A mouth-watering West African gizzard recipe filled with flavor. This recipe includes bell peppers, tomatoes and onions. Serve as a side dish or with white rice.
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About this Recipe
Are you in search of a show-stopping gizzard recipe? Well you’ve come to the right the place! This recipe is filled with flavor and inexpensive!
Gizzards are a big favorite in Nigeria and they are traditionally served in a sauce as a side during special occasions. Whenever I serve this dish to friends who have not tried gizzards before they are always mesmerized and lots of questions follow.
What part of the chicken is the gizzard?
So, what is gizzard? A gizzard is a small muscular part of a bird’s stomach where food is broken down and digested as birds do not have teeth. They are cleaned out before they are sold.
Chicken Gizzard Benefits
According to SFGate, gizzards have a lot of important vitamins and other nutrients that will give your whole system a boost. This small part of a bird’s stomach is a good source of B-vitamins, zinc, niacin, and protein. It contains a good amount of healthy fats as well, which can maintain good metabolism.
Gizzard Ingredients
- Chopped tomatoes – I use one can of chopped tomatoes in this recipe but feel free to use fresh tomatoes.
- Scotch bonnets – I add one scotch bonnet to this sauce to add some heat.
- Red onions – Add one and a half onions to enhance the flavor of this sauce.
- Red, yellow and green bell peppers – Bell peppers add sweet and sour notes to this sauce.
- Chicken seasoning – I use Knorr chicken seasoning in this sauce to add a chicken flavor.
- Salt to taste – Add salt to taste to enhance each ingredient in this sauce.
- Thyme – Adds a delicious herby flavor to this sauce.
- Water – Can be used to loosen the sauce if it becomes too thick.
- Vegetable oil
How to Make Gizzard Sauce
To make a delicious gizzard sauce you will need the following:
- Add chopped tomatoes, scotch bonnet and onions to a blender and blend until smooth. Set aside.
- Add a splash of vegetable oil to cover the base of a pan. Pour in the tomato sauce and season it with salt to taste, 1 cube of chicken seasoning, a pinch of thyme, stir and bring to a boil. Then leave the cook on a low/medium heat for 10-15 minutes.
- Finally, add the fried gizzards to the sauce. Then, add fresh onions, bell peppers and stir. Leave to cook for a on low heat for 3-5 minutes.
That is all there is to it! You can make the sauce before the gizzards are ready or you can make it after frying the gizzards.
NB: Add water to the sauce if it gets too thick.
Chicken Gizzard Recipe
You will need 1 kg of gizzards for this recipe. Start off by washing and cleaning gizzards thoroughly.
Then, to make soft and tender gizzard you will need to part-boil them. Add gizzards to a large pot, pour in water to cover the gizzards, season with 1 chicken stock cube (optional), salt to taste, 1/2 -1 tsp of thyme and stir. Cook for 25-30 minutes or until soft.
Now you want to fry the gizzards. Add oil to a pan and fry gizzards on each side for 5-7 minutes or until brown.
NB: For a healthier alternative you can cook gizzards in the oven instead if frying. Bake gizzards at 170C for about 10-15 minutes or until brown.
Alternatives to the Gizzard Recipe
Another popular alternative is gizzdodo. This is a combination of gizzard and plantain (aka dodo) hence the name! If you would like to try this delicious alternative then chop plantain into cubes, fry and add them 10 minutes before the dish is ready. For a healthier option add raw plantain to the dish when you add the gizzards instead of frying.
You can also adjust the heat in this recipe. Add 2 scotch bonnets for an extra spicy recipe or omit the scotch bonnets all together and use powdered pepper instead for a milder heat.
Turkey gizzards can be used instead of chicken gizzards in this recipe too!
What to Serve with Gizzard?
This dish can be served as a side with jollof rice or fried rice. It can also be eaten with white rice.
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Gizzard Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 kg of gizzards washed and cleaned
- 1 can of chopped tomatoes
- 1 scotch bonnet
- 1 1/2 onion slice 1/2 thinly
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- 1 yellow bell pepper chopped
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- 1 chicken stock cube
- Salt to taste
- 1-2 tsp of thyme
- Water
- A splash of vegetable oil
Instructions
- Start off by washing and cleaning gizzards thoroughly. Then, add gizzards to a large pot, pour in water to cover the gizzards, season with 1 chicken stock cube (optional), salt to taste, 1/2 -1 tsp of thyme and stir. Cook for 25-30 minutes or until soft.
- Add oil to a pan and fry gizzards on each side for 5-7 minutes or until brown and set aside for later.
- Then, add chopped tomatoes, scotch bonnet and onions to a blender and blend until smooth. Set aside.
- Add a splash of vegetable oil to cover the base of a pan. Pour in the tomato sauce and season it with salt to taste, 1 cube of chicken seasoning, a pinch of thyme, stir and bring to a boil. Then leave the cook on a low/medium heat for 10-15 minutes.
- Finally, add the fried gizzards to the sauce. Then, add fresh onions, bell peppers and stir. Leave to cook for a on low heat for 3-5 minutes.
looks yummie, will try this
Thanks! It’s so delicious