Posted on Sunday, August 28, 2016 in
Chicken Recipes
Traditional Portuguese Chicken Gizzards
This traditional Portuguese chicken gizzards recipe (receita de moelas de frango), is best served as an appetizer with fresh bread.
| Preparation time | n/a |
| Cooking Time | n/a |
| Ready In | 50 min |
| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
| Servings | 4 |
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)
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Preparation
- 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.
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| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
| Servings | 4 |
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| Servings | 4 |
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Maureen Hilder
Love Moelas
Nice recipe I've, have never added Chourizo before.
Agree takes a lot longer to get the gizzards tender.
Worth it though.
2 Years ago, Tuesday, June 6, 2023
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.
2 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
2 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
3 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?
3 Years ago, Saturday, February 19, 2022
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