How to Clean Chicken Gizzards

For those of us who love Chicken Gizzards, we simply go to the market and buy. Have we ever wondered how to clean it fresh from the poultry, out of its chicken's body? 

Fresh Chicken Gizzards

Please find below the steps (in photos) on how to clean gizzards. Warning: some photos may be disgusting to see :) 

Step 1: Have the amount you want to cook and wash them. 

Step 2: Hold a piece of a gizzard, remove other parts that are not meat (perhaps its plastic-like covering), and look for the harder part. 

Step 3: Cut a small portion of it until the inner part is slightly exposed. 

   

Step 4: Using both hands, peel the parts away from each other until the dirt comes out. Throw the dirt away.

Step 5: Repeat the steps until the bunch of gizzards that you want are done. 

Step 6: Wash them all thoroughly with water. 

Cook as you preferred. 

Home Made Litson Manok

I miss Philippines' Andok's and Baliwag Lechon Manok. Why not try my own, especially in this Arab side of the world where too many Chicken (frozen or fresh) are available. 

Be patient in defrosting your frozen chicken for several hours, better if you have bought it fresh; be more patient in marinating it overnight. :) 

Home Made Litson Manok

Ingredients: 

- 1 Whole dressed Chicken
- 4 stalks Lemon Grass (cut into halves to fit inside the Chicken)
- Margarine (to taste)

For Marinade: 

- 1 250ml 7-Up (Softdrinks)
- 3 tbsp Soy Sauce
- 1 medium sized Lemon (extract the juice)
- 4 cloves of Garlic (pound) 
- 1 medium sized Onion (chopped)
- About an inch of Ginger (sliced and pound)
- 3 tbsp Sugar
- Ground Pepper to taste

Procedure: 

Marinating the Chicken: 

- Use a marinating pan and combine garlic, onion, ginger, sugar, soy sauce, lemon juice, and pepper; mix well

- Add in 7-Up; mix well

- Put in the dressed chicken, massage with the mixture of the marinating juice

- Keep in a covered container, put in the fridge overnight

Cooking the Chicken: 

- Preheat the oven to 200°F for about 8 minutes

- Remove the marinated chicken from the marinating juice and transfer to a plate

- Take the garlic, onion, and ginger from the marinating juice and put into the inside of the chicken

- Put in the Lemon grass (tanglad) inside as well

- Roast the chicken for one hour; while brushing it with margarine once in a while

best used with Oven Turnspit

- Remove from heat and transfer to serving plate

results vary depending on the heat (actual photo, not filtered)

Enjoy with hot rice, iced tea, and catsup (best with Mang Tomas)!