{"id":213,"date":"2020-09-07T15:34:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T13:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afropeans.com\/kitchen\/?p=213"},"modified":"2020-09-07T19:51:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T17:51:45","slug":"how-to-make-gizdodo-fried-plantains-gizzard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afropeans.com\/kitchen\/how-to-make-gizdodo-fried-plantains-gizzard\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Gizdodo | Fried Plantains &#038; Gizzard | #Recipe9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peppered Gizzards known as Gizdodo is a popular snack in Nigeria. \u00a0Gizdodo is a culinary combination of chicken gizzards and plantain stewed in peppered sauce. It is a delicacy that is served both as an appetizer or as part a main meal. \u00a0I always serve it with rice when I am not chewing it away as a side dish! Enjoy it with a glass of wine, beer or juice. It is simple to make and gizzards are unbelievably cheap. 1 kg of chicken gizzards costs less than 2 Euros even in Europe!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients for Peppered Gizzards (Gizdodo) ***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00bd kg chicken gizzards<\/p>\n<p>3 ripe plantains<\/p>\n<p>2 habanero peppers<\/p>\n<p>2 medium fresh tomatoes<\/p>\n<p>1 Red bell pepper<\/p>\n<p>1 green bell pepper (optional)<\/p>\n<p>1 yellow bell pepper (optional)<\/p>\n<p>2 medium onions<\/p>\n<p>1 large bouillon cube(or 2 small ones)<\/p>\n<p>Spices of choice<\/p>\n<p>Salt (to taste)<\/p>\n<p>Sunflower oil<\/p>\n<p>2 tablespoons palm oil<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to prepare Peppered Gizzards (Gizdodo)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wash and clean the chicken gizzards.<\/li>\n<li>Add spices &amp; salt to taste.***<\/li>\n<li>Add water and 1sliced medium onion.<\/li>\n<li>Boil in medium heat for about 20 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>While gizzard is boiling, cut the plantain into small lumps.<\/li>\n<li>Fry the plantains in vegetable oil till brown but not burnt!<\/li>\n<li>Using the same oil, fry the boiled gizzards till dark brown.<\/li>\n<li>Grind the fresh tomatoes, habanero peppers, 1 onion and 1 red bell pepper together.<\/li>\n<li>(Optional) Chop the yellow and green bell peppers.<\/li>\n<li>Add a bit of palm oil to the rest of the cooking oil (If you don\u2019t have\/like palm oil, use only the sunflower oil)<\/li>\n<li>In medium heat, add the ground pepper mix and stir.<\/li>\n<li>Add spices of choice and a large bouillon.***<\/li>\n<li>Cover &amp; reduce the heat to medium low. Cook for 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add the fried gizzards. Stir &amp; cover. Let it cook for 5 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add the fried plantains and the chopped yellow &amp; green bell peppers.<\/li>\n<li>Stir, cover &amp; let simmer in low heat for 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Voila! Your delicious Gizdodo is ready to eat!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>***Instead of gizzards, you could also try with beef or chicken filets!<\/p>\n<p>***Be careful with the quantity of seasoning\/spices you add to the gizzards. They can easily get over seasoned and too salty because the meat does not absorb much of the ingredients.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How To Make Gizdodo | Stewed Plantains And Gizzard | Nigerian Recipe | Dedicated to \u1e62\u00e0ng\u00f3 | #Recipe9\" width=\"785\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s-p_F9sFaDQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peppered Gizzards known as Gizdodo is a popular snack in Nigeria. \u00a0Gizdodo is a culinary combination of chicken gizzards and plantain stewed in peppered sauce. It is a delicacy that is served both as an appetizer or as part a main meal. \u00a0I always serve it with rice when I &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[144,149,145,147,146,148],"class_list":["post-213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afropean-recipes","tag-chicken-gizzards","tag-dedicated-to-ango","tag-gizdodo","tag-habanero-peppers","tag-how-to-prepare-peppered-gizzards","tag-ingredients-for-peppered-gizzards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afropeans.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afropeans.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afropeans.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afropeans.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afropeans.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/afropeans.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afropeans.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afropeans.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afropeans.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afropeans.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}