Gribenes or grieven (Yiddish: גריבענעס‎, [ˈɡrɪbənəs], "scraps") are crisp chicken or goose skin cracklings with fried onions, a kosher food somewhat similar to pork rinds. Gribenes are a byproduct of schmaltz preparation.A favored food in the past among Ashkenazi Jews, gribenes is frequently mentioned in Jewish stories and parables.