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Calf's Liver With Caramelized Onions & Bacon

Here's how you make Calf's Liver With Caramelized Onions & Bacon
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  • Servings: 3
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 35m
  • The following recipe serves 3 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1/2 pound bacon (smoked, cut into 1/4-inch dice)
  • 1 Spanish onion, peeled and coarsely diced
  • 1 pound calf liver (1/4-inch thick slices)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • 2 to 4 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: In a medium skillet, cook bacon over medium-low heat until crisp, about 10 minutes. Drain; place in bowl.

  • Step 2: Add onion to bacon fat and cook over low heat until caramelized, stirring often, about 20 minutes.

  • Step 3: Add onion to bacon; set aside and keep warm.

  • Step 4: Set a large cast-iron skillet over high heat until hot. Brush liver slices with some of the oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Coat the skillet with remaining oil. Quickly saute liver over high heat unitl medium-rare, about 1 minute per side.

  • Step 5: Arrange liver slices on heated plates. Spoon onion-bacon mixture over the top. Add a few grindings of pepper and pour 1 tsp vinegar over each serving.


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