Braised Tiger Skin Chicken Feet
Braised Tiger Skin Chicken Feet are a holiday favorite with crispy skin and tender meat. Fresh, savory, and spicy, they become more flavorful with every chew.
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These chicken feet are fried until golden and then soaked in ice water to create a distinctive wrinkled texture. After braising with aromatics, the skin becomes gelatinous and the meat tender, making them an irresistible snack to enjoy with a drink.
Ingredients
Chicken feet
500g
Bird's eye chili
2 pieces
Garlic
1 piece
Onion
10g
Red shallot
10g
Cilantro
5g
Peanut oil
to taste
Salt
4g
Braised soy sauce
5ml
Cooking wine
2ml
Dried tangerine peel
2g
Ginger
5g
Star anise
1 piece
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare ingredients: chicken feet, chili peppers, green onions, garlic, ginger, onion, cilantro, etc.;
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Step 2
Wash the chicken feet, remove the toenails, and chop the large ones in half so they absorb flavors easily;
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Step 3
Boil water in a soup pot, add star anise, dried tangerine peel, and ginger; boil the chicken feet to remove bloody smell, take them out, and use kitchen paper towels to absorb the moisture dry; PS: Must absorb the moisture dry, otherwise oil will splash when frying.
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Step 4
Heat a wok, pour in an appropriate amount of oil, heat the oil to about 160 degrees, pour in the chicken feet and fry until golden yellow; Be sure to remember to cover the pot, oil will splash out.
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Step 5
Soak the fried chicken feet in ice water to shrink the skin; A small trick for faster wrinkling is to use ice water and put them in immediately after removing from the pot (principle of thermal expansion and contraction).
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Step 6
Leave a little oil in the pot, stir-fry chili peppers, onion, garlic, scallion whites, ginger, dried tangerine peel, etc. until fragrant;
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Step 7
Take out the wrinkled chicken feet, drain the water, and pour into the pot;
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Step 8
Add braised soy sauce, chili peppers, and salt, braise until cooked, and reduce the sauce;
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Step 9
Add cilantro before serving.
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Step 10
Seeing this large plate of full-colored tiger skin chicken feet, isn't it particularly tempting? Have a small drink, the more you chew the more fragrant it is, so crispy you won't want to spit out the bones.
