Braised Chicken Feet with Chestnuts
A Chinese braise of chicken feet with chestnuts, featuring chicken feet, chestnuts, single-clove garlic, ginger, and small chili peppers.
Ingredients
chicken feet
Over 500g
chestnuts
500g
whole garlic
1 head
ginger
1 small piece
small chili peppers
4
green onions
a few segments
Sichuan peppercorns
to taste
star anise
3
cinnamon bark
small piece
bay leaves
2 leaves
dried chili peppers
1 spoon
Instructions
1
Step 1
Wash the chicken feet and blanch them in cold water, then rinse and set aside.
2
Step 2
The chestnuts 🌰 were peeled by the vendor; wash them and set aside.
3
Step 3
Prepare small chili peppers, dried chili peppers, whole garlic, ginger, green onions, bay leaves, star anise, cinnamon bark, and Sichuan peppercorns.
4
Step 4
Heat oil in a pot.
5
Step 5
Add sugar to prepare a caramel color.
6
Step 6
The caramel color is ready; be careful not to burn it!
7
Step 7
After the caramel color is ready, add an appropriate amount of warm water and bring to a boil.
8
Step 8
Pour the caramel mixture into a clay pot.
9
Step 9
Add the prepared spices into the clay pot.
10
Step 10
Pour in light soy sauce.
11
Step 11
Then pour in oyster sauce.
12
Step 12
Then pour in dark soy sauce.
13
Step 13
Add black pepper powder, cover, bring to a boil, then simmer on low heat for 10 minutes.
14
Step 14
Add the chestnuts, season with salt to taste, and simmer on low heat for 30 minutes.
15
Step 15
Serve directly in the clay pot and enjoy.
