Gizmo for cooking gizzards

[tjkoko]

I possess a 22 inch kettle with the hinged cooking grate. Imagine I'm cooking indirectly a whole chicken and would like to cook gizzards off to the side. To hold the gizzards, would a perforated container be preferred or what???

 

[MikeCantell]

A pan to braise the tough little bastagis would be my pick lol ,

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

A pan to braise the tough little bastagis would be my pick lol ,

I think Mike makes a good point the farking little ice holes are pretty tough, a steel pan to braise before grilling might be a wise choice.
(Mike, nice “Johnny Dangerously“ ref!)

 

[Bob Bailey]

Yep. Thinking a small cast iron skillet would be great for this.

 

[Bruce]

Yah, I usually do them on the stove in a frying pan in butter. I eat a whole pound at a time. Almost no calories/fat it the little bad boys. Cholesterol is the only bad thing.

 

[Richard Garcia]

Anyone using a "Instantpot" to cook these tough little buggers??

 

[Bruce]

Never used one of those things. But I don't see why it wouldn't do a good job. I think it will be hard to get the "tough" out of them no matter how you cook them though.

I have to pick up a package of them next trip to the grocery. I haven't had any for quite a while.

 

[timothy]

Anyone using a "Instantpot" to cook these tough little buggers??

I usually simmer them for a few hours then bread and fry them.
Instant pot should only take about 10-15 mins.

 

[Bruce]

I just throw them in a skillet with butter and they get done pretty quick that way. Not sure if simmering them for a "few hours" would tenderize them or not. Does it seem that way for you Tim?

 

[timothy]

I just throw them in a skillet with butter and they get done pretty quick that way. Not sure if simmering them for a "few hours" would tenderize them or not. Does it seem that way for you Tim?

That's the way my gramps made them and they sure seem tender compared to the ones just fried.

Southern Fried Chicken Gizzards

A chicken gizzard is transformed into a thing of beauty when simmered until tender, marinated in spicy seasonings, coated in flour, and deep-fried.

www.allrecipes.com

 

[Dustin Flavell]

I keep it simple I wrap the gizzard and liver in an aluminum foil pouch sprinkled with a little garlic salt when the whole chickens go on the grill. Few hours later when the chickens are done I pull the pouch. Purdy good that way if you ask me and simple…

 

[Bruce]

I have been to two different Walmarts in my area and neither had gizzards. I don't know if they were just out or quit selling them. I am going to have to look for another source.

 

[DanHoo]

The whole chickens I've been getting from costco have not had gizzards inside. I recall they used to.

 

[Bruce]

Yah, a lot of times they pull the liver, gizzard and heart out and sell them separate.

 

[Dustin Flavell]

Winco is about the only place left that sells chickens with the Liver Heart and gizzards anymore.

 

[Richard Garcia]

Here in Costa Rica Chicken Gizzards are plentiful but not included when you buy a whole chicken.

 

[timothy]

I only see giblets ( neck, heart, liver and gizzards) in roasters never fryers.

 

[tjkoko]

Way back in the 1970s giblets were include with fryers. Nowadays not.