What's going on with the bulge under the chicken's neck?

People often eat chicken, but few people have actually raised chickens. If you raise chickens at home, you will find a bulge under the chicken's neck. Don't think that this is abnormal. The bulge under the chicken's neck is actually the so-called chicken crop. In fact, this is the chicken's throat sac. As the chicken grows slowly, the chicken's throat sac will also change.

What's going on with the bulge under the chicken's neck?

That's called the crop, the chicken's throat sac, something like a stomach. At the lower end of the neck, food first stays here, so you can see a bulge below the neck and above the chest after eating. If it is too big, it means it has eaten too much. When feeding in the future, you can refer to the size of the crop to determine how much to feed.

Morphological characteristics of chicken crop:

The crop is a sac between the chicken's neck and chest that temporarily stores food. It is similar in shape to a pea, but much larger than a pea.

Detailed Description

There is a big bulge under the chicken's neck. That is the crop.

【the difference】

1. It is not the same as chicken gizzards, chicken gizzards, and chicken stomach.

2. It is not the same species as the chicken gizzard fruit plant. One is an animal organ and the other is a plant fruit. It’s just that the shape of the chicken gizzard fruit is similar to that of the chicken gizzard.

Function

It helps digestion, strengthens the stomach, astringes semen and stops nocturnal emission.

Can chicken crop be eaten?

You can eat it.

The crop is a sac between the chicken's neck and chest that temporarily stores food. It is similar in shape to a pea, but much larger than a pea.

Chicken gizzard is neither chicken gizzard nor chicken gizzard fruit (a plant that can be used as medicine). Chicken crop has the effect of helping digestion, strengthening the stomach, astringing semen and stopping nocturnal emission. Chicken crop is very chewy and has no peculiar smell when cooked. It tastes very good.

Cleaning method: After cutting, rinse off the dirt, peel off the yellow layer on the inner wall, and then rub it with salt.

practice:

Ingredients

500g chicken gizzard, 2 hot peppers

Excipients

Oil, salt, white wine, pepper powder, soy sauce, sugar, vinegar, onion, star anise, bay leaf, MSG, ginger, garlic

step

Pick and clean the chicken crop, blanch it in water to remove impurities

Cut the pepper into dice

Scallions, ginger and garlic slices, star anise, bay leaves

Heat the pan with cold oil, add star anise and stir fry over low heat until fragrant

Add onion, ginger, garlic and bay leaves and stir-fry until fragrant