Hello all!
I wanted to make some Cured Chicken liver without using Borax just to see how well it would work. I have to say it works pretty good! I made a video of how I made it and show that it works! I still have a lot left to use so hopefully I will be able to catch a bigger fish to prove it works on bigger fish LOL!
Ingredients:
Pickling Salt - avoid anything with Iodine
Garlic Powder
Chicken Liver - avoid Tyson or others with blood thinner in it which will hurt the curing process
First thing you need to do is separate the liver from the blood mixture. Simply pour it in a bowl and then use tongs to move it to a plate. Shake as much garlic powder as you want onto the liver then put it back into its container. Let it sit for a day or two to absorb the garlic powder. Then remove it from its container and salt it heavily. Place it on a drying rack that is off the ground to dry for several days. Be sure to flip it and salt it every single day. If its good natural chicken liver it will turn into leather which can be cast hard. Once it sits in the water a minute or so it turns soft again but not soft enough to fall off the hook. The liver will cure faster in heat (summer time). If in the winter you will need to heat the room you are in. I have a wood stove for heating the garage and the fire zaps moisture out of the air too. It helped cure the liver good in about 4 days.
Video:
[video]https://youtu.be/abb_yUXpmuM[/video]
I wanted to make some Cured Chicken liver without using Borax just to see how well it would work. I have to say it works pretty good! I made a video of how I made it and show that it works! I still have a lot left to use so hopefully I will be able to catch a bigger fish to prove it works on bigger fish LOL!
Ingredients:
Pickling Salt - avoid anything with Iodine
Garlic Powder
Chicken Liver - avoid Tyson or others with blood thinner in it which will hurt the curing process
First thing you need to do is separate the liver from the blood mixture. Simply pour it in a bowl and then use tongs to move it to a plate. Shake as much garlic powder as you want onto the liver then put it back into its container. Let it sit for a day or two to absorb the garlic powder. Then remove it from its container and salt it heavily. Place it on a drying rack that is off the ground to dry for several days. Be sure to flip it and salt it every single day. If its good natural chicken liver it will turn into leather which can be cast hard. Once it sits in the water a minute or so it turns soft again but not soft enough to fall off the hook. The liver will cure faster in heat (summer time). If in the winter you will need to heat the room you are in. I have a wood stove for heating the garage and the fire zaps moisture out of the air too. It helped cure the liver good in about 4 days.
Video:
[video]https://youtu.be/abb_yUXpmuM[/video]