Name: Chicken Livers in Pomegranate Molasses (Assbet Djaj)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Lebanon
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons pomegranate molasses; 2 teaspoons salt; 500 grams chicken livers; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 2 tablespoons butter; 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 1 teaspoon lemon zest; 2 small onions, diced; 2 teaspoons pepper

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Amoul

By Amoul Oakes

Published 2008

About

This dish is great with potato salad dressed with lemon juice and olive oil, and khobez or Lebanese bread. You can also serve it with potato puree.

Ingredients

500 grams chicken livers
2 small onions, diced
2 tablespoons

Method

Heat the butter and oil over a medium fire in a large, deep frying pan. Saute the onions until wilted.

Add the chicken livers, garlic, spices, salt, pepper, and lemon zest. Do not stir, as the livers are very delicate and fall apart easily, especially before they are properly cooked. Cover and cook for 10 minutes. (You needn’t add water, as the juice from the chicken livers will cook th