Your roaming of the  easy chicken liver recipes category is over: you are home! You heard how healthy and nourishing liver can be. You may also be a liver lover. Whether you chose beef liver, calf liver or pork liver, you will find in it a wealth of essential nutrients critical to your energy levels and the proper functioning of your fertility. And who says healthy fertility says also healthy body, generally. 

This is an easy pâté to make. All you need is cook both meats, and blend them with all ingredients. Better, it is healthy, delicious, has tons of flavors! Best of all, thyme, orange and port give it an incredible flair !

Liver, also called “nature’s multivitamin”, Is the richest food in zinc, vitamin B, folic acid, vitamin A (Retinol), choline, copper, vitamin K2 and vitamin E. (1) It is a rich source of heme iron. Here I explore a recipe I recommend for people interested to improve their body’s nourishment and seeking hormone balance to improve fertility. With that, you actually get a great, healthy, delicious snack.

Not a fan of liver ? 

I understand. People who don’t grow up eating it usually bave a real hard time with liver. But give it a chance ! It can grow on you. My husband still doesn’t like it by itself, but he does love it in my pâté. There is hope! 

People who love meats with a strong taste, dark red meat like beef, venison, lamb, may be more into liver. One way to get used to the liver taste is to mix it with chicken or pork in pâté. But also, by slowly mixing liver pieces or other organ meat pieces to our stir fries, you could slowly build a tolerance, if not a taste for it ! Don’t forget it takes approximately 12 exposures to a food to start enjoying it: your tastebuds do evolve (2)!

Is it an easy chicken liver recipe?

It is easier and made faster than most recipes. Why? Because I fully cook liver and chicken separately in my food steamer. Chicken and liver are cooked fast in my steamer ( under 10 minutes). Then I blend them together with oil, port, thyme and jam.

I strongly recommend not being shy on thyme ( organic tastes stronger and better): it is a great preservative. It also has amazing nutritional quality including anti-inflammatory and anti-microbioal which will be great to preserve your meat safe to eat!

Consistency

The consistency varies from very thick to more like a dip, depending on preferences. If you cook your chicken breast very dry, you may need to add some water and more olive oil to get the consistency of a dip. With chicken thighs however, it is easier to obtain a smoother consistency. You will figure out if you need more oil or water the first time you make it.

Store it!

Once everything is mixed together and that we enjoyed it with chips or spread on sourdough toast, you just need to store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge. It easily keeps for a week. If I don’t consume it within that time, I usually freeze it in ice cube trays and use them as needed for breakfast toast or at lunch. I eat it often while pregnant or breastfeeding, to get all the nutrient benefits! Some of my kids like it but not all, so I usually have it with the kids that like it, and make normal protein for everyone else.

Ingredients for chicken liver pate

I make chicken liver pâté with : 

• Chicken breast or thighs,
• Steamed or sautéed chicken livers: Best chicken liver : organic at least, pasture-raised chicken livers at best. The healthiest animal, the richest the liver nutrient density for you! 
• Thyme ( takes care of killing germs and preserves the pâté longer);
• Extra virgin olive oil;
• Port or white wine ( also kills germs)
• Home made or store bought orange marmelade. I usually like Bonne Maman for being a healthier version compared to most jams you find in U.S. supermarkets, but I think Tiptree would be a better choice for chicken liver pâté. My homemade marmelade is made of whole oranges and organic sugar, peels included, so it’s a bitter sweet jam. It goes really well with liver! 
• Black pepper,
• Garlic powder or fresh garlic,
• Bay leaf,
• Fresh parsley,
• Teaspoon salt.

Equipment Needed: 

• An efficient steam cooker, for the best and healthiest way to cook liver. If you don’t own one, look into why I recommend it as healthiest and tastiest cooking method. You can also read my article on how to chose the best steam cooker on the market. You can also pan fry liver.
• A high powered food processor to blend the ingredients together. I own a Cuisinart 14 cups, it works wonderful to make pâté.
• Water, medium heat to high heat to heat up the food steamer. To get to high heat faster, I use my electric kettle! It is important to cook the ingredients only once the steamer steams abundantly.
• Large skillet or frying pan if you don’t own a food steamer. I love to sauté in my cast iron sauté pan (see my equipment page for recommendations).
• Note: I DO NOT cook in a pressure cooker. Pressure cookers temperature rises way too high to keep nutrients. Also contrary to standard steam cookers, which I call “gentle” steam cookers, they do not detox your food by giving them a steam bath. The pressure is too strong and the time to cook too short to effect food detox.

Cooking time: 

• 3-4 minutes for chicken liver in the steamer, just as long as for beef liver pieces. Same amount of time on a frying pan, on medium heat.
• 7-10 minutes for sliced chicken breast depending on your preference in level of dryness.
• Be aware that the amount of time you cook your meats will impact the texture of the paté. This means that the dryer, the more oil/ water will be needed to give it a smoother, less dry texture. I would make sure you cook it a bit less. Don’t worry, the jam, thyme and port will make sure it preserves well.

F.A.Q.

Is this recipe carnivore? No it is not, since it includes refined sugar.

Is it paleo? I would say yes, but it contains refined sugar ( the jam) – only ingredient that is not paleo compatible. So probably not, strictly speaking. I am not sure if the result would be the same if you simply added some fresh squeezed orange juice instead of orange marmelade.

Interested in steam cooking? 

​On this website you will find many delicious recipes in the world of steam cooking, including desserts like:

• Steamed Sourdough Einkorn Apple Cinnamon Muffins 
• Lemon and Olive oil almond cake
• Chocolate & Olive Oil Almond Cake
• Chocolate Hazelnuts Einkorn Steamed Bites !

Some include my Kids’ favorite recipes !: A classic recipe : Fried Rice, Steamed Cuisine Style; My mom’s version of pineapple chicken over basmati rice, Mediterranean Rice and Tuna Salad

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