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Chicken livers in lemon and onion sauce

Low energy recipe for chicken livers cooked in lemon, onion and olive oil sauce. Ready in 20 minutes.
5 from 9 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mediterranean
Servings 2 servings
Calories 151 kcal

Equipment

  • food processor
  • stove
  • water boiler
  • frying pan

Ingredients
  

  • 160 grams raw chicken livers
  • 60 grams chopped white onion one medium
  • 40 grams fresh lemon juice one lemon
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • tsp dried basil
  • 2 pinches ground pepper
  • 240 ml water 1 cup

Instructions
 

  • Add the onion, olive oil and lemon juice in the food processor. Turn it on to blend the igredients for approximately 20 seconds.
  • Heat up a cup of water in the water boiler until it is warm to hot, but do not let it boil.
  • Put the pan on the stove and turn on the stove to high heat.
  • Poor the warm water in the food processor with the rest of the igredients and blend for 10 more seconds.
  • Add the chicken livers and the mixture from the food processor into the pan when the pan's surface is hot.
  • When the food starts boiling (after 3-4 minutes), add the spices and slightly stir without flipping the livers. Reduce the heat to medium.
  • After 10 minutes flip the chicken livers.
  • After 2-3 minutes turn the heat off and remove the pan from the stove. You are ready to serve!

Notes

Net Carbohydrates: 3.3g/portion
Fibre: 1g/ portion (4%RI)
Protein: 15g/ portion
Glycaemic Index: 35.7
Glycaemic Load/portion: 0.93
 
Important micronutrients per portion
 
 
%RI (Recommended intake)
Vitamin C (mg)
30.8
38
Vitamin A (ret eq)
7784
973
Vitamin B1 (mg)
0.42
39
Vitamin B2(mg)
1.7
124
Vitamin B3 (mg)
12
75
Vitamin B5 (mg)
4.9
82
Vitamin B6 (mg)
0.7
50
Vitamin B9 (ug)
804
402
Iron (mg)
7.8
56
Copper (mg)
0.43
43
Manganese (mg)
0.33
17
Phosphorus (mg)
237
34
Zinc (mg)
3
30
 Nutrition Data is provided by Nutritics:
Nutritics. ([[:year:]]). Research Edition (v5.095) [Computer software]. Dublin. Retrieved from https://www.nutritics.com/p/home. Nutritics. ([[:year:]]). Libro (v.09) [Mobile application software]. Dublin. Retrieved from https://www.nutritics.com/p/home 
 
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