Fried Chicken Gizzards

"Par-boiling the gizzards really defeated the whole purpose. YOu need to marinade gizzards overnight in either buttermilk, sour cream or yogurt so the toughness is broken down naturally and absorbs the..." See more tangyness of the marinade. Add a couple dashes hotsauce to the marinade and we're talking YUM! Plus the marinade helps the flour coating stick better and become puffier. Also add some pepper, a touch of cayenne and msg to the flour (I know everyone is anti-msg, but it really is needed to get the right flavor here. "

"I've been making chicken gizzards like this for years. One thing I do differently is to boil them for about an hour, and season the water with salt/pepper/garlic powder. It makes them tasty, and ten..." See moreder. Great recipe though!!!"

"Well I used 2 lbs of gizzards instead of 1.5 lbs. I doubled the garlic powder cuz I like garlic darnit. I also changed the boiling time to around 45 minutes. They get very tender the longer you boil t..." See morehem. And rather than a frying pan I used my deep fryer to flash fry. I used an egg wash to get the flour mixture to stick to the gizzards better. I only deep fried them long enough for the batter to fry to a golden brown. Usually around 30 to 45 seconds. I realized I had quite a bit of egg wash left over as well as the flour mixture. So I dropped some egg wash into the flour and made a dough out of it. I also deep fried the dough balls but a little bit longer to make sure they cooked all the way thru. I then crumbled them up into a hot frying pan and added the remaining egg wash to make scrambled eggs. I served those with the gizzards and believe me it was a fantastic meal. The pepper made it a little spicy but I like that. So all I changed was the boiling time, added a bit more garlic pepper and, deep fried instead of pan fried. Delicious."