# Beef liver! Ideas please, not simply "with onions." **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 9, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384 "2019-08-09T01:28:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/1 "2019-08-09T01:28:08Z")
Went in on a half portion of a pastured beef, and once it was split up I got the liver by default. Hunting around in the freezer today, I realized that I have 3 separate packages of maybe a pound each of beef liver. I’m not usually a big fan of liver; I can eat it, but my first thought wasn’t “Mmmmm…liver.” So I’m looking for good recipes, the more the more regional the better… ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/2 "2019-08-09T01:29:12Z")
Have you tried frying it with onions? ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/3 "2019-08-09T01:36:01Z")
I meant to include “and not liver-n-onions” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/4 "2019-08-09T01:36:50Z")
How about with leeks and shallots? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/5 "2019-08-09T01:37:56Z")
[Steak and liver stout pie](https://www.sobeys.com/en/recipes/steak-liver-stout-pie/). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/6 "2019-08-09T01:38:31Z")
If you have a grinder, it makes great sausage. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/7 "2019-08-09T01:40:20Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I meant to include “and not liver-n-onions” 🙂 Sorry, I’ve only had the “liver and onions” recipe. Strange thing, in the AF, the dining facility often had liver and onions as a meal, and it seemed like I was the only person who ever got it. I haven’t had it in 10 years probably, and now your OP makes me want it. Thanks!!! ☹ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/8 "2019-08-09T01:45:27Z")
Got a dog or cat, if you have more liver than you think you can eat in your lifetime? ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/9 "2019-08-09T01:46:50Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > If you have a grinder, it makes great sausage. American braunschweiger is made from pork liver but you may be able to adapt a recipe to use beef liver. My favorite use for it is to leave it on the front porch for 3-5 days and use it to catch a tasty catfish. Other acceptable use is to cut it into small pieces about the size of your thumb, bread and pan fry them. You can then use these liver nuggets as doggie treats to get the wags-per-minute well into the triple digits. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/10 "2019-08-09T01:59:02Z")
Breaded and fried with bacon? Mix up ketchup and mustard to use as a dipping sauce. (This is my exclusive Emergency Sauce. You’re welcome.) ---
**Author:** ![pseudograph](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pseudograph/32/19768_2.png) [@pseudograph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudograph)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/11 "2019-08-09T02:05:48Z")
Since you’re not a big fan of liver, soak it in milk overnight. Greatly reduces the distinctive liver flavor. My preferred method after that is to slice it thin, coat in seasoned flour and pan fry it in butter. Top with a spicy tomato sauce (and caramelized onions). ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/12 "2019-08-09T02:16:51Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > My favorite use for it is to leave it on the front porch for 3-5 days and use it to catch a tasty catfish. > > . Funny you should mention that…on vacation a couple weeks ago I caught 3 of the biggest catfish of my life on beef liver from Wal-Mart… that I left outside for a day. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/13 "2019-08-09T02:22:10Z")
> [@pseudograph](#): > > Since you’re not a big fan of liver, soak it in milk overnight. Greatly reduces the distinctive liver flavor. My preferred method after that is to slice it thin, coat in seasoned flour and pan fry it in butter. Top with a spicy tomato sauce (and caramelized onions). And THAT is happening. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/14 "2019-08-09T02:23:14Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > How about with leeks and shallots? You know, I don’t USUALLY start pit threads… ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/15 "2019-08-09T02:26:30Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Funny you should mention that…on vacation a couple weeks ago I caught 3 of the biggest catfish of my life on beef liver from Wal-Mart… that I left outside for a day. Problem solved! Standard rule for catfish bait - if it smells like a goat puke smoothie, you’re good to go. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/16 "2019-08-09T02:28:31Z")
Perfect username/OP combo. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/17 "2019-08-09T02:31:50Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > Problem solved! > > Standard rule for catfish bait - if it smells like a goat puke smoothie, you’re good to go. It was naaasty, man. My great-grandfather had a “secret” catfish bait recipe that basically amounted to : 1: Clean a chicken for dinner. 2: Everything you’re not going to eat, put in a Mason jar. 3: Keep Mason jar in the sun. Unfortunately, I never got to go fishing with him. But legend says that was good bait. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/18 "2019-08-09T02:50:47Z")
There’s a classic [Turkish beef liver recipe](http://seasonalcookinturkey.com/spicy-turkish-liver-in-albanian-style/) that I’ve always meant to try, but I’m not a huge beef liver fan. We do have some in the freezer that we really ought to use someday, though. Try it and report back! ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/19 "2019-08-09T02:51:32Z")
i was going to say make liverwurst or braunschweiger since that’s the only way I can even eat the stuff …my aunt has some store-bought in the freezer and she threatens me with it all the time … ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384/20 "2019-08-09T02:56:56Z")
> [@Eva\_Luna](#): > > There’s a classic [Turkish beef liver recipe](http://seasonalcookinturkey.com/spicy-turkish-liver-in-albanian-style/) that I’ve always meant to try, but I’m not a huge beef liver fan. We do have some in the freezer that we really ought to use someday, though. Try it and report back! That sounds really good! Is there a spice that can be used in place of sumac? (And yes, it does include onions.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-liver-ideas-please-not-simply-with-onions/838384.md?page=2)