# Chicken hearts preparation **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [February 8, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-hearts-preparation/932406 "2021-02-08T00:05:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MrMrmrmr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrmrmrmr/32/5828_2.png) [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-hearts-preparation/932406/1 "2021-02-08T00:05:44Z")
Got a bag of hearts from the butcher. Trying to decide between marinated ,skewered, and grilled, or ground with a few slices of raw bacon, maybe some onion, made it to patties and grilled. -6 outside and I still want to grill. Made ribs today with the Rudy’s’ Rub we got from our Texas trip. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-hearts-preparation/932406/2 "2021-02-08T02:23:15Z")
Used to get hearts included with the gizzard and liver in the bag of ~~innards~~ giblets they tuck into the body cavity. Somewhere along the line they stopped putting them in, and I miss them. I should ask the butcher for some 🙂 Miss 'em! I’d usually just fry them along with the rest of the chicken, dipping them out sooner because they cook pretty fast. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-hearts-preparation/932406/3 "2021-02-08T02:47:00Z")
My mother would fry them with the rest of the chicken, as @AHunter3 mentions. They were the first things that would disappear from the platter at dinner time, although today I don’t think I would even try one. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-hearts-preparation/932406/4 "2021-02-08T03:57:23Z")
skewered are really good barbqued over the flame. Just salted is fine. Can brine in soy sauce with honey if you like. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-hearts-preparation/932406/5 "2021-02-08T04:52:03Z")
Well now I’m going to smear Jell-O all over the floor and set the couch on fire! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-hearts-preparation/932406/6 "2021-02-08T11:42:34Z")
I buy bags of turkey hearts. Simmered in water, they’re perfect dog treats. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-hearts-preparation/932406/7 "2021-02-09T05:04:46Z")
Thump-thump! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-hearts-preparation/932406/8 "2021-02-09T05:23:09Z")
I still often find that giblets bag when I buy whole chickens. As for the OP, skewered and grilled as chicken heart yakitori for me, please. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-hearts-preparation/932406/9 "2021-02-09T06:43:25Z")
I live that bit. It still makes me laugh.