How is chicken gizzard lining best eaten? Introduction to the correct ways to consume it

Chicken gizzard lining, also known as chicken yellow skin, chicken food skin, chicken crop, etc., is the dried inner wall of the gizzard of the domestic chicken, a bird of the family Phasianidae. It comes as irregular curled slices, about 2 mm thick, with a yellow, yellow-green, or yellow-brown surface, thin and semi-transparent, bearing obvious strip-like wrinkles. Used as medicine, it has the effects of strengthening the stomach and promoting digestion, astringing essence and stopping seminal emissions, and relieving strangury and dissolving stones. Let us take a look below at how chicken gizzard lining is best eaten!

Chicken Gizzard Lining and Chinese Yam Pancakes

[Ingredients] 30 g chicken gizzard lining, 100 g dried Chinese yam, 500 g flour, appropriate amounts of black sesame seeds and white sugar.

[Method] Grind the chicken gizzard lining and dried Chinese yam together into a fine powder, add 500 g flour, mix with water into a dough, then add the black sesame seeds and white sugar, and griddle into 10 thin pancakes. Eat 1 pancake per day, with 10 days as one course of treatment, and it may be used for 2 to 3 consecutive courses.

[Effects] Treats infantile malnutrition, nutritional deficiency anemia, calcium deficiency, iron deficiency, etc.

Chicken Gizzard Lining with Fried Rice Noodles

[Ingredients] 30 chicken gizzard linings, 1000 g glutinous rice, appropriate amount of white sugar.

[Method] First stir-fry the chicken gizzard linings over medium heat until they turn yellow and puff up, then remove them when crisp, grind into a fine powder, and sift through a 100-mesh sieve for later use. Then soak the glutinous rice for 2 hours, remove and air-dry, steam until cooked, then dry by baking or sun-drying, grind into powder, and sift through a 100-mesh sieve. Mix the two ingredients evenly and store in a bottle for later use. Take 2 tablespoons each time, twice daily, with white sugar added if desired, mixed with boiling water. 3 months is one course of treatment.

[Effects] Tonifies the middle and boosts qi, strengthens the stomach and promotes digestion, dissolves stones and stops diarrhea, and strengthens the body. It is especially suitable for the daily health care of children and the elderly, and is even more suitable for those with weak spleen and stomach, indigestion, or stones or gastroptosis.

Chicken Gizzard Lining with Pork Intestines

[Ingredients] 500 g raw pork small intestines, 10 g dried chicken gizzard lining, 50 g fresh soup, 20 g yellow wine, 75 g peanut oil, and appropriate amounts each of shredded scallion, shredded ginger, white sugar, salt, pepper, sesame oil, monosodium glutamate, and wet starch.

[Method] Score the raw intestines with a crisscross pattern and cut into sections. Roast the chicken gizzard lining until yellow and grind into a fine powder. Heat the wok, add raw oil, and when the oil reaches 70% heat, add the raw intestines and stir-fry quickly, turning with an iron ladle, until 80% cooked, then pour the intestines into a slotted ladle to drain the oil. In the original wok, add 30 g oil, and when it reaches 60% heat, add the various seasonings. After it comes to a boil, add the raw intestines back in, add the chicken gizzard lining powder, toss a few times, thicken with wet starch, and drizzle with sesame oil.

[Effects] Strengthens the spleen and reduces urination.

Chicken Gizzard Lining and Red Bean Porridge

[Ingredients] 40 g adzuki beans, 30 g japonica rice, 20 g chicken gizzard lining.

[Method] Wash the chicken gizzard lining and grind into powder; wash the adzuki beans and japonica rice. Put the adzuki beans and japonica rice into a pot, add an appropriate amount of clear water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat to make porridge. When the porridge is done, add the chicken gizzard lining powder and an appropriate amount of white sugar, mix well, and bring to a boil again.

[Effects] Strengthens the spleen and nourishes the stomach, drains dampness and expels stones. For urinary tract stones that persist due to spleen deficiency with abundant dampness, with symptoms such as difficult urination, dribbling urine, recurrent painful urination, fatigue and weariness, poor appetite and weakness, and soreness and pain in the lower back. For those with excess stomach acid, it is best to make it a salty porridge.

Chicken Gizzard Lining Calming Porridge

[Ingredients] 100 g japonica rice, 30 g chicken gizzard lining, 10 g cicada slough, 30 g white granulated sugar.

[Method] Grind the cicada slough and chicken gizzard lining together into a fine powder for later use. Wash the japonica rice, put it in a pot with an appropriate amount of water, and cook the porridge until thick. Stir in 3 g of the medicinal powder and cook for five minutes. Season with an appropriate amount of white sugar.

[Effects] Strengthens the spleen and calms the spirit, tonifies the middle and boosts qi. Suitable for conditions such as night terrors and restlessness in children and infantile rickets.