Thermomix Chicken Liver Rice

Here is a recipe that will have most of you clicking away but I am feeling brave and posting it anyway because, when my brother and I were little, we used to beg my mother to make Chicken Liver Rice for us and now my daughter loves it and eats it so well.

I used to prepare this Chicken Liver Rice on the stove but nowadays it is just so easy with the Thermomix.

Well, now that I have mastered it, the first few attempts were rather mushily interesting!).

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Can I make this Chicken Liver Rice in my Instant Pot?

I have to say that I have indeed tried this dish in the Instant Pot and the chicken livers exploded so it's one that for now I stick to making in the Thermomix.

That said, I do have Instant Pot recipes that you can make with arborio risotto rice.

Two delicious risottos in fact:

• Instant Pot Prawn, Courgette and Mushroom Risotto

• Instant Pot Prawn, Trout and Pea Risotto

Maria, have you got any other Thermomix recipes using arborio rice?

Yes I do!

This one is a favourite in fact:

• Thermomix Chorizo and Red Pepper Risotto

Thermomix Chicken Liver Rice

Fancy printable recipe card further down

Serves as many as you'd like really, just increase amounts proportionally

Ingredients

• 1 onion
• 1 medium carrot
• 1 garlic clove

• 1 small courgette
• 1 red pepper (or yellow, green or orange, according to your taste)

• 20 g extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) or your preferred oil

• 400 g chicken livers, washed and trimmed of any white/yellowy bits as best as possible, don't chop them, leave them as big as whole as possible

• Half a Thermomix measuring cup of white wine (you could use red too or even no wine at all)

• 130 g risotto rice for 2 people / 200 g for 3 people

• 500 g hot chicken stock if using 130 g rice / 600 g if using 200 g, keep increasing proportionally according to your needs

Method

1.

Add 1 onion, 1 medium carrot, 1 garlic clove to the Thermomix bowl: 5 seconds, speed 5.

2.

Add 1 small courgette + 1 red pepper: 2 seconds, speed 5.

3.

Now add the 20 g EVOO (or your preferred oil): Varoma, 5 minutes, speed 1.

4.

Time to add the 400 g chicken livers + half an MC of white wine: Varoma, 3 minutes, REVERSE, soft speed.

5.

Now add your desired amount of rice: Varoma, 2 minutes + REVERSE + soft speed.

6.

Add a proportional amount of chicken stock + a few twists of black pepper and salt if using: 18 minutes, Varoma, REVERSE, soft speed.

Optional

You can add a bit of tomato purée or a tablespoon of chopped tomatoes, I tend to add it when I remember but it can be added either in step 3 or step 4 really.

Tip

Add a few drops of Worcestershire sauce if you would like to enhance the flavour.

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