Keto Chicken Liver Pate (with Carnivore Option)
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This easy keto chicken liver pate recipe with no alcohol is ultra-smooth and creamy. Every bite is packed with flavor and great nutrition! Make this as an appetizer when you really want to wow your guests!
Organ meats provide many health benefits and are very affordable foods.
There’s no doubt this pate is proof organ meat recipes are worth eating. In fact, liver pate for keto and carnivore diets is one of the best ways to start!
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What are the benefits of chicken liver?
The health benefits of liver are impressive enough to make even the biggest organ meat skeptic want to try liver at least once.
Buy free-ranged chicken livers from US Wellness.
Chicken liver is high in protein and many nutrients. According to the USDA nutrient database, 100 grams of chicken liver contains 167 calories from 25 g protein, 5 g fat, and 1 g carb.
Naturally low carb, this is a great keto diet approved ingredient!
There is an abundant amount of vitamin A, folate, various B vitamins, as well as vitamins C and E. There are small to moderate amounts of vitamin D and K2.
This same amount of liver has 118% RDA of selenium and significant amounts of iron, phosphorous, zinc, copper, manganese and smaller amounts of other essential minerals.
Nutrition Advance details the importance of these minerals and how chicken liver keeps us healthy.
Like all meat and organs, chicken liver is bioavailable. This means we can easily digest and assimilate the nutrition without the interference of plant toxins or nutritional co-factors that impede digestibility.
What you see on paper is really what you get in your body.
Easy Chicken Liver Pate Recipe with No Alcohol
With less than 10 ingredients, you can make a show-stopping chicken liver pate recipe! What a great addition to your easy keto recipes collection.
You may see brandy listed as an ingredient in other chicken liver pate recipe but in this one we opt for no alcohol.
Serve as an appetizer before any meal or bring it to a holiday pot luck. It’s a classic holiday dish in my collection of keto Christmas dinner recipes. Pair with celery or carrot sticks, cucumber slices, bacon, pork rinds, or keto bread. Everyone will dig in!
How to Make Chicken Liver Pate
To prepare the easy chicken liver pate recipe begin by trimming the livers. Remove any sinew or connective pieces. These don’t blend well and will be chewy in the pate if you leave them.
Use a sharp knife or kitchen scissors to cut around the livers.
Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add the shallot and garlic to the pan. Cook for 1-2 minutes until fragrant.
Arrange the chicken livers in a single layer on the skillet and pan-fry until the first side is golden brown. Flip over and cook the second side for another few minutes. Cook about 5 minutes total. Add parsley in the last minute or so of cooking.
Chicken liver should be seared on the outside and remain rosy pink inside.
Since this is a chicken liver pate without alcohol we don’t simmer the livers in brandy or any other alcohol.
Remove the livers from heat and cool slightly before adding to a food processor. Blend with the remaining butter and season with salt and pepper. Puree until smooth.
If you don’t have a food processor, use a blender or immersion/stick blender.
Pour pate into ramekin dishes or a single container. Chill in the refrigerator for 4 hours or overnight.
In a pinch pate can be served directly after blending however, it’s best if you can make the pate ahead of time and let the flavors meld overnight.
Is Chicken Liver Pate Good for A Carnivore Diet?
Chicken liver pate is excellent on a carnivore diet!
The choice is yours: remove all the plant-based ingredients entirely or follow the directions as they are and enjoy more keto carnivore recipes in your diet!
Liver may have an important role in improving the nutrient density of your low carb diet so make an honest effort to enjoy it.
There are many nice ways to eat liver on a carnivore diet, pate is just one of them.
Carnivore Chicken Liver Pate Recipe
You may find the original recipe which includes shallot, garlic, and parsley is suitable for your carnivore diet.
If you are following a strict no fiber approach, simply omit the plant-based ingredients.
Trim and cook the chicken livers. Let cool slightly and then blend them up with the remaining butter and salt in a food processor. YUM!
At a look at all my carnivore diet recipes for more inspiration!
Duck Liver Benefits and Nutrition
Duck liver and duck fat would be delicious substitutions for chicken liver and butter.
Swap the butter for schmaltz (chicken fat) or duck fat anytime you want a dairy free recipe.
That’s an easy way to make this chicken liver pate dairy free!
Duck liver is a healthy keto carnivore ingredient that is also low in carbs. Generally, duck has a nice fatty acid profile since they eat more bugs and less corn and grain than chickens do.
According to Fat Secret, one ounce of duck liver has 39 calories coming from 5.3 g protein, 1.3 g fat, and 1 g net and total carb.
Find quality foods near you and ask your butcher if they can source duck liver for you.
Keto Chicken Liver Pate Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ pound chicken livers
- ½ cup butter or duck fat for dairy free
- 1 medium shallot minced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon parsley minced
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Trim the chicken livers and remove any sinew. Kitchen scissors work well for this.½ pound chicken livers
- Melt a tablespoon of butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and shallots. Cook for 1-2 minutes until fragrant.½ cup butter, 1 medium shallot, 2 cloves garlic
- Add chicken liver to the pan. Pan-fry the first side until golden brown, flip them over for the second side, about 5-7 minutes total. Add parsley in the last minute of cooking.1 tablespoon parsley
- Remove from heat and cool enough to add to a food processor. Add remaining butter and season with salt. Puree until smooth.½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- Pour into ramekin dishes or a container and chill for 4 hours or overnight to set.
