Chicken Liver Menudo Recipe

This Chicken Liver Menudo Recipe is not only Yummy, it’s filled with iron, protein, Zinc, and more. This is also the simpler and more affordable version of the traditional menudo, all you need are: chicken liver, soy sauce, calamansi juice, potatoes, carrot, hotdogs, garlic, onions, tomato paste, tomato sauce, oyster sauce, water, chicken broth cube, dried bay leaves, sugar, red and green bell peppers, raisins, with a dash or more of salt and pepper.

Chicken Liver Menudo Recipe :

Ingredients :

• 1 kilo chicken liver
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons calamansi juice
• 2 potatoes ( chopped )
• 1 carrot ( chopped )
• 5 pieces hotdogs ( chopped )
• 5 cloves garlic ( minced )
• 1 medium onion ( chopped )
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1 ½ cup water
• 1 piece chicken broth cube
• Dried bay leaves
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• Green and red bell pepper ( chopped )
• ¼ cup raisins
• Oil 

Steps :

1. Season chicken liver with pepper, soy sauce, and calamansi juice. Mix well and marinade for at least 30 minutes.

2. Heat some oil in a pan. Saute potatoes until lightly browned. Take these out then saute carrots until lightly browned. Set this aside.

3. Saute hotdogs until lightly browned then set aside. Place in chicken liver, saute until it changes in color. Then take it out of the pan.

4. In the same pan, add more oil and saute garlic then onions until aromatic. Then mix in tomato paste. After, pour in tomato sauce, pepper to taste, oyster sauce and mix well.

5. Add back the chicken liver, potatoes, carrots, and hotdogs. Give it a good mix. Pour in water, chicken broth cube, and dried bay leaves. 

6. Cover and simmer for 5 to 8 minutes or until the vegetables are tender. Mix in sugar, bell peppers, and raisins. Cook for another 2 minutes. Serve and enjoy !

An affordable Filipino Chicken Menudo Recipe

This dish from Mexico, introduced by the Spanish, then made with local ingredients and ingrained in Filipino culture. Is an affordable and filling dish that will always have a home in our hearts and pockets. Plus, it’s a pan-full of healthy ingredients? Then this Chicken Liver Menudo recipe is what you’ve been looking for !

To make this delicious; first you need to marinade the chicken liver with soy sauce, pepper, and calamansi juice. All these ingredients help with removing any foul smells or taste the liver may have. While it marinades, saute the chopped potatoes and carrots until it’s lightly browned. Take these out of the pan to cook the hotdogs until it’s lightly browned. Set aside to give way for the marinated chicken liver, cooking only until these have changed in color before taking it out of the pan.

Then make the base by sauteing garlic and onions until it smells aromatic. Mix in the tomato paste before pouring in the tomato sauce, pepper, and oyster sauce to give it a nicely strong umami taste. Once the sauce is ready, mix in the cooked chicken liver, potatoes, carrots, and hotdogs. Then pour in water, chicken broth, and dried bay leaves. Simmer everything together until the vegetables feel tender. Give this a taste and add sugar or more salt if needed, bell peppers, and raisins. Mix well before serving with a side of freshly cooked white rice. This dish might not be the fanciest dish, but it’s full of flavor, nutrition packed, and definitely easy on the budget.

Questions

• Chicken menudo recipe with liver spread ?

You can absolutely make chicken menudo with liver spread. The typical chicken menudo recipe includes adding a can or at least half the can of liver spread into the dish. This gives the dish its creamy rich and subtly sweet taste.

• Can I use beef liver in menudo ?

Yes, you can use almost any liver to replace the chicken liver in the recipe. Like beef liver or pork liver. Cooking these also means that the smaller it’s cut the faster it’s cooked. Make it to saute these only until it changes in color to avoid making the liver too tough or too mushy.

• How to store this Pork Menudo recipe?
  • Let the dish cool down to room temperature before placing it in an airtight container. Make sure it’s fully cooled before covering and placing in the fridge.
  • It can be left in the fridge for a week or 2 and in the freezer for a month or more.
  • To reheat, thaw out first if frozen, microwave 1 to 2 minutes at a time until steaming.
  • You can also place this in a pot with a bit of water to avoid the bottom from burning. Once simmering, give these a few minutes before serving.

Try our other Yummy Liver Recipes :

• Chicken Liver Adobo  
• Pork Liver Steak
• Easy Chop Suey ( a mix of tender cooked vegetables & meat mixed in a delectably savory sauce )
• Adobong Atay at Leeg ng Manok ( Chicken liver and neck Adobo style )
• Igado Recipe ( An Ilocano recipe made of pork liver, chunks, a few vegetables and aromatics )

Chicken Liver Menudo Resipi ( Tagalog ) :

Mga Sangkap

• 1 kilo atay ng manok
• 1 kutsaritang paminta
• 3 kutsarang soy sauce
• 2 kutsarang calamansi juice
• 2 patatas ( tinadtad )
• 1 karot ( tinadtad )
• 5 pirsao hotdogs ( tinadtad )
• 5 butil ng bawang ( tinadtad )
• 1 sibuyas ( tinadtad )
• 3 kutsarang tomato paste
• 2 kutsarang tomato sauce
• 2 kutsarang oyster sauce
• 1 ½ tasa ng tubig
• 1 piraso chicken broth cube
• Dahon ng laurel
• 2 kutsarang asukal
• Berde o pulang paminta ( hiniwa )
• ¼ tasa pasas
• Mantika

Paano Lutuin :

1. Timplahan ng paminta, soy sauce, at calamansi juice ang atay ng manok. Haluin ng mabuti ang imarinade ng 30 minuto o higit pa.
2. Maginit ng mantika sa kawali. Lutuin ang mga patatas hanggang mag kayumanggi ng konti. Tanggalin sa kawali at lutuin ang mga karot hanggang mag kayumanggi ng konti. Itabi.
3. Igisa ang mga hotdogs hanggang mag kayumanggi at itabi. Iluto ang atay ng manok at lutuin hanggang magiba ito ng kulay. Tanggalin sa kawali.
4. Sa parehong kawali, dagdagan ng konti pang mantika at igisa ang bawang at mga sibuyas hanggang bumango. Haluan ng tomato paste. Pagkatapos haluan ng tomato sauce, paminta, at oyster sauce.
5. Ibalik sa kawali ang nilutong atay, patatas, karot, at hotdogs. Haluin. Buhusan ng tubig, chicken broth cube, at mga dahon ng laurel.
6. Takpan at pakuluan ng 5 – 8 minuto o hanggang lumambot ang mga gulay. Haluan ng asukal, pula at berdeng paminta, at pasas. Lutuin ng 2 pang minuto. Ihanda at ienjoy !