Best Southern Liver and Onions Recipe
This liver and onion recipe has made my liver-hating husband a liver lover! It’s easy and simple to make!
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Print PinServings: 4 depending on the size of liver slices you purchase
Calories: 831kcal
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups milk
- ¼ cup butter
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- 2 medium onions - sliced into rings
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- Real salt and black pepper to taste
- 2 lbs beef liver slices or veal liver slices - 1/2-3/4" thick
Instructions
Instructions:
- Cut liver into thin slices
- Cover slices of liver with real salt, let sit in refrigerator for 15 mins
- Rinse liver slices with cold filtered water and place in a medium bowl.
- Cover liver with whole milk or an ACV mixture of 1:1 apple cider vinegar and filtered water.
- Let it soak for 2 hours in refrigerator.
- Slice onions into rings.
- After the liver has finished soaking: Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a 10 in cast iron or nonstick large skillet over medium heat.
- Separate onion rings and cook onions in the butter until they are soft, around 4-6 mins.
- Remove sautéed onions (leave onions in skillet if you want caramelized onions) keep skillet warm.
- Season the flour with salt and pepper and put it in a shallow pan.
- Drain milk or ACV mixture from the liver
- Coat both sides of the liver slices in the flour mixture.
- Reheat the skillet on medium-high heat and melt the coconut oil.
- Place the coated liver slices in the hot skillet and cook until nice and brown on the bottom around 2-3 mins.
- Turnover and repeat.
- Return the onions to the skillet and reduce heat to medium.
- Once the meat is done. Remove the liver and onions from the skillet to your serving platter.
A Old-Fashioned Southern Cooking Alternative in the Oven
- Follow steps 1 - 14 above
- Use the leftover flour to make gravy in the oil and butter in the skillet.
- Place the liver and onions into the gravy and cover with the cast iron lid or aluminum foil.
- Bake at 300 degrees for 2-6 hours or until falls apart when pressed with a fork.
Instant Pot Liver and Onions
- Follow steps 1-15 above using your Instant Pot on Saute Mode on high instead of the skillet.
- Use all-purpose flour to make gravy with the oil and butter remaining in the pot.
- Turn Instant Pot off.
- Place the liver and onions into the gravy. Be sure you’ve made enough gravy to cover the liver.
- Turn the Instant Pot to Slow Cooker mode set on Normal for 6-8 hours.
Slow Cooker Liver and Onions
- Follow steps 1-15 above.
- Make gravy with all-purpose flour in the oil and butter in the skillet.
- Put liver and onions in your Slow Cooker and pour the gravy over them.
- Set your slow cooker to medium and cook for 6-8 hours.
- Sprinkle top with crumbled crisply cooked bacon.
- Serve with your favorite side dishes.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Best Southern Liver and Onions Recipe
Amount per Serving
Calories
831
Calories from Fat 333
% Daily Value*
Fat
37
g
57
%
Saturated Fat
24
g
150
%
Trans Fat
1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
2
g
Monounsaturated Fat
6
g
Cholesterol
663
mg
221
%
Sodium
301
mg
13
%
Potassium
981
mg
28
%
Carbohydrates
66
g
22
%
Fiber
3
g
13
%
Sugar
7
g
8
%
Protein
56
g
112
%
Vitamin A
38828
IU
777
%
Vitamin C
7
mg
8
%
Calcium
140
mg
14
%
Iron
14
mg
78
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
