Chicken Gizzard Pilaf
Quick to make, with budget-friendly ingredients. This chicken gizzard pilaf is inexpensive and low in calories — a light, wholesome dish. Thanks to its ingredients, it's rich in B vitamins, protein, iron, zinc, and other minerals.
Cooking method
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Step 1:
Take the chicken gizzards, rinse them, and trim off any excess internal fat. Soak the rice in cold water for 20–30 minutes.
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Step 2:
Put the gizzards on to cook over medium heat. My family doesn't care for onion in pilaf, so I add a whole onion while the gizzards cook to mellow out their smell.
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Step 3:
Grate the carrot on a fine grater. Finely chop the herbs — use fresh in summer, or frozen in winter.
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Step 4:
Once the gizzards are cooked, take them out and cut them into small pieces. Put the meat and the rinsed rice in a heavy pot and pour in the gizzard cooking broth — remove the boiled onion first. This way I skip the butter and still get a fluffy pilaf.
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Step 5:
After 10 minutes, add the carrot, herbs, salt to taste, and spices. Cook until all the liquid has evaporated.
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Step 6:
The pilaf is ready. Serve it on a large platter with vegetables or a light salad on the side. Enjoy!
- Pilaf is one of the traditional dishes in the Caucasus. The meat is usually lamb or beef, occasionally chicken, and it may include dried fruit — dried apricots, raisins, or prunes. The best rice for it is devzir. No pilaf is complete without onion, carrot, herbs, and spices, and it's traditionally served on a large platter with fresh vegetables or light salads. But when money is tight, many cooks look for a thriftier take on the classics, and gizzard pilaf is very economical for a family of four. It's hearty yet light (only about 230 kcal per 100 grams). Chicken gizzards make a lean, diet-friendly dish that suits kids, older folks, and anyone watching what they eat. They're a good source of iron, which helps the pilaf sit well, and they also provide B vitamins, zinc, protein, phosphorus, and folate.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Raw wild rice - 353 kcal/100g
- Brown raw rice - 360 kcal/100g
- Boiled brown rice - 119 kcal/100g
- White fortified raw rice - 363 kcal/100g
- White fortified boiled rice - 109 kcal/100g
- White rice, steamed, with long grains raw - 369 kcal/100g
- Steamed white rice, boiled with long grains - 106 kcal/100g
- Instant dry rice - 374 kcal/100g
- Instant rice, ready to eat - 109 kcal/100g
- Rice - 344 kcal/100g
- Carrots - 33 kcal/100g
- Dried carrots - 275 kcal/100g
- Boiled carrots - 25 kcal/100g
- Dill greens - 38 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Chicken stomachs - 114 kcal/100g
