Berta’s Chopped Liver

Name: Berta’s Chopped Liver
Yield: 2 cups
Ingredients: Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; 1 hard-cooked egg, coarsely chopped; 2 large onions, coarsely chopped; ¼ cup rendered chicken fat; 1 pound chicken livers

Preparation info

2 cups

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The New Basics Cookbook

By Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso

Published 1989

About

When Sheila’s mother has the whole family over for Passover, she makes chopped liver to serve with drinks. Everyone eats so much of it, they barely have room for dinner. This is a once-a-year treat. Serve with plain crackers.

Ingredients

1 pound chicken livers
¼ cup rendered chicken fat
2

Starter
Passover
Gluten-free

Method

Clean the chicken livers well. Bring a medium-size saucepan of water to a boil, and add the livers. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Drain and reserve.
Heat the chicken fat in a medium-size skillet. Add the onions and cook until wilted and lightly browned, 20 minutes. Remove from the heat.
Cut the chicken livers into small pieces and place t