chicken gizzards
various dates
This is another one of those undervalued organ meats. Google "chicken gizzard recipes" for lots of wonderful recipes. The gizzard is a very strong circular muscle that needs long moist cooking to become reasonably tender. Every recipe starts with boiling the gizzards for several hours and while we're there anyway, it's a delicious broth/soup.
You can buy chicken gizzards at your butcher store in large enough quantity to be useful for kitcheneering adventures. The only thing you need to check before you start is to make sure that the inner lining—a tough yellow membrane—has been removed from all the gizzards. I consistently find at least one that hasn't been peeled in each package. Those linings are edible, but I do not find them pleasant eating.
A. chicken gizzard soup
2015-04-23
The first step in every chicken gizzard recipe.
I find this already quite satisfying as a small meal or appetizer without doing anything else to them.
2016-05-06
Pic1:
pre-packaged gizzardsPic2: remove the yellow lining
Pic3: boiled gizzards with broth
- If frozen, thaw the gizzards, so you can clean them.
Every package I have ever opened always had at least one gizzard that still had the yellow lining. - Peel away any remaining yellow stomach lining. Check each and every one.
Sometimes, the gizzards aren't cut open completely, and are not turned inside out.
INGREDIENTS
This is what you need for 2 servings:
- ½ lb. chicken gizzards
- S&P
Directions
The simplest recipe:
- Submerge in water. Add S&P to taste.
- Optional: add vegetables.
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Bring to a boil, and then simmer on low heat for at least 2-3 hrs.
This makes the meat very tender. That also produces a very tasty broth that can be drunk as is, or can be used as chicken broth to make soups and sauces. - Eat the gizzards warm as part of a meal, or serve a few chilled as a snack with a favorite dip sauce.
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Enjoy.
- See also: tomato gizzard soup with vermicelli
chicken gizzard soup on the internet
Pic4-6: gizzard soup - internet picturesB. refried chicken gizzards with chipotle sauce
2016-05-10
This is not a quick menu item.
The chicken gizzards have to be boiled for several hours until quite tender. A quick sear cannot do that.
INGREDIENTS
This is what you need for 2 servings:
- 1 lb. chicken gizzards, cleaned
- olive oil
- S&P
chipotle sauce aka chipotle Diablo Sauce
- 2 tomatoes, chopped small
- ½ onion, chopped small
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp. curry powder
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1 adobo chipotle pepper
or 1 tsp. chipotle powder
Directions
2016-05-10
Pic7: boil the gizzards firstPic8: pan-fry to nice dark-brown
Pic9: add sauce
- Optional: cut the gizzards in 2-3 smaller pieces
- Simmer the gizzards in 2 qts of salted water for 3-4 hrs. until they are completely tender.
- Meanwhile, prepare the Chipotle Sauce.
- Set aside until the gizzards are done.
- When the gizzards are ready, drain and reserve the cooking liquid. It is a very good chicken broth with lots of gelatin.
- Sear the gizzards in hot olive oil until they start showing some nice browning. (Pic5)
- Pour the sauce over the gizzards and reheat.
- Serve and enjoy.