Liver & red pepper stir-fry

Liver & red pepper stir-fry

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Ready in 25-35 minutes

Easy

Serves 2
Think you don't like liver? Try it with a colourful medley of veg to make a supper dish bursting with flavour and nutrients

Nutrition and extra info

  • Healthy

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal287
  • fat14g
  • saturates3g
  • carbs11g
  • sugars0g
  • fibre4g
  • protein27g
  • salt0.26g
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Ingredients

  • 1½ tbsp groundnut oil
  • 225g lamb's liver, cut into strips
  • 1 leek, diagonally sliced
    Leeks

    Leek

    lee-k

    Like garlic and onion, leeks are a member of the allium family, but have their own distinct…

  • 1 red pepper, seeded and cut into rough squares
  • 1 red chilli, seeded and finely chopped
    Chillies

    Chilli

    chill-ee

    Part of the capsicum family, chillies come in scores of varieties and colours (from green…

  • 1 tsp dried oregano
    Oregano

    Oregano

    or-ee-gar-no

    Closely related to marjoram, of which it is the wild equivalent, oregano has a coarser, more…

  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 100g spring greens, thinly sliced
    Spring greens

    Spring greens

    sp-ring gr-eens

    Spring greens are the first cabbages of the year. They have fresh, loose heads without the hard…

  • grated zest of 1 orange and 2 tbsp juice
    Orange

    Orange

    or-ange

    One of the best-known citrus fruits, oranges aren't necessarily orange - some varieties are…

  • 2 tbsp medium dry sherry

Method

  1. Heat a tablespoon of the oil in a large non-stick frying pan. Add the liver and stir fry over a moderately high heat for 3 minutes until light brown – don’t cook for longer or the liver will become rubbery. Remove to a plate, leaving the juices in the pan.

  2. Tip the leek, red pepper and chilli into the pan with the rest of the oil and stir fry over a high heat for 2 minutes. Add the oregano, garlic and greens and stir fry for a further 30 seconds or so, until the greens have just wilted and turned a nice bright green.

  3. Return the liver to the pan, add the orange zest and juice, sherry, then season. Toss everything together on a high heat and serve immediately.

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cyberchezza
20th Sep, 2016
4.05
Tasty, but doesn't beat your traditional fried liver, bacon, onions & mushrooms with mash & gravy! Swapped the spinach for chard, as that's what I had available in the garden & served with courgette fritters which soaked up the sauce nicely. If I made it again, I'd add some cornflour to the sauce just to thicken it a little.
gooseberrycrumble
18th May, 2013
3.05
Survived the whole idea of - liver - rather well! This was quite nice but orange rather over-powering. Made double to serve family, replacing leek with red onion and spring greens with spinach as suggested. Very healthy and cheap, but nothing to get excited about.
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petethemeat
25th Apr, 2013
Absolutely delicious, what a nice way to serve liver.
sandra211
3rd Jan, 2013
5.05
Had no leeks or spring greens so used red onion and curly kale instead, also threw in some mushrooms. Absolutely delicious.
madamebadham
22nd Dec, 2012
1.05
I really wanted to like this because I don't like liver much but it's so cheap and there's 7 of us so I was really keen to enjoy it. It smells amazing when you cook it but I'm sorry to say that all of us thought it was revolting! My husband loves liver usually but it just didn't work for us! If you don't like liver, this won't change your mind. However if you do, based on how cheap it is and the 'left overs' element to it it's worth a shot. I won't be making it again though!
hlnharrison
7th Jun, 2012
5.05
This is a real winner. A good recipe to try on those who say they don't like liver. Very flavoursome and nutritious. I am not a fan of spring greens but have enjoyed them in this recipe. I have also used spinach which I personally prefer.
jixette87
1st May, 2012
5.05
Delicious - loved the orange flavour coming through. Will definitely make again.
lizleicester
9th Feb, 2012
2.05
Followed recipe to the letter but found it strangely lacking in flavour. Disappointing considering the nice ingredients that went in.
taniah
19th May, 2009
What a fantastic recipe for liver. I actually prefer ox liver and I love adding English Baby Spinach. Really yummy!
jzda2m
14th Jul, 2008
This receipe was so quick and easy and very delicious, even my picky husband love it! - next time I would use less chilli though,, or leave it out all together because it was a little hot.. And liver is so cheap - def a credit crunch supper

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