Grilled Ginger-Glazed Chicken Livers With Spicy Plum Sauce

• 1/2 cup water
• 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon Sriracha (hot chile sauce)
• 4 plums, pitted and quartered (about 1 pound)
• 1 star anise
• 1 (1-inch) cinnamon stick
• 1/2 cup mirin
• 1 1/2 tablespoons minced peeled fresh ginger
• 1 tablespoon lower-sodium soy sauce
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 pound chicken livers
• Cooking spray
• 1/2 English cucumber, thinly sliced

1. Combine first 7 ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer; cover and cook 15 minutes or until plums are tender. Discard star anise and cinnamon. Cool completely. Place in a blender; process until smooth.
2. Combine mirin, ginger, soy sauce, and garlic in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer; cook 4 minutes or until reduced to 1/4 cup.
3. Trim excess fat and connective tissue from livers; separate livers into lobes. Pat livers dry with paper towels. Heat a grill pan over high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add half of livers to pan; cook 7 minutes or until slightly firm (like a cooked chicken breast), turning once. Remove from pan; brush with half of glaze. Repeat procedure with remaining livers and glaze. Serve with plum sauce and cucumber.

water, rice vinegar, sugar, sriracha, anise, cinnamon stick, mirin, ginger, lower, garlic, chicken livers, cooking spray, cucumber

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/grilled-ginger-glazed-chicken-0 (may not work)