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Dodo Gizzard on a Stick (VIDEO)

Take your dishes to a higher level by preparing this fun Peppered Chicken Gizzard Stick Meat - Dodo Gizzard on a Stick recipe!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 10 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: African, Nigerian
Keyword: african dodo gizzard on a stick, delicious fried chicken gizzards, easy dodo gizzard on a stick, fried chicken gizzards recipe, fun dodo gizzard on a stick, homemade dodo gizzard on a stick, sauteed chicken gizzards recipe
Servings: 50
Calories: 55kcal

Equipment

  • Pot
  • Blender
  • Wooden spatula
  • Knife
  • Skewers
  • Frying Pan

Ingredients

For the sauce

  • 1 sweet pepper
  • 1 bell pepper
  • 1 scotch bonnet
  • 1 tomato
  • 1 onion
  • 1 cooking spoon chicken gizzard stock
  • sunflower oil

For the cooked chicken gizzards

  • 1 kg chicken gizzards (fresh or frozen)
  • 1 onion (medium-sized)
  • 1 clove garlic (medium-sized)
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1 tsp mixed herbs
  • 1 tsp curry powder
  • 2 cubes chicken stock
  • 1 pinch garlic powder
  • 1 pinch turmeric
  • 1 pinch all-purpose seasoning

For the fried chicken gizzards

  • cooked chicken gizzards (as shown above)
  • sunflower oil (enough to deep fried)

For the fried plantain

  • 1 plantain (ripe but firm)
  • sunflower oil (enough to deep fried)

For dodo gizzard on stick

  • 1 kg chicken gizzards (cooked, fried, or grilled and peppered) as shown above.
  • 1 fried plantain (as shown above)
  • ½ red bell pepper (medium-sized)
  • ½ yellow bell pepper (medium-sized)
  • ½ green bell pepper (medium-sized)

Instructions

  • Cook the chicken gizzard.
    Place the rinsed chicken gizzards in a pot. Add onion and garlic. Season it with mixed herbs, curry powder, garlic powder, ginger powder, turmeric, stock cubes, and all-purpose seasoning. Let it cook for 20 to 25 minutes or until tender.
    Set the stock aside and store the onions separately.
    You can choose to fry or grill the gizzard. To grill, arrange the gizzard on a lined baking tray and cook in the oven at 200° C for about 20 to 25 minutes or until grilled. To fry, lower the gizzards in hot oil and allow to fry until golden brown. set it aside.
    chicken gizzards prep
  • Prep the pepper sauce.
    Pause sweet pepper, bell pepper, scotch bonnet, tomato, and onion in a blender until roughly chopped.
    Heat the oil from the fried ingredients in a pot, and cook the sauce. Add some stock and onion from the gizzard. Season it with curry powder, mixed herbs, and all-purpose seasoning.
    You can toss some of the fried or oven-grilled gizzards in the sauce. Leave to simmer for 2 minutes.
    prepping the sauce
  • Prepare the plantain.
    Peel and slice the plantain to your preferred shape and size. Fry the slices using the oil from the gizzard. Once golden brown, remove it from heat.
    prepping the plantain
  • Assemble the ingredients on the stick.
    Cut the bell peppers into small squares. Insert the chopped bell pepper, fried plantain, and chicken gizzard in any order you prefer. Then, place them on a plate and they’re ready to serve!
    assembling chicken gizzards on toothpick

Video

Notes

  • Store the gizzard properly to retain freshness.
  • If you plan to serve these later, pre-cook the chicken gizzard and/or plantains.