Every day we are faced with the choice of what we would like to eat. And this something should be not only tasty, but also useful for our body, bring with it valuable minerals and useful vitamins. If the benefits of fruits and vegetables are known to everyone, then meat ingredients sometimes bypass the party, making up a diet, because it is believed that meat is a source of cholesterol. But do not forget that, in addition to the meat itself, there are also by-products of animal origin. In this article we will talk about the usefulness, calorie content, chemical composition and use of chicken giblets in cooking, as well as how to choose a quality product when buying and then keep it at home for a long time without loss of quality and valuable elements.
What is included in the chicken offal
Among the most respected components of chicken giblets, which are commonly used in food, include: liver, stomach and heart. These products have become widely used in the preparation of a variety of dishes, and also occupy one of the leading places in terms of usefulness and saturation of nutritional components among all products of animal origin. 
Calorie and chemical composition
Calorie content of chicken giblets is taken as an average figure, which equals 130 kcal per 100 g of product. It is worth mentioning that the least high-calorie are chicken stomachs, after which comes the liver, and after it - the heart.
Did you know? It is chicken liver, stomach and heart that are the most high-calorie among other similar products from other types of animals. For example, the average caloric content of beef giblets is 115 kcal, and pork giblets contain 120 kcal per 100 g.
In addition to the high calorific value, this product contains many useful vitamin and mineral compounds, including many of which are vital for the full functioning of the human body.
Thus, chicken offal contains high proportions of choline, retinol, thiamine, riboflavin, pantothenic, ascorbic and nicotinic acids, pyridoxine, cobalamin, and also tocopherol. 
In addition to vitamins, chicken offal also contains many mineral compounds necessary for the human body, including potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, selenium, copper, manganese, iron, sulfur, phosphorus and sodium.
What is the use
It is easy to draw the appropriate conclusions that chicken intestines are very beneficial to humans, in view of the extensive and rich content of micro and macro nutrients, as well as vitamins.
We should also focus on the fact that chicken giblets have a beneficial effect on blood pressure indicators and reduce the incidence of various angina attacks (usually accompanied by chest pain).
For the normalization of blood pressure, Savoy cabbage, Caucasian hellebore herb, beetroot, actinidia, Bulgarian pepper, orange, Chinese rose, celandine, and uterus are also used.
In addition, chicken giblets help to reduce blood clots in all blood vessels, thereby preventing the likelihood of the emergence and development of dangerous diseases. 
Therefore, for all people suffering from various kinds of ailments in the area of the heart and circulatory system, eating chicken stomachs, liver and hearts becomes mandatory.
Important! Separately, it is worth mentioning the effect of magnesium contained in giblets on blood sugar levels. It is this macronutrient that helps to settle and stabilize this criterion, which is also referred to as the useful qualities of the giblets. Due to these features, this product is useful not only for diabetics, but also for pregnant women.
Potassium, which is in the composition of the giblets, contributes to the stimulation of thought processes, since it contributes to an increase in the oxygen supply to the brain.
Chicken offal also helps to normalize the work and activities of the excretory and digestive systems, support proper and balanced metabolism and ensure the saturation of the cells of the whole body with oxygen. 
And still produce the necessary micro-and macronutrients that strengthen the immune system.
To strengthen the immune system they also use jujube, garlic, goose onion, celery, ginger, turmeric, pomegranate, green bell pepper.
How to use in cooking
The use of chicken giblets in cooking has long had a high success and popularity among many nations of the world. The fact that these offal can be cooked, as well as how long to cook until cooked - later in our article.
What of them can cook
For today, probably, there is no person left who would never try a dish in which chicken giblets would be used as main or auxiliary ingredients.
Therefore, it is not difficult to conclude that they learned from chicken giblets to cook a great variety of simple and exquisite dishes. 
Chicken Liver You can add the roasting in the breading, stew in creamy batter, and in addition, you can cook a lot of variations of pate with different additional ingredients, each of which will bring its own flavor to the dish already known in taste and aroma.
Chicken ventricles used in the preparation of a variety of stews, oven-baked pies and casseroles. They are also used as an excellent filling for yeast pies.
Hearts cook in the oven or stew with a side dish. Of all these by-products, you can also make rich soups, broths, or mashed soups. And the giblets in finely chopped form are added to fresh greens and vegetables, getting delicious and nutritious salads or cold snacks.
In addition, stews are made from the giblets, steamed, fried in a pan or grill, as well as steaks in the form of chops. Perfectly set off and complement the taste of buckwheat giblets, stewed or baked vegetables, boiled or mashed potatoes, as well as various pasta and pasta. 
How much to cook
Not only the proper conduct of the preparatory stage in the preparation of offal is important. We should also focus on the rules and duration of cooking chicken offal.
Important! One of the main conditions for proper preparation of chicken giblets is thoroughness and care in the processing of these by-products before the start of the cooking process. Washing, cutting fat and mandatory cleansing of the stomachs from hard membranes and yellow-green films that will be bitter in the finished dish should be integral to the preparation before cooking.
Chicken liver cooks pretty quickly. It should be put in the already boiling water and boil no more than 10-15 minutes. Chicken stomachs are more rigid and difficult to heat treat. Therefore, in boiling water, they should languish for at least an hour and a half. 
But the chicken heart is boiled in salted boiling water for about 1 hour over low heat.
How to choose a quality product when buying
The choice of quality product is fundamental in dealing with chicken giblets. Your task is to accurately determine the freshness and quality of these by-products.
Did you know? The most recommended for purchase are giblets that have undergone only preliminary cooling, and not freezing. With this type of processing (cooling), the giblets are the freshest, because their shelf life in this form does not exceed 24 hours, which means that they have recently been delivered to the store or market. In the case of buying frozen giblets, pay attention to the date that is written on the package, and the abundance of ice in it, of which there should be a minimum amount. Otherwise, a large amount of ice will indicate that it has been re-frozen.
A selection of hearts:
- Colour. In the case when the hearts have a whitish or greenish-beige shade, this can confirm that they previously defrosted, and this, in turn, suggests that they squeezed all the juiciness out of them and they lost valuable elements. They will not cause harm, but there will also be no benefit in them. In addition, such hearts will be devoid of taste and juiciness, they will be hard and tough. Blue hearts are particularly dangerous, because it is this color that indicates that the putrefactive processes have already begun inside with the production of toxic substances. Pink or burgundy color will be the best solution. This color speaks of freshness, juiciness and quality.
- Aroma. The smell also plays an important role in the selection of high-quality hearts, as, indeed, a number of other products. In the case of an unpleasant and pungent smell, we can safely say that the hearts are rotten and spoiled. In the case of a complete lack of smell, know that such hearts give way to defrosting (there is nothing useful in them). Fresh hearts have a slightly sweet smell mixed with the smell of fresh meat and an acidic tinge of iron contained in large quantities in the blood.
- Density. First, palpate the product. It is not recommended to purchase hearts if they feel sticky, dry, soft to the touch. Good and high-quality hearts are a bit wet and should be slightly springy.
- Fat. The fact that hearts have a characteristic “cap” of fat indicates health and good condition of the chicken. A sign of poor-quality heart will be fat yellow. In fresh hearts, the fat should be milky white.
Ventricular selection:
- Density. On palpation of the ventricles, as in the case of hearts, they should not be soft. This will mean that the muscles remained relaxed and all the juices from the product were released. A good, high-quality, fresh stomach always remains elastic, dense and springy. When feeling you should not feel stickiness, excessive amount of mucus or, conversely, dryness. If the ventricle is in perfect condition, it will feel slightly wet to the touch.
- Aroma. The ventricle is categorically corrupted and of poor quality, from which it will sharply strike with a rotten or sour odor. In this case, it is impossible to eat it, of course. In addition, it often happens that large supermarket chains try to veil substandard goods with the help of all sorts of tricks, among which spices, spices and garlic are the most frequent means. If you hear the slightest sign of such a smell, do not purchase such offal. Remember that fresh and high-quality ventricles should smell like the sweet aroma of fresh meat, and the presence of any impurities will talk about corruption.
- Film. If the ventricle is covered with a dense, tough, muddy or dirty yellow film - in no case do not buy it. In fresh and high-quality ventricles, such a film always maintains transparency and purity.
Liver selection:
- Colour. A stale liver can be easily identified by its color. Pale, with a yellowish tinge or covered with small green spots, the liver, of course, should be recognized as poor quality and stale. It is also possible that this liver from a sick bird, in this case, it is all the more impossible to buy and consume it, because the chicken could have been infected with salmonella. A fresh, high-quality and healthy liver always has a characteristic maroon-brown tint.
- Aroma. A rotten or sour odor indicates a poor quality and stale liver. Fresh product exudes a sweetish aroma.
How to store at home
Store chicken offal in defrosted form can be no longer than 12 hours. During this time they must be prepared. In the refrigerator, the shelf life of chicken offal is up to 24 hours.
After this period, they will no longer be suitable for further use.
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If you do not intend to cook the offal on the same day you bought it, you should subject the by-products to a serious freezing by placing them in the freezer. So their shelf life will last up to 7-10 days.
What could be the harm
Chicken offal is not able to bring any serious harm. If you follow all the rules of selection, storage and preparation, you will prepare a product that is useful in every sense for your body. 
There are also no cases of overdose, as well as no restrictions on the use of offal. Of course, you should not replace all meat and all animal products with chicken giblets alone. In everything you need measure and common sense, and you only get tired of the ventricles, liver and hearts every day.
Chicken offal can be harmful to the body only if the rules of storage and preparation have been violated.
If you neglected shelf life or stored products incorrectly (for example, you put them in a cold store and left there for longer than 24 hours), then toxic substances that are poisonous to our body and can cause poisoning.
No matter how rich and rich with useful elements and vitamins may be your diet from herbal products, you still need to include in food and animal products. 
The best and useful option will be chicken giblets, which will serve as an excellent addition to a variety of delicious dishes.
Thanks to the recommendations in this article on the selection and storage of offal at home, you are now armed with all the necessary information and can accurately find the best product that will please you with excellent taste, and your body - useful vitamin and mineral compounds. Choose, cook, experiment and enjoy!
