Chicken Feet (non smoked)

[moikel]

Served at yum cha here very popular , your recipe looks 100% authentic to me. They do ducks feet as well. 

 

[jarjarchef]

If I was somewhere and they were made I would try one, but to buy them and then cook them........ummm not this guy.


They are used in stocks to help with the gelatin in it. They give some flavor, but mostly the gelatin.

 

[shoneyboy]

Where is Shoney_Boy when we need him??? I bet he knows how to do these. Now let's do pork knuckles.

One of my best friends and his wife are from China, they owned there own restaurant here in the US for many years.They've cooked them and duck feet for us (off the menu) several times, I'm unsure of the exact recipe he uses ....His are OK.... They were not my favorite thing on his menu (restaurant is closed now, by choice), but my son LOVES  them.....he would eat his weight in them if he could. ShoneyBoy

 

[supercenterchef]

I'm with JJ...would love to get my hands on some to thicken up my stock...really helps to make a great pan sauce!!

 

[roller]

Sam`s has them saw them yesterday...

 

[deanoaz]

Pretty standard in the Far East.  Go to any yakitori bar in Japan and you will find them, right along with chicken breast cartilage, which is much more unpleasant.  Go figure!

 

 

[fishwrestler]

Served at yum cha here very popular , your recipe looks 100% authentic to me. They do ducks feet as well. 

 Yum Cha is tea time correct, If so I could think of other things I would like at tea time,

If I was somewhere and they were made I would try one, but to buy them and then cook them........ummm not this guy.
They are used in stocks to help with the gelatin in it. They give some flavor, but mostly the gelatin.

They were cheap, so nothing to loose, If they did not turn out then only loss was $1.50.

Pretty standard in the Far East.  Go to any yakitori bar in Japan and you will find them, right along with chicken breast cartilage, which is much more unpleasant.  Go figure!

 

Now that sound yummy, Chicken breast cartilage,I will have to give that a try,

 

[moikel]

I think you guys call it dim sum,lots of little plates wheeled around on trollies at lunchtime  . The Anglo tables normally bypass the feet,pigs blood jelly,few other things. I will do chickens feet but not if it freaks fellow diners on my table out. Same with that dish where they compress,cook then slice pigs ears tastes OK but not worth the effort when you have the whole plate to yourself & a bunch of weird looks. 

 

[smoking b]

I think you guys call it dim sum,lots of little plates wheeled around on trollies at lunchtime  . The Anglo tables normally bypass the feet,pigs blood jelly,few other things. I will do chickens feet but not if it freaks fellow diners on my table out. Same with that dish where they compress,cook then slice pigs ears tastes OK but not worth the effort when you have the whole plate to yourself & a bunch of weird looks. 

Never eaten pigs ears either - what do they flavor them with??

 

[roller]

I feed my dog pigs ears....

 

[smoking b]

I feed my dog pigs ears....

That's what I was thinking - didn't know anyone ate them. Curious as to how/what they flavor them with 

 

[oldschoolbbq]

I remember having Chicken Feet when we were raising them (I was 6-7y/o) . Ma would go out grab a couple of Hens by the Head - one in each hand - wring their necks(saving that to be preped and eaten too -the Brains ) and scald,pick,gut and them . She'd use the Feet for a really good noodle soup...her Scrambled Eggs and Brains were good too

 as were Calf and Pig Brains and Eggs

. She was an "Oldschool" waste-not-want-not type of Old Girl ; couldn't ask for a better Mom.

Just sayin' ,have fun and...

 

[smoking b]

I remember having Chicken Feet when we were raising them (I was 6-7y/o) . Ma would go out grab a couple of Hens by the Head - one in each hand - wring their necks(saving that to be preped and eaten too -the Brains ) and scald,pick,gut and them . She'd use the Feet for a really good noodle soup...her Scrambled Eggs and Brains were good too

 as were Calf and Pig Brains and Eggs

. She was an "Oldschool" waste-not-want-not type of Old Girl ; couldn't ask for a better Mom.

Just sayin' ,have fun and...

Did you eat the feet or were they just used to flavor the soup?

 

[oldschoolbbq]

We ate the feet, or what was left of them. It's kinda like Japanese Food ; a texture thing too.

But it really makes soup good , especially when you have homemade Noodles in it too. Gooshy goodness and the firmer Noodle...

Dang, wish I'd have watched her better.

 

[fielies]

I like them feet a lot.

 

[moikel]

That's what I was thinking - didn't know anyone ate them. Curious as to how/what they flavor them with 

I can buy some a take a photo.They are served cold.The portuguese salt them & use them in stews. Got so much flak from various

 I havent eaten them for a while.

 

[smoking b]

I can buy some a take a photo.They are served cold.The portuguese salt them & use them in stews. Got so much flak from various

 I havent eaten them for a while.

You don't have to buy them just to take a pic. If you are getting some to eat though I'm pretty sure there are others who would be interested in seeing the process as well... 

 

[moikel]

I will get some for snacks & hide them in back of fridge 

.Its a regional chinese thing ,northern I think. There is some process where they compress them into like a block ,cook them steam maybe then ,slice them on a meat slicer & serve as a cold cuts style of thing. So its a layered thing,maybe 6 ears thick. Chinese guy said your the first Aussie I ever sold them to! All the whole pigs arrive at butchers without ears normally,pet food takes a lot I think.

I have also seen them salted then smoked as used to flavour beans in Portuguese/Brazilian food. Chances of my friends eating them not good. Next time I am up in the chinese suburb(5 min) I will have a poke around.

 

[roller]

Well I remember when I could go to the market and ask the butcher for a box of bones for my dog and I would have to get a buggy to carry them all out to my truck and now they want even give you a butt feather.... my point being they are even selling the feet to make a buck...WHAT HAVE WE COME TO ?

 

[moikel]

Well I remember when I could go to the market and ask the butcher for a box of bones for my dog and I would have to get a buggy to carry them all out to my truck and now they want even give you a butt feather.... my point being they are even selling the feet to make a buck...WHAT HAVE WE COME TO ?

My butcher gives me bones but I am a good customer& will always be his customer.Other places sell only & I have big dogs. A lot of the goodwill went out the window  with big company stores.