Not Your Grandma's Chopped Chicken Liver

Make quick and easy chopped liver as a crowd-pleasing summer appetizer that combines chicken liver with caramelized onions, hard-boiled eggs, and a bourbon glaze.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 80 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 fluid ounces bourbon
• 1 teaspoon ground thyme
• 1 large onion, halved and sliced
• 3 hard-boiled eggs, peeled
• 1 pound chicken livers - rinsed, trimmed, and patted dry
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onions until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add sugar, stir, and saute until onions are softened and lightly browned, about 5 minutes more. Transfer onions to a food processor, leaving as much butter in the pan as you can.

Step 2

Fry livers in the hot butter until lightly browned on 1 side, about 4 minutes. Turn and continue frying until slightly pink in the center, 3 to 4 minutes more. Add livers to the food processor with the onions.

Step 3

Pour bourbon into the same skillet and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits off the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Boil until thickened and reduced by half, about 6 minutes. Pour liquid into the food processor.

Step 4

Combine eggs, thyme, salt, and pepper in the food processor with the liver mixture. Process until smooth.