Chicken feet, chewy and crunchy, very special. Instantly eating a piece, you can immediately feel the sour, spicy and spicy taste, the spices penetrate into the chicken legs to create a better taste. What’s better than making some chicken feet soaked in lemongrass and lemongrass at the weekend with family and friends?
Ingredients for chicken feet soaked in lemongrass and kumquat
| Ingredient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Chicken feet | 500gr |
| Citronella | 10 trees |
| Kumquats | 100gr |
| Ginger | 1 of |
| Lemon leaves | 5 leaves |
| Chilli | 30gr |
| Kumquat juice | 5 tablespoons |
| Chili sauce | 4 tablespoons |
| Fish sauce | 100ml |
| White wine | 120ml |
| Vinegar | 100ml |
| Grain salt | 2 tablespoons |
| Other condiments | sugar, salt, seasoning… |
Steps to prepare Chicken feet soaked with lemongrass and kumquat
Step 1: Prepare ingredients
After buying kumquats, you wash them with water, then cut them in half. Take 5 thinly sliced lemongