Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, gizdodo & veg stir fry. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Gizdodo is a simple side dish that is often served with rice; especially Jollof rice. It is easy to deduce from the name that this meal will be basically made of gizzards and ripe plantain. Hence Gizdodo (Gizzard Dodo) and we all know that dodo is just another name for ripe plantain. Gizdodo, also known as gizzard and dodo, is a stir-fry of gizzards and fried plantain that is ever-popular at most Nigerian parties.
Gizdodo & Veg stir fry is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Gizdodo & Veg stir fry is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have gizdodo & veg stir fry using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Gizdodo & Veg stir fry:
- Make ready Chicken gizzards
- Make ready Mixed vegetables (Carrots, green beans, green peppers)
- Take Tomatoes
- Take Scotch bonnet chillies
- Take Red onions
- Prepare Spring onions
- Make ready Ripe plantains
- Make ready Curry powder
- Get Dried thyme
- Get Vegetable oil
- Take cubes Seasoning
- Make ready Salt
This is one of those recipes "invented" from excesses or in order to reduce food wastage. If you've read through my older posts, you'll know that I love plantains…. a lot. So you bet I also love Dodo gizzards☺. Gizzdodo is a simple delicacy and can be a very delicious side dish if prepared correctly.
Steps to make Gizdodo & Veg stir fry:
- Boil gizzard with salt, chopped red onions and seasoning cubes. Cut into bite size pieces and fry.
- Dice and fry your plantains in the same oil used to fry the gizzards.
- Chop your veggies, tomatoes and chillies.
- Take out some of the oil used to fry your gizzards/plantains and pour into a pan. Add Curry powder, thyme and fry for a minute.
- Add chopped tomatoes and chillies to the oil and fry for a few minutes.
- Add your gizzard pieces, turn down the heat and cover so the gizzard can absorb all the flavours in the pan.
- Once sauce has thickened, add your fried plantains, chopped veggies and fry some minutes.
- Season to your taste and Turn off heat.
- Garnish with chopped spring onions and serve with white rice….. Yum!
So you bet I also love Dodo gizzards☺. Gizzdodo is a simple delicacy and can be a very delicious side dish if prepared correctly. It is mostly served with any type of prepared rice. Gizzdodo is the combination of plantain and gizzard, which therefore implies the name. Gizdodo is simply peppered Gizzard and Plantain.
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Now you can see that junk food isn’t necessarily what you have to eat when you want to help your moods get better. Try some of these instead!
