# What do I do with these chicken gizzards and hearts now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 25, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347 "2013-05-25T21:59:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/1 "2013-05-25T21:59:03Z")
I bought a package of chicken gizzards and hearts because it was cheap. I sauteed them in olive oil and now I don’t know what to do with them. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/2 "2013-05-25T22:05:44Z")
I’m not fond of gizzards, but I love the livers and hearts. I’d say to just eat them as they are. (Personally, I would have dredged them in seasoned flour and fried them. Tabasco® for the livers. Yum.) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/3 "2013-05-25T22:06:18Z")
Eat them? I don’t know, but this seems like poor planning to me. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/4 "2013-05-25T22:09:52Z")
If you have a cat, it will either love them, or totally snub them. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/5 "2013-05-25T22:10:06Z")
Put them on a warm tortilla with some sauteed onions and peppers and a little bit of mild hot sauce? Hearts and gizzards are good, solid, peasant food. Treat them as such. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/6 "2013-05-25T22:14:49Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > (Personally, I would have dredged them in seasoned flour and fried them. I started to do that but I got impatient. > [@missred](#): > > Put them on a warm tortilla with some sauteed onions and peppers and a little bit of mild hot sauce? Hearts and gizzards are good, solid, peasant food. Treat them as such. 🙂 Mmm … I like this idea. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/7 "2013-05-25T22:37:40Z")
My husband will be glad to dispose of those for you. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/8 "2013-05-25T22:41:02Z")
I would have fed them raw to a peregrine. She likes the gooshy bits. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/9 "2013-05-25T22:47:02Z")
I just bought some lunch meat, put it between a couple slices of bread with some cheese, mayo, and lettuce, and now I don’t know what to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/10 "2013-05-25T22:53:48Z")
I usually use those organ meats for soups or stews, but there’s also a little appetizer type thing I do, usually with the livers, where you wrap a bit of the organ meat with a slice of water chestnut using a strip of bacon, secure with a toothpick, and broil until the bacon is done. Should work with the hearts, not entirely sure about the gizzards. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/11 "2013-05-25T23:08:03Z")
Put them in a live chicken and see if you can get them to work again. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/12 "2013-05-25T23:15:05Z")
> [@araminty](#): > > I would have fed them raw to a peregrine. Too bad they were took. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/13 "2013-05-26T01:16:47Z")
Make yakitori. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/14 "2013-05-26T02:03:25Z")
Make sure the gizzards are thoroughly cooked. Seriously. Some of the worst GI upset I’ve heard about was from people who ate gizzards that weren’t done. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/15 "2013-05-26T02:16:33Z")
I usually boil them up with some rice and sweet potato and give them to my dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/16 "2013-05-26T02:16:46Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Make sure the gizzards are thoroughly cooked. Seriously. Some of the worst GI upset I’ve heard about was from people who ate gizzards that weren’t done. Uh … now you tell me. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/17 "2013-05-26T15:35:58Z")
For future reference (since your’s are already cooked); remove from bird, rinse well, throw pieces into a hot skillet with a little olive oil and minced garlic, salt & pepper to taste, saute well, eat & enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/18 "2013-05-26T15:46:09Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I started to do that but I got impatient. That’s really impatient! All it takes is a little four in a pie tin, some salt, and some pepper. Takes about a minute from empty pan to tossing the organs into the pan. You know what? Now I want some chicken livers. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/19 "2013-05-26T16:01:03Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Too bad they were took. I saw what youse done there. I’d take them when freshly cooked, grind them and spread the resulting pate on Melba Toast. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347/20 "2013-05-26T17:04:51Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Make sure the gizzards are thoroughly cooked. Seriously. Some of the worst GI upset I’ve heard about was from people who ate gizzards that weren’t done. I’ve always said you need a gizzard to eat gizzards. That’s why eat a little sand every now and then. Livers and gizzards. Damn…mmmm. Like fried oysters and a few other things man are those things heaven when cooked JUST right and you are in the mood for em. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-these-chicken-gizzards-and-hearts-now/659347.md?page=2)