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Boneless Chicken Feet

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We Chinese use the whole chicken in the kitchen. In addition to feathers and bones, Chinese can cook a chicken from head to toe, from skin to viscera, and then serve it to the table. I know Americans don't eat chicken feet, but I still want to introduce today's dish, Boneless Chicken Feet. This dish is very popular in China, it is a favorite of all ages. It's more like a delicious snack, like Buffalo-style Chicken Wings. 
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Course Snacks
Cuisine Chinese Home Cooking
Servings 4 servings
Calories 300 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

For the sauce:

Instructions
 

Preparation:

  • Mince the garlic cloves and peppers. Cut the coriander into sections. Slice the lemon.
    6 cloves garlic, fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves, 1 lemon
    Chopped coriander, chili, garlic, lemon for boneless chicken feet
  • Prepare the sauce: Mix the light soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, and sugar in a bowl. Stir well and set aside.
    4 tablespoons light soy sauce, 3 tablespoons white vinegar, 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil, 1 tablespoon sugar, white (granulated)
    The sauce is used for boneless chicken feet

Cooking:

  • Cut off the talons (or fingernails) of the chicken feet.
    14 chicken feet
    Remove the nails of chicken feet for boneless chicken feet
  • (Closeup of the trimmed feet.)
    Remove the nails of chicken feet for boneless chicken feet
  • Pour water into a saucepan, then add the chicken feet, ginger slices, and cooking wine.
    14 chicken feet, 5 slices fresh ginger, 2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine
    Ginger slices for boneless chicken feet
  • Bring the water to a boil, skim the scum off the surface, and cook for 8 minutes. Then remove the chicken feet from the water. Discard the water and other solids.
    Boiled for boneless chicken feet
  • Rinse the chicken feet with water, then put them in ice water and refrigerate for 40 minutes.
    Ice water for boneless chicken feet
  • Debone the chicken feet: Take the chilled chicken feet from the refrigerator, and cut the skin on the back of the feet with a knife. Then peel the skin open to reveal the bones. Then remove the bones.
    Cut with a knife for boneless chicken feet
  • Take the chilled chicken feet from the refrigerator, and cut the skin on the back of the feet with a knife.
    Cut with a knife for boneless chicken feet
  • Then peel the skin open to reveal the bones.
    Expose the bones for boneless chicken feet
  • Then remove the bones.
    Bone decomposition for boneless chicken feet
  • Place the deboned flesh of the chicken feet into a bowl. Add the minced garlic, chili, coriander and lemon slices to the bowl of chicken feet and stir well. Then add the sauce and mix well again.
    14 chicken feet, 5 xiao mi la (millet) chili peppers, 1 lemon, 6 cloves garlic, fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves, 1/2 tablespoon salt
    Stir for boneless chicken feet
  • Transfer the mixed ingredients to a large bowl (or dish), cover with plastic wrap, and place it in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
    Cling film covered and refrigerated for boneless chicken feet
  • Serve.
    boneless chicken feet

Notes

  • The cooked chicken feet are refrigerated for easier removal of the bones. 
  • Please be careful not to hurt your hands when using the knife, as the skin can be slippery. 
  • Deboning chicken feet requires patience, and is an optional step. If you can’t do it, you don’t need to remove the bone and just use the same ingredients and cooking methods. 
  • Vary the ingredients, such as chili peppers, according to your tastes. 
  • Chile de Arbol peppers can be substituted for Xiao Mi La peppers.

    • Nutrition

    Calories: 300kcal
    Keyword chicken feet, cilantro, cooking wine, garlic, ginger, lemon, oil, sesame, salt, sugar, white, vinegar, xiao mi la chili peppers
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