How To Clean Chicken Livers

What I want to share with you today is actually the missing part of what I have posted before which was the recipe for the chicken liver and gizzards. I should have shown the part where I cleaned the livers and gizzards because apparently, not many people know about it, especially as offal is not very popular as an ingredient in recipes.

The process is actually pretty simple, but you have to remember to handle the livers with care because they are pretty delicate. The cleaning process itself is not hard, but it is time consuming, so make sure you plan ahead when you are working with these ingredients.

I have made a video on how it is supposed to be done, I hope it helps.

Chicken livers are often looked at as an undesirable part of a chicken, but in Asia (including Indonesia, where I'm from), this is not the case. They are considered as one of the most valued delicacies in poultry. You will find it often in Indonesian food.

Although they are high in cholesterol, but they are a very good source of iron, zinc and B vitamins. Our local doctors prescribed them in our diet, quite often in fact.

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I personally like to cook livers in chili coconut gravy like I have posted the other day in this link, I think it's the best way to cook them. But you can deep fry them or saute them with vegetables. Here's an idea, I will post more recipe ideas for chicken livers in the future, so we will have more varieties, delicious ones at that!

Thanks for tuning in. Please let me know if there's anything I accidentally left out, or things you'd like for me to talk more about.

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