Chicken Giblets with Walnuts

Kuchmachi, a piquant combination of chicken gizzards and hearts, is like chunky chopped chicken liver with a Georgian twist. Believing that no part of an animal should go to waste, the Georgians use offal extensively. In addition to the more familiar liver and tongue, they enjoy hearts, lungs, and spleen, and often make kuchmachi from pork innards, particularly in the winter after the December slaughter. But the dish tastes just as flavorsome with the chicken parts more readil