Traditional Chicken Gizzards Recipe
This traditional chicken gizzards recipe (receita de moelas de frango), is best served as an appetizer with fresh bread.
Chicken Recipes
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Ingredients
1kg of chicken gizzards1 chopped onion2 cloves of garlic, minced5 tablespoons of olive oil1/2 chouriçoChili peppers (to taste)3 bay leaves6 tablespoons of tomato paste1 cup of white wine1 cup of waterSalt (to taste)
Directions
- Clean the gizzards of skins and fats, wash them and drain them.
- Cut the gizzards into pieces.
- Cut the chourico ​​into thick cubes.
- In a pan with the olive oil, sauté the onions, garlic and bay leaves.
- Mid way through the sauté, add the chourico ​​and let it cook a little longer.
- Add the gizzards.
- Season with a little salt, add the chili peppers and cook a little.
- Add the tomato paste, pour in the white wine and water.
- Cover and cook 30 to 40 minutes until tender.
Adapted from a Recipe by: receitasfaceisrapidasesaborosas.pt
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Comments (7)
Ivan
What I do is boil them for a half hour in water and no salt!! Then create sauce on the side add gizzards to sauce and simmer for ten minutes. They are soft and tasty.
3 Years ago, Thursday, February 2, 2023
Miroslaw Suski
As per Mark who mentioned above in his comment, need to slow cook whole dish for at least 2 hours. Finally you got irresistible - full of flavours, textures and taste, exquisite one pot dish - Enjoy
3 Years ago, Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Tuga Pops
Yeah, I don't think the author got the cooking time right.
3 Years ago, Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Mark Witney
This is a great recipe - but I really don’t see how you can cook gizzards for ‘30-40 min until tender’!
It takes a minimum of 1h30 to 2h before they are tender
It takes a minimum of 1h30 to 2h before they are tender
4 Years ago, Friday, July 15, 2022
john anthony henry johnson
Enjoyed the meal. It is difficult to always get chourico. when this happens can you suggest an alternative?
4 Years ago, Saturday, February 19, 2022
Tuga Pops
Hi John, if you live in the US, you can order chouriço online, a good substitute would be linguica, but if you can’t get that either then I suggest the chorizo (Spanish).
4 Years ago, Saturday, February 19, 2022






Nice recipe I've, have never added Chourizo before.
Agree takes a lot longer to get the gizzards tender.
Worth it though.