Tender Baked Chicken Liver Rumaki Recipes

RUMAKI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine the brown sugar, soy sauce, canola oil, sesame oil, reserved pineapple juice, vinegar, black pepper, garlic and grated ginger in a bowl. Add the water chestnuts and marinate for 2 hours at room temperature.
• Cut the pineapple chunks in half and set aside. Cut the bacon strips in half and set aside. Cut the chicken livers into 1/2-inch pieces and set aside.
• To assemble: Lay out a half strip of bacon. Put a slice of pineapple at one end, topped by a slice of water chestnut and a piece of chicken liver. Roll up the bacon and seal with a toothpick. Repeat until all the ingredients are used.
• Place on a parchment-lined sheet pan and brush with the marinade. Bake, brushing with marinade every 10 minutes, until the bacon is crisp and the livers are just cooked but still slightly pink, 35 to 40 minutes. The last 10 minutes, brush with the marinade and sprinkle with the turbinado sugar.

RUMAKI (CHICKEN LIVERS, SEA SCALLOPS OR BOTH)

Steps:

• Place bacon strips on frying pan with low flame and cover pan.
• Melt some butter and add the soy sauce, ginger, sherry and garlic in another frying pan with the chicken livers, scallops, or both, on a medium flame. DO NOT ALLOW THE BACON TO GET FULLY DONE, ONLY PARTIALLY DONE.
• While bacon is still soft and only partially done, remove and place strips onto a paper towel to slightly cool.
• When livers and scallops are done on both sides, remove from flame and also set aside onto paper towel to slightly cool.
• Slice the chicken livers and scallops into somewhat flat pieces.
• Take a piece of chicken liver or scallop, and a slice of water chestnut and wrap either 1/2 strip of bacon or a whole strip of bacon around the liver and water chestnut, securing it with a wooden toothpick. Place the Rumaki onto a cookie sheet, and continue this same procedure, until the cookie sheet is filled and the livers, scallops, and bacon are gone. Set the cookie sheet with all of the Rumaki aside.
• About 20 minutes before company arrives, preheat oven to 450 degrees. About 15 minutes before company arrives, place the cookie sheet with the Rumaki into the oven for 10 minutes, and then raise the oven to broil for about 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from oven and serve on a hot plate. Leave the toothpicks in place for serving.

BAKED CHICKEN LIVERS 3 WAYS

Steps:

• 1. rinse the chicken livers under cold running water and dry on paper towels.
• 2. #1 (Rumaki style) Wrap each chicken liver and water chestnut slice together with a half of slice of bacon and put a tooth pick in it to hold it together. place in the teriyaki sauce to marinade while you bring the oven up to 350. spray a cookie sheet with nonstick spray and bake for 30 minutes
• 3. #2 wrap each chicken liver in a 1/2 slice of bacon and then roll in brown sugar. Place on a cookie sheet sprayed with nonstick cooking spray, and cook in 350 oven for 1/2 an hour.
• 4. #3 combine the baking mix and the poultry seasoning in a plastic bag and shake to coat the chicken livers. Cook on a cookie sheet sprayed with nonstick cooking spray for 39 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste. These are good with chicken gravy or just as they are.

FANTABULOUS RUMAKI WITH OR WITHOUT THE LIVERS

Steps:

• Wrap half piece of bacon around half of a chicken liver and one water chestnut. Secure with a toothpick.
• Mix the marinade in a bowl and let the rumaki marinate for several hours or even overnight.
• Cover a sheet pan with a silpat or foil sprayed with cooking spray and broil close to the heat source (but not so close your toothpicks burn up) until the bacon is crispy and the liver is cooked through. Serve hot.
• For non-liver chefs:.
• If you half everything in the recipe, the soy sauce is still too much. I would quarter the soy sauce and use oil or water to make up the difference in volume. I also rotated the pan once under the broiler and actually flipped all the rumaki once with tongs. The ginger, garlic, and brown sugar are amazing. Use high quality water chestnuts if you can.
• Enjoy!

RUMAKI - 3 WAYS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Soak approximately 50 toothpicks in water. Clean chicken livers and remove stringy or fatty parts. Cut each liver into 3 pieces. You should have approximately 24 pieces of liver. Cut bacon strips in half (if extra long bacon, cut in thirds). Cut water chestnuts in half.
• 2. Assemble Rumaki: Wrap each piece of liver with a strip of bacon, securing with a toothpick. In about 1/3 of them, add a piece of water chestnut before securing with the toothpick. In one third of them, add a small chunk of pineapple instead of the water chestnut. With the remaining pieces of bacon, wrap a pineapple chunk (alone) or a water chestnut alone and secure each with a tooth pick.
• 3. Spray the rack of a broiler pan with non-stick cooking spray. Arrange rumaki on rack and cook in a hot oven for approximately 30-40 minutes, turning once or twice to be sure bacon is crispy all over. When done, remove to paper towels to drain for a few minutes before arranging on platter. I like to use a paper doily or two to line the platter, as it also will soak up some of the drippings. Arrange Rumaki into two sections, grouping those with liver together, and those with only water chestnuts or pineapple chunks together.
• 4. Stir together Dipping Sauce ingredients -except liquor- in small saucepan, and put on medium - low heat. Cook until sugar and preserves are completely melted. Simmer slowly for about 20 minutes to reduce liquids slightly. Set aside until Rumaki comes out of the oven.
• 5. Add whiskey or bourbon to dipping sauce and bring to a rapid boil for approximately 5 minutes, stirring constantly to prevent boiling over. Cool for 10 minutes, then pour into small serving dish. I use a footed glass bowl that fits into the center of the platter holding the rumaki.

TENDER BAKED CHICKEN LIVER RUMAKI

Steps:

• Wash and trim chicken livers; cut each in half. Cut bacon strips in half and precook strips halfway. This is important since otherwise they would not finish cooking in a timely manner when baked. Be sure not to cook the bacon till it is crispy or it will not wrap around the livers properly.
• Wrap one bacon strip around each liver half. Some people also include a water chestnut half with the liver, but I do not.
• Fasten bacon around liver with a toothpick.
• In a bowl or large plastic storage bag, combine the soy sauce, brown sugar and bourbon, if used. Add the prepared rumaki and cover the bowl or seal the bag. Allow to marinate for 6 to 8 hours or two hours at the least. Drain well.
• Arrange rumaki on a baking sheet with sides. Bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for 1/2 hour or until cooked as desired.