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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
If you have friends over for a weekend gathering, let TasteVN suggest a delicious, fragrant boiled pig’s liver recipe that is simple to make at home, just as good as in restaurants. Let’s get cooking and try this steamed dish right away!
Ingredients for Boiled Pig’s Liver For 4 people
Pig’s liver 500 gr Kumquat 2 pieces Small ginger 1 root Chili 1 piece Lemon 1/2 piece Shallot 1/2 root Garlic 2 cloves Fish sauce 2 tablespoons Common seasoning a little (salt/ monosodium glutamate/ sugar)
How to Choose Fresh and Delicious Pig’s Liver
- When buying pig’s liver, you should choose pieces that have a bright red color, good elasticity, and when smelled, they should have the characteristic aroma of fresh meat, not a foul smell.
- In addition, you should prioritize buying liver that has not been cut and still has its lobes intact, with a smooth, flat surface and no lumps.
- To ensure safety and quality, you should buy pig’s liver at reputable stores or supermarkets that sell liver products with inspection stamps, expiration dates, and production origins!
- Absolutely do not buy pig’s liver that is cut into small pieces, feels a bit hard or has a loose, mushy texture. Because these are substandard livers, possibly diseased, and not tasty.
How to Prepare Boiled Pig Liver
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Prepare the Ingredients
To eliminate the unpleasant smell of the pig liver, use half a lemon to rub with salt, then cut it into bite-sized pieces and rinse with clean water, allowing it to drain.
Remove the stems from the chili peppers, peel the garlic, and then finely chop them together. After peeling, cut the shallots into wedges.
Peel the ginger, and lightly crush it with a knife. Take 2 calamondin limes and cut them in half.
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Boil the Pig Liver
Place a pot on the stove, add 500ml of water, squeeze the juice from one calamondin lime, and add the crushed shallots and ginger.
Turn on the heat to medium, add all the prepared liver, and season with 1/3 teaspoon of salt and 1/3 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate.
Boil the pig liver over medium heat for about 30 minutes until it is tender enough to be pierced with chopsticks and does not bleed, at which point you can turn off the stove.
Tips for Boiling Pig Liver Without Odor and Discoloration
- To ensure the pig liver cooks evenly from the inside out and does not retain blood, add the liver immediately when you turn on the heat, instead of waiting for the water to heat up first.
- To keep the pig liver white and the boiling water clear, making it easier to observe the cooking process, you should frequently skim off the foam that appears in the pot while boiling the liver!
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Soak and cut pig liver
First, prepare a bowl of clean water or a bowl of ice water, then use chopsticks to pick up each piece of pig liver just boiled and place it in the bowl to soak for about 2 minutes to cool down the liver and make it firmer.
Next, take the pig liver out and place it on a cutting board, then cut it into thin slices to your liking and arrange them on a plate to finish.
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Prepare the pig liver dipping sauce
Put 2 tablespoons of sugar and 2 tablespoons of fish sauce into the pan, heat and stir well over low heat until the sugar is completely dissolved and the fish sauce boils, then turn off the heat.
Pour the cooked fish sauce into a bowl, squeeze the juice from 1 remaining calamondin and add all the chopped garlic and chili.
Mix the ingredients well and adjust the seasoning to taste to suit your family’s preference, ensuring that the dipping sauce has a thick sweet-salty flavor combined with a slight tangy and spicy taste from the calamondin and chili.
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Final product
The boiled pig liver using this recipe will no longer have a pungent smell and will be extremely soft and tasty.
The flavor of the pig liver is rich and savory, paired with the sweet-sour-spicy fish sauce, making it very appealing. If you like, you can enjoy it with some fresh vegetables and a bit of beer or wine, which is a perfect match!
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Finally, we have learned how to boil pig liver deliciously, without any unpleasant smell. Hope that with the guiding steps above, you can successfully make it and enjoy it with your family!