Notes
Nutrition & Macros
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Looking for more ways to use all your chicken parts? Try our spicy Chicken Feet Adobo recipe to satisfy your snack craving.
I tried it last night and I really loved it. The texture was just the way I like it. I guess I’m swapping canned liver spread with this! So delicious!
That’s great news, Zane. Homemade always tastes better. Thanks for the review.
Simple and straightforward recipe, so thank you for that! The flavor is delish and I am going to make my own carnivore board with this pate on it this coming weekend for a party.
Thank you for the feedback and five star review, Meghan.
Love this recipe! I absolutely enjoyed these chicken liver pate and it’s so perfect that it’s keto-friendly! It’s very easy to make and follow and I had it with some crackers — super delicious. Thanks for this yummy recipe!
Thank you for the 5 star review, Cassie. Happy to hear you found the recipe easy to follow.
Hi I have just made the liver recipe as I used to like it in a restaurant on toast….if on carnivore what do you put it on if not bread? Also I am new to carnivore and am doing it as a precautionary measure rather than for my weight or any autoimmune disease etc….and can only find stuff for the above. Any tips would be much appreciated.
Great question, Jo – pork rinds can be a satisfying option for some crunch, or using jerky or pemmican is also popular with carnivore dieters. Some people with add it to an egg dish as well. Different tastes out there, try a few and see what you like. Thanks for the comment 🙂
How often can you eat liver?
Hi Cyd, You can eat liver as frequently as you like. A few times a week, or even every day for a while, is fine if you have strong cravings for it. Starting with once a week is also fine.
Hi how long can this be stored in fridge?
Hi Stephanie, Great question. You can store chicken liver pate in the fridge for up to a week. Adding a layer of melted butter or lard over the surface will allow it to keep for up to a month but only as long as the fat completely seals the contents below.
Hi there! I was looking for liver pate recipes, and found yours. I have both pastured raised chicken liver and beef liver from the locals farms here in Indiana so I thought I’d try both. I know that shallots are milder in taste, but I don’t have that at the moment. Can I substitute with onions? I have vadalia onions at the moment. Would that be okay to use, and if so, how much of it should I use. Thanks so much fo your response in advance.😊
Hi Michelle, Sounds like you’re in the right place since I have a number of liver pate recipes for chicken and beef on the blog here 🙂 You can substitute with onion, that’s a great idea. I would use 1 tbsp of chopped onion instead of the shallot. Enjoy the recipe and thanks for visiting!
Jessica’s chicken liver recipe sounds delicious. My family has never made it with butter, only mayo, without junk seed oils please! We also add a h b egg or two, which makes the chicken liver even more mild but still very flavorful. My favorite way to eat it is on thick rye bread with lettuce, tomato and raw onion, when I was eating bread. Now you have two recipes to try. 🙂
Yes to adding a hard-boiled egg or two! I have a recipe like that in the ketogenic edge cookbook. It’s a great choice! But I’ve never made it with mayo, that’s a new one for me. Thanks for the suggestion! And many thanks for visiting my blog! It’s nice to have you here 🙂
This one of those recipes that should provide macros by the BATCH, but the serving. (This ain’t gonna last the day once I dig into it. 😀
Good thing I bought 2 tubs of livers today…
Awesome! I’m so glad you like it! Enjoy 🙂
Favorite way to eat this is on rye bread — make a keto version of it topped with lettuce, tomato and onion. For 62 years, I have never heard of using brandy in my pate and would consider of it.
Your dish sounds delicious Suzanne! I’m so glad you enjoy the recipe.
Sounds delicious. I’m working on incorporating organ meat into my diet. How would you best enjoy this keeping keto in mind?
Hi Jeannie, I usually serve it on the side of our main entree or as an appetizer. Everyone in the family here likes it just off the spoon but if you are looking for something to dip into the pate, cucumber and celery are great options!
Sounds delicious! Can you make it ahead of time and freeze it?
Yes, absolutely!
Great way to cook chicken livers. Awesome favors.
I think it’s one of the best way to make chicken livers! Happy to hear you agree.
I was looking for a recipe like this, thank you for sharing!
Perfect timing! I’m so glad it helps you.
I’ve never tried this before, but it sounds so delicious and easy to make! I can’t wait to try this recipe out!
Nailed it – this IS delicious and easy to make 🙂 Enjoy!
I love Chicken Liver Pate so much! Never knew it was this easy to make!
Now you can enjoy a homemade version. Buen provecho!
It looks easy enough. I grew up on liver pate without brandy. It still was pretty tasty. Thanks for this recipe.
How fortunate that you grew up with such nourishing foods! Thanks for stopping by to share a review.