Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Chicken Feet Salad

    Although eating chicken feet is an acquired taste, those who love to eat chicken feet will swear by it. It is a delicacy in its own right. Chicken feet can be cooked in many ways. Popular ways of cooking chicken feet are deep frying it and then stew, most people prefer these fried chicken feet cos if well done, the bones can be removed from the skin easily at a monthful. However, I would like to share another not so common but healthy chicken feet dish. This is a popular delicacy and although it looks complicated, it can be prepared quite easily at home. It is an appetizer and is eaten cold. This dish need boneless chicken feet of which one has to be skillful to take out the bones from the feet but ready deboned chicken feet is available in the asian stores.





    Ingredients:

    300 gm boneless chicken feet
    100 gm big onion (cut strips)
    4 shallots (cut slices)
    Seasoning
    3 tbsp lime juice
    2 tbsp sugar
    2 tbsp fish sauce
    6 chilli padi (chopped)
    Garnishing
    1 stalk of cilantro (cut finely)
    cucumber (cut into strips)
    2 red chillies (cut into strips)


    Method:
    Scald the chicken feet with boiling water, cool with cold water, then soak in ice water for 20 mins.
    Drain off water, add in big onion, shallots and seasonings.
    Mix well, Garnish with cilantro, cucumber & chilli strips.
    Note:
    To have your own chicken feet boned, get whole chicken feet that are fat and plump.
    Clean them well and chop off the tips and claws.
    Use a small sharp knife to ease out the skin. Do it slowly to prevent any breakage of the skin.

    Steep deboned chicken feet with 1 tbsp kan sui in the fridge overnight.
    Wash and drain well
    Blanch the feet into a pot of boiling water for a few minutes.
    Drain and plunge them straight into a big basin of ice-cold water.


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