chicken liver & heart adobo
This is a modified Filipino dish made with common ingredients. The use of flour is the out of place ingredient from the authentic recipe. Excellent and flavorful dish.
prep time
15 Min
cook time
30 Min
method
Stove Top
yield
6 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 500 grams chicken liver, 1 lb
- 500 grams chicken hearts
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 4 tablespoons cooking oil and as needed
- 4-5 cloves garlic, smashed and minced
- 1/2 cup light soy sauce
- 3/4 cup water
- 4-6 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
- 1/4 cup white vinegar
- 2 spring onions, slice, for garnish
How To Make chicken liver & heart adobo
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Step 1Rinse the liver and hearts, cut the livers in half and trim the hearts, prep the garlic, spring onions, and measure out the liquids. For the liver, I used 700 grams and 300 grams of hearts, if you don't like hearts, just use more liver. If you want to use gizzards, parboil those for about 30 minutes before continuing with the recipe.
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Step 2Add the flour to a shallow dish and mix in the salt and garlic powder.
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Step 3Heat a large non stick pan with 2 tablespoons of the cooking oil. When hot, coat the liver and hearts in flour and add to the pan, cooking the liver for 2 minutes per side, for the hearts, just kind of scoot them around the pan and remove those when you remove the liver to a plate, work in batches until all the hearts and liver are browned. They are cooked more in another step. I did this in three batches as I use a wok pan, simply grabbing a handful of liver and hearts, coating with flour, then coating more while the first batch was cooking.
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Step 4Just cook until browned a bit, not looking to cook through or you will have dry liver, remove from the pan, add a bit more oil if needed, and cook another batch, until all is browned.
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Step 5Same pan, add the other 2 tablespoons of oil and the garlic, stir, cooking the garlic until it is just brown and fragrant.
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Step 6Add the liver and hearts back to the pan, and add the soy sauce and water, stir to mix, let this come to a boil then add the bay leaves and peppercorns.
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Step 7Reduce heat to a simmer and cover for 15-20 minutes, this will cook the liver and hearts through, and the flour will make for a thicker sauce.
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Step 8Now add the vinegar, stir and bring back to a boil. Stirring often and cook for 5 more minutes. Remove from heat, remove the bay leaves.
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Step 9Serve with hot cooked rice of your choice.
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Category:
Chicken
Keyword:
#giblets
Keyword:
#Chicken Liver
Keyword:
#Chicken Hearts
Ingredient:
Chicken
Method:
Stove Top
Culture:
Filipino
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