Skip to content
Main course · Mexican

Oaxacan Chicken Livers in Tomato and Chilli Sauce (Higaditos)

25 min Serves 4 ~379 kcal/serving ~£5.50 (£1.38/serving) Dairy-freeGluten-free

Dietary and allergen labels, nutrition and cost are worked out automatically from each recipe’s ingredients and are a guide only. Check the labels on what you buy yourself — especially for allergies or coeliac disease. More about recipe labels.

Opens Equal House and puts it on the night you choose. No app yet? It’s free, and the recipe comes with you when you install it.

Ingredients

  • 500 g chicken livers
  • 400 g plum tomatoes
  • 1 onion
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 2 fresh green chillies
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 8 corn tortillas

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories
379 kcal
Protein
26.2 g
Carbohydrate
30.6 g
of which sugars
5.8 g
Fat
14.8 g
of which saturates
3.3 g
Fibre
5.5 g
Salt
0.32 g

Estimated from typical values for each ingredient — a guide, not a substitute for the label on what you actually buy.

Method

  1. 1

    Trim the chicken livers and pat dry.

  2. 2

    Fry the onion, garlic cloves and fresh green chillies in the olive oil for 5 minutes until soft.

  3. 3

    Add the plum tomatoes and simmer for 10 minutes until thickened.

  4. 4

    Add the chicken livers and cook for 6-8 minutes, turning once, until cooked through with no pink remaining inside.

  5. 5

    Warm the corn tortillas and serve the livers hot in their sauce.

Equal House

Plan your meals — and share the cooking

Equal House builds your shopping list by aisle, times the cooking for dinner, and shares it out fairly. Free to start.

Free to start on your iPhone Free to start on your Android phone Free to start · No ads · Your family's data stays yours.