Deer liver and onions - mmmmm good!

[Bucksnbows]

I have to begin by saying that there is only one thing I have ever eaten that I will not eat again, and that is calf liver.  But fresh deer liver is delicious and hardly tastes like liver at all which always surprises hunters.  We just cook up a bunch of onions in olive oil, butter, salt and pepper and just a splash of Jack Daniels near the end.  Soak your deer liver in cold water, changing it a few times for at least an hour.  Once the blood is largely out of it, thinly slice the liver and dredge in flour seasoned with salt and pepper.  Then fry them in butter or olive oil until brown on both sides and serve with the onions.  The guys were taking them as fast as I could cook the slices, so I don't have many pictures.  

 

The liver being sliced after soaking in cold water....

 

Getting one of your "yoots" to help with the onion cooking (complete with Psycho face)....  

 

Cooked liver and onions flying off the plate as our appetizer..... 

 

Followed by NY strip steaks, baked potatoes, salad, and steamed broccoli....

  

 

 

[Rusty]

That looks really good.  I love deer liver and onions. 

 

It was a tradition to have the liver the night that we killed a deer.

[NorthNJHunter]

Looks great!

[Ms Grit]

Ha Ha, now that's one thing I won't cook.  Maybe I'll bring you the next liver I have and let you cook it so I can just taste it.

[MackofallTrades]

Looks good (except for the Yueng light!!!  lol).

[Bucksnbows]

Looks good (except for the Yueng light!!!  lol).

 

That 12 pack remained unopened until our last night in camp.  We were drinking locally brewed Pork Slap Ale the rest of the trip.  And you forget how much a bunch of 21 year olds can drink  

[BowhunterNJ]

Man I wish I could say that looks good, but I absolutely hate liver and onions...it's one of the few things I just won't eat.

The smell, the flavor...man distant nightmares of childhood!

 

Glad you guys enjoyed it though!

[jerseyhunter]

Ah looks good. A couple more days and I'll have my annual Thanksgiving day breakfast of turkey liver, onions and bacon. 

[Kype]

looks good. have had the heart. never the liver. but i am always open to trying anything food related once. maybe on my next deer i will try the liver

[Thunderhawk]

Looks good but liver always seems to disappoint.....back straps tonight for me.