Italian Style Chicken Livers With Orzo

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 lb chicken liver, rinsed and dried
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3/4 cup dry wine or 3/4 cup vermouth
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning (or 1/2 tsp each basil and oregano, and a pinch of rosemary)
• salt and pepper
• 3/4 cup orzo pasta or 3/4 cup acini di pepe pasta or 3/4 cup other small shaped pasta
• parmesan cheese, if desired

Recipe

• 1 cook pasta according to package directions.
• 2 drain and set aside.
• 3 in a skillet, heat olive oil.
• 4 add onion and garlic and cook until soft.
• 5 add chicken livers in a single layer and saute until firm, about 10 minutes, turning once.
• 6 add wine and seasonings.
• 7 cover and simmer on low heat about 5-10 minutes, or until livers are no longer pink inside.
• 8 uncover and continue to simmer until wine is reduced by half.
• 9 toss with pasta, warm through, and serve immediately with parmesan cheese if desired.
• 10 (note) this recipe just evolved, and i usually do not measure, so proportions are approximate.
• 11 add more or less wine if desired, and if it seems like too much pasta, then don't add it all.
• 12 i'd taste it first before you add the cheese.
• 13 you might like it without.