on paper towel lined plate.