Chicken Gizzards Al A Dena

Total Time: 4 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs chicken gizzards
• 1 cup flour, for coating
• 1 tablespoon salt
• pepper
• oil (for frying)
• 1/2 cup diced onion (optional)
• water
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can mushrooms (undiluted) or 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of celery soup (undiluted)
• mushroom (optional)

Recipe

• 1 clean and rinse gizzards, being sure to trim off any green material.
• 2 mix flour, salt and pepper together in a small bag; add gizzards and shake well to coat.
• 3 heat oil in a large electric skillet to medium high heat. fry coated gizzards in oil until brown & crispy. pour off any excess oil.
• 4 add onion and enough water to almost cover gizzards. stir to get bits on the bottom of skillet incorporated into water. cover and cook on slow simmer for 3 to 4 hours or until gizzards are very tender.
• 5 stir every so often. add water if necessary; you want a gravy-like consistency when it is done.
• 6 when gizzards are "fork tender", add can of soup gradually. stir in with fork. if using mushrooms, add now. replace cover and simmer another 10 minutes.
• 7 serve over rice or noodles.
• 8 *i sometimes double the gizzards so i add both the can of mushroom soup and a can of celery soups.