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Sautéed Chicken Livers in Madeira Sauce

Name: Sautéed Chicken Livers in Madeira Sauce
Total time: 24 min
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 450 g chicken livers, trimmed; salt and black pepper, to taste; 70 g plain flour, spread on a plate, for dredging; 28 g unsalted butter; 1 tbsp neutral cooking oil; 150 g boiled ham, diced; 100 g button mushrooms, quartered; 1 tbsp unsalted butter, for the garnish; 120 ml beef stock or bouillon; 80 ml dry Sercial Madeira; 1 tbsp unsalted butter, softened; 1 tbsp flat-leaf parsley, minced; 300 g cooked rice, for a ring; 300 g creamed spinach, warmed; 150 g peas, buttered; 150 g asparagus tips, buttered

Floured chicken livers seared fast in butter and oil so they stay pink inside, then bathed in a quick Madeira and stock reduction and finished with a knob of butter and parsley.

Yield4 to 6 servings
Hands-on24 min
Total24 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Livers

450 gchicken livers, trimmed
to tastesalt and black pepper
70 gplain flour, spread on a plate, for dredging
28 gunsalted butter
1 tbspneutral cooking oil

Garnish

150 gboiled ham, dicedoptional
100 gbutton mushrooms, quarteredoptional
1 tbspunsalted butter, for the garnishoptional

Sauce

120 mlbeef stock or bouillon
80 mldry Sercial Madeira
1 tbspunsalted butter, softened
1 tbspflat-leaf parsley, minced

To serve

300 gcooked rice, for a ringoptional
300 gcreamed spinach, warmedoptional
150 gpeas, butteredoptional
150 gasparagus tips, butteredoptional

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Celery
Sulfites
Legumes (any)
Peas
Wheat
Rice
Grapes
Onion family (any)
Onion
Garlic
Cabbage family (any)
Spinach
Asparagus
Carrot
Parsley
Black and white pepper
Nutmeg
Mushrooms (any)
Button, cremini and portobello
All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
Beef and veal
Pork
Poultry and birds (any)
Chicken
Gelatin
Alcohol

Taste

Sweet
Salty
Umami / savory
Bitter
Richness / fat
Herbal / fresh

Texture

Tender-braised

Equipment

Stovetop

Season

Any season

Occasion

Weeknight

Effort

20–45 min active
Under 30 min total
Difficulty 2
One pot

Nutrition

Calories: moderate
Protein: high
Carbs: low
Fat: moderate
Fiber: low
Sodium: low

Budget

Budget: low

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