Korean-Style Chicken Gizzards

A chicken gizzard appetizer with spices and vegetables — and it's delicious! This recipe is easy on the wallet and big on flavor. The gizzards need to be boiled first — half an hour is enough, but you can go longer. For seasoning, a Korean-carrot spice blend works best. Great for an everyday menu.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 42 % 10 g
Fats 29 % 7 g
Carbohydrates 29 % 7 g
121 kcal
GI: 86 / 0 / 14

Cooking method

  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    Gather the ingredients from the list. Rinse the chicken gizzards, trimming off any leftover fat and membrane, and wash and peel the vegetables.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Put the gizzards in a saucepan, cover with water, and bring to a boil. Skim off the foam as it comes up, then add salt and cook for half an hour.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    While the gizzards cook, cut the carrots into thin matchsticks — a julienne cutter makes quick work of it.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Use the cutter to dice the onion as well.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    Cut the bell pepper into strips, again on the cutter.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    Combine the onion and carrots and add them to a skillet with the vegetable oil.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Add a teaspoon of the Korean-carrot spice blend to the vegetables and fry, stirring, for 2 minutes over high heat.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8

    After 2 minutes, add the bell pepper, stir, and fry for another couple of minutes.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9

    Then lower the heat, cover the skillet, and cook the vegetables over low heat for another 10 minutes.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10

    Take the cooked gizzards off the heat.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11

    Lift the gizzards out of the broth with a slotted spoon into a bowl and let them cool a bit.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12

    Then slice the boiled gizzards into strips.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13

    Add the gizzards to the skillet with the vegetables.

  14. Step 14:

    Step 14

    Add another teaspoon of the spice blend, stir, and keep cooking over low heat for about two more minutes.

  15. Step 15:

    Step 15

    Meanwhile, stir the sugar, vinegar, pressed garlic, and sesame seeds into the soy sauce.

  16. Step 16:

    Step 16

    Pour the sauce over the gizzards and vegetables and stir to coat.

  17. Step 17:

    Step 17

    Next, finely chop the fresh herbs.

  18. Step 18:

    Step 18

    Scatter the herbs right into the skillet and stir.

  19. Step 19:

    Step 19

    Cover the skillet and turn off the heat after 2–3 minutes.

  20. Step 20:

    Step 20

    Korean-style chicken gizzards can be served either hot or chilled, with a side or on their own.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Sweet pepper - 27  kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33  kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275  kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25  kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143  kcal/100g
  • Soy sauce - 51  kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398  kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398  kcal/100g
  • Wine vinegar (3%) - 9  kcal/100g
  • Vinegar 9% - 11  kcal/100g
  • Balsamic vinegar - 88  kcal/100g
  • Apple vinegar - 14  kcal/100g
  • Vinegar - 11  kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873  kcal/100g
  • Dried whole sesame seeds - 563  kcal/100g
  • Shelled sesame seed - 582  kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41  kcal/100g
  • Spices dry - 240  kcal/100g
  • Fresh frozen soup greens in a package - 41  kcal/100g
  • Greenery - 41  kcal/100g
  • Table salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Chicken stomachs - 114  kcal/100g

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