Chicken liver casserole

Oh stop it. Yes, You. I can see the look of horror and disgust on your faces after reading the title of this post.  I even hear you thinking that this sounds like something that should appear in one of my odd and/or disgusting foods posts. I, however, love those creamy little poultry-based poison filters.  Give it a shot.  Like most casseroles, it’s not much to look at, but it’s darn tasty in a retro 50’s sorta way.

Ingredients

2 10 oz packages of frozen french style grean beans
4 slices bacon, diced
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 pound chicken livers, nasty connective tissue removed and cut in half
2 Tbs sherry or marsala*
1/2 tsp seasoned salt **
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup sour cream
3/4 cup crushed barbeque potato chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 375.  Cook green beans according to directions. Drain well and spread out on a rack or paper towels to dry.  Once they’re dry, spread them into the bottom of a greased 8x8 baking dish.

Saute the bacon until crisp and spread over beans.  Add the garlic and sautee until golden.  Add the livers to the fat and garlic in the pan and fry/simmer until they are no longer pink (the livers will give off a fair amount of liquid). Add the next four ingredients and stir until heated through. Once heated, pour inot the pan of bacon and beans, spreading so that it makes a fairly uniform layer.  Top with crushed potato chips and bake for 15 minutes, or until bubbly.

Serves 5-6

* It goes without saying that you should spring for a bottle of sherry or marsala from the wine aisle rather than the salt-laden swill that styles itself “cooking sherry” found elsewhere in your grocery store of choice.

** I don’t like to use much salt when cooking.  In the future I’ll probably take a pinch of various herbs and grind them together instead.

Posted by Mike on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Filed in: Casseroles • Poultry • ◊ Permalink
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