Chicken gizzard is the stomach of chicken, namely chicken gizzard, chicken liver and chicken gizzard. The stomach of poultry is divided into gizzard and glandular stomach. The glandular stomach is smaller and secretes gastric juice. The gizzard is larger and thicker and is responsible for storing and grinding food. Therefore, it can be said that gizzard refers to the stomach of chicken.

Chicken gizzards help chickens digest. Chickens have no teeth, so the pebbles they swallow are stored there. The inner wall of the gizzard of a chicken in the family Pheasant. It is produced all over the country. After killing the chicken, take out the chicken gizzards (that is, chicken gizzards), immediately remove the inner wall (yellow film), wash and dry in the sun. Can be eaten raw or fried.

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Chicken is highly praised by everyone for its tender meat and delicious taste. Various parts of the chicken are cooked into various delicacies and appear in people's meals. On the dining table. Wang Xingguo, executive director of the Dalian Nutrition Society and director of the Nutrition Department of Dalian Central Hospital, reminds everyone that many parts of chicken have major safety risks, and the consumption should be reduced or even avoided.

What the Chinese call "chicken offal" generally includes liver, kidney, gizzard (gizzard), chicken intestines, etc., and some countries will also include chicken neck for making soup. Since there are some small lymph nodes under the skin of the chicken neck, you can peel off the chicken skin on the neck before eating.

The spleen is a peripheral lymphoid organ and needs to be removed; the lungs and trachea easily contain pathogenic bacteria and need to be discarded; the liver has functions such as metabolism and detoxification, while the kidneys are responsible for excreting harmful substances, and the gizzard will When food is ground, these three internal organs are directly related to the metabolism of some harmful substances, and harmful substances may remain here.

Therefore, chicken livers, chicken kidneys, chicken gizzards, and chicken intestines should not be eaten frequently and in large amounts, but there is no need to worry if they are eaten occasionally.

Reference materials:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Chicken Gizzards

People's Daily Online-What parts of the chicken cannot be eaten?