Creamy Liver and Noodles

We grew up eating liver…our moms thought liver was a wonderful, inexpensive way to get lots of vitamins and minerals.  I can only get it frozen in our market today; but we still enjoy it just as much.
I modified this old recipe from "Southern Living 1980" by adding some mushrooms I had on hand and using some sour cream dip that was on sale that gave it a little extra flavor. 
To make this dish even quicker, I used bacon I had baked, laid out on parchment paper, and frozen.  I poured off the drippings into a covered jar and refrigerated them.  I simply warmed the bacon, and used the refrigerated drippings for sautéing.  Start the water boiling for the noodles first; the liver takes just minutes.
We enjoyed it as a little different, delicious way to have liver, a family favorite.
 Creamy Liver and Noodles
  2 ½      Pounds  Liver -- thinly sliced
  6           Slices  Bacon
  1           Medium  Onion
  1           Cup  Mushrooms -- sliced (my addition)
  1           Cup  Sour Cream -- or sour cream dip
               Hot Cooked Noodles
  2           Tablespoons  Bacon Drippings -- divided
Cook bacon until crisp; drain, reserve drippings.
Sauté liver in half of reserved bacon drippings, 4 or 5 minutes on each side.  Keep warm.
Sauté onions and mushrooms in remaining reserved drippings.  Add sour cream; cook over low heat until just heated through; do not boil, so it doesn’t curdle or cook away.
Spoon mixture over liver; sprinkle with crumbled bacon.   Serve with noodles.
Six Servings

9 comments:

  1. Interesting, I only started eating liver after I married the Redneck. Of course, we've been married almost 20 years. But, I would not touch it as a kid.

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    1. I eat it better than when I was a kid also, but if I have my choice its chicken livers with some mushrooms, YUM

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  2. Liver is very polarizing. Either you adore it, or you hate it with the intensity of a thousand suns.
    I am firmly in the latter category.
    Thank you, Mom, for never making us kids a separate meal when Dad wanted liver. Just one of a million reasons your kids love you!

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    1. I agree...you either love it or hate it. When I worked in food service it was very popular because lovers couldn't get their families to eat it, so they ate it in our cafeterias.

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    2. Whoops!!! I meant "...for ALWAYS making us kids a separate meal..."

      She never made us eat oatmeal, either, because she detested it so much as a child.

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    3. Nice Mom you had. Our Dad, on the other hand, (who fried liver to death) made us eat it and oatmeal also. Good for you, you know! : )

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    4. Amen,Myrna. It's a wonder I like both liver and oatmeal today.

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  3. Liver ("lamb's fry")and bacon most Saturday mornings was our family tradition when I was a child; I still enjoy it and always feel it's "good" for me. Going to have liver this Saturday morning, actually!
    [Valerie, NZ]

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    1. Don't know about breakfast, Valerie, but we think it's still "good" for us.

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