James Beard Chopped Chicken Livers Adapted

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 30
• 2 lbs chicken fat (non kosher use butter)
• 4 medium onions, finely chopped
• 1 1/2 lbs chicken livers
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 if using the real thing.
• 2 chop the chicken fat into small dice add 1/4 cup minced finely chopped and render in a heavy skillet until the cracklings begin to brown.
• 3 if not kosher melt the butter.
• 4 in a heavy pot put the balance of the onions and 4 and 4 tbsp of the chicken fat or butter.
• 5 cook until slightly colored and pepper to taste.
• 6 sauté the livers in the remaining fat until just cooked through.
• 7 remove and chop finely.
• 8 toss with the mixture of onions, fat and cracklings.
• 9 correct seasonings.
• 10 chill and serve.