Higado a la Vizcaina (Liver a la Vizcaina)

This is a delicious liver dish. It’s liver which is marinaded, browned and cooked on high heat then sautéed with tons of onions tossed with cubed deep-fried potato pieces.

If your feeling weak I gaurantee that a large portion of this and a small mountain of rice with some savory black or red cuban beans will revive you.

Ingredients:
-1 ½ lbs. beef liver
-12 cloves garlic (pressed through a garlic press or mashed in a mortar to a paste)
-1 teaspoon ground cumin
-1- 2 teaspoons salt
-2 tablespoons white vinegar
-2 medium onions sliced into thin rings or julienne
-5 medium russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 inch or ½ inch cubes
-salt to taste
-Oil to deep-fry, brown and sautee stuff
-4 limes

Directions:
(1) Beef liver washed, cleaned, remove nerves, silver skin, and fat leave as clean as possible even if you must waste some of the liver meat. I buy 1 ½ lbs because I end up throwing ½ after cleaning. HUGE TIP when buying liver make sure your butcher shows you all sides of it because if the entire back area or not seen area has lots of nerves and holes IT IS NO GOOD tell him to get you another because nerves and other bad parts curl and give a very hard texture sometimes. UNLESS YOU ARE POOR PLEASE JJUST CLEAN IT WELL AND REMOVE ANY QUESTIONABLE AREAS THE FINAL RESULT IS WORTH IT.

(2)Now cut liver into BITE sizes and toss with vinegar, cumin, salt, and garlic.

(3)Meanwhile as the liver marinades slice onions and set them aside

(4)While liver marinades deep fry the potatoes until golden and cooked drain out into a plate and salt set aside.

(5)Heat a heavy skillet or wok on HIGH HEAT with generous amounts of oil ALMOST enough to pan fry you need really hot nearly smoking temperature.

(6)Add liver in one layer leave alone a couple minutes until browned then toss to flip or move around until it is almost cooked and not pink.

(7)Add onions and cook until onions pic up drippings and get rid of raw taste of onion.

(8)Fold in/ toss in potatoes and turn of heat.

(9)IMMEDIATELY serve this is NO GOOD WHEN IT COOLS SERVE IMMEDIATELY! With some white rice and beans. BE SURE EVERYTHING IS READY OT SERVE BY THE TIME THIS IS COOKED THIS DISH IS MEANT TO BE EATEN AS FRESH AS POSSIBLE!

(10)Squeeze some limes over it when served individually.