Hong Kong Style Dim Sum Chicken Feet

Dim Sum Chicken Feet is a Hong Kong-style snack with a beautiful appearance and amazing taste.

What is Dim Sum Chicken Feet?

It is a home-cooked side dish. It is usually made of chicken feet, soy sauce, cooking wine, chili sauce, salt, etc.

The chicken feet skin is tender, the appearance is tempting, the palm is pure and the flavor is fresh and spicy, more chicken feet chewy more fragrant. And it is perfect to serve with wine.

Besides, the chicken feet are rich in collagen, which can provide the hyaluronic acid needed by the human skin cells, so that the skin is hydrated and maintains elasticity, thus preventing the skin from wrinkling.

How to eat chicken feet dim sum

• Get a good handle of the foot.
• Chew the Chicken feet skin first and swallow it all.
• While having the joint(s) in your mouth, chew and suck at the bone (make sure to appreciate the yummy sauce simultaneously).
• Then spit out bone slag.
• Experienced chicken feet eaters may pop the whole thing in their mouth, be that as it may, it’s okay to just bite on it until all the skin and tendon are eaten up.

Dim Sum Chicken Feet Recipe:

You’ll need:

8-10 Chicken feet
2-3 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 teaspoon white sugar
1 bowl ice water
3-5 tablespoons cardamom sauce
2-3 ginger tablets
3-4 medium cloves of garlic, minced
2-3 tablespoons light soy sauce
1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
3 tablespoons cooking wine
1 tablespoon chili sauce
1 tablespoon starch
1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder
1 teaspoon pepper

How to make Dim Sum Chicken Feet

1. Soaked the chicken feet in clear water for half an hour, and remove the nails.

2. Heat a wok with water, add ginger and cook it until boiling. Pour the chicken feet on the boiling water for a few minutes. Transfer them on a plate and dry them.

3. Pour enough oil in a wok, fry the chicken feet under 180℃/350°F for 8-10 minutes. And then, transfer them in a bowl with cold water and cover the plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator for more than 1 hour.

4. Pour the chicken feet on a plate, and add cardamom sauce, chili sauce, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, garlic, white sugar, oyster sauce, cooking wine,  starch, pepper and five-spice powder. Mix well and put them in the steamer for 15-20 minutes. Serve.

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Hong Kong Style Dim Sum Chicken Feet

Dim Sum Chicken Feet is a Hong Kong-style snack with a beautiful appearance and amazing taste.

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time30 mins

Total Time40 mins

Course: Snack

Cuisine: Chinese

Keyword: Hong Kong Style Dim Sum Chicken Feet

Servings: 2

Calories: 143kcal

Ingredients

• 8-10 Chicken feet
• 2-3 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 1 bowl ice water
• 3-5 tablespoons cardamom sauce
• 2-3 ginger tablets
• 3-4 medium cloves of garlic minced
• 2-3 tablespoons light soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons cooking wine
• 1 tablespoon chili sauce
• 1 tablespoon starch
• 1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder
• 1 teaspoon pepper

Instructions

• Soaked the chicken feet in clear water for half an hour, and remove the nails.
• Heat a wok with water, add ginger and cook it until boiling. Pour the chicken feet on the boiling water for a few minutes. Transfer them on a plate and dry them.
• Pour enough oil in a wok, fry the chicken feet under 180℃/350°F for 8-10 minutes. And then, transfer them in a bowl with cold water and cover the plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator for more than 1 hour.
• Pour the chicken feet on a plate, and add cardamom sauce, chili sauce, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, garlic, white sugar, oyster sauce, cooking wine, starch, pepper and five-spice powder. Mix well and put them in the steamer for 15-20 minutes. Serve.