🇪🇬 Egypt
Alexandrian Liver
On the Corniche the carts sizzle past midnight; the liver is sliced paper-thin so it cooks in the time it takes to argue about the chili.
🔪 Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 10 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
4 people
✨ What makes it special
Paper-thin beef liver flashed on a hot plate with garlic, green chili, cumin, and a squeeze of lime — never stewed.
Ingredients
- 500 gbeef liver, sliced very thin
- 6 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 green chilies, sliced
- 1 green bell pepper, sliced
- 1 tspcumin and ground coriander
- 2 tbspoil or ghee
- 1 lime
- 4 soft rolls (eish fino)
Method
- 1
Get the pan smoking hot — Alexandrian liver is a fast dish or a ruined one.
- 2
Sear the liver in batches, seconds per side, and set aside.
- 3
Fry garlic, chilies, and pepper in the same pan, then return the liver with cumin and coriander.
- 4
Squeeze the lime over the heat and toss once.
- 5
Stuff into fino rolls with pickles and extra chili.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 4