Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Liver And Rice




For the price of $1.30 and a cup of rice, my lunch is perfect!

I know some people are not fond of hearing the word "liver". People even say yuck as soon as the word jumps out of one's mouth, instantly visualizing it as a gross thing when in fact everyone on earth has it.  Well, I for sure is not one of them and love it! I grew up having Liver moment at home. Yesterday, I bought some from our local grocery and plan to make a lunch for me today. Just thinking about it brought memories from my childhood years and it was all good. So I got this little tab containing a few chicken livers for  the price of $1.30, enough for a meal or two, depending how much of the memories come back.
My saliva starts dribble inside my mouth and can't wait to have some although I don't really buy too often because of some concerns but whenever I miss home, it does help the homesickness feeling. My dad usually makes liver with onions but this time I decided to make it a little different. I use garlic instead of onions and it turned out good just like home.

Prepare rice - one cup of rice, 2 cup water and let it boil. As soon as it starts boiling, turn down the stove, letting it steamed until liquid disappears.  I am not an every rice eater so a rice cooker is out of my budget.

Next, wash the liver by running hot water through in a bowl and drain.

Ingredients:
3 Tbps vinegar
3 Tbps soy sauce
6 garlic cloves
3 Tbps olive oil for cooking

First, I heated the pan with the olive oil in it. I'm using a cast iron pan which I really enjoyed using. As soon as it starts heat up, grab the drained liver and transfer to the pan.  Stir them around, cooking each side at least 2 minutes, oil covering each of them. Then add the vinegar which will sizzle a bit, add the soy sauce and lastly the mince garlic. Garlic is a good antibiotic and the vinegar will cook the liver easier plus other benefits of vinegar. Mix them all up and cook a little bit more for 10-15 minutes, depending how you want it to be cook. The longer you let it cook, the liquid will turn stickier and liver drier.  And you're done.

Serve with rice. Yum!!!