Tell me more ×  There is a small, round, black "organ" under
chicken thighs, and some people like to eat it. Identifying this
seems to be quite the lingering Internet mystery.  They are
there on prepared fried chicken--specifically Popeye's, but I'm
sure it's there on any prepared bone-in chicken thigh. I've read
various claims that it's the "oyster", liver, kidney, or a blood
vessel. By "under" the thigh, I mean that it's found on the bony
side opposite the meat.  See these pages: 1, 2, 3. There are
tons more if you search.  Photos follow: Chicken thigh with
gizzard thing exposed, then removed, then cross section.
Chicken thigh with gizzard thing exposed Chicken thigh with
gizzard thing removed Gizzard thing cross section after slicing
share|improve this question When I cut up whole chickens myself,
the thighs have only one bone, the leg bone (femur). Digging
through the links you gave, I eventually found this, which has
the ring of truth to me, especially the note on bad cutting: "IF
your chicken is so ba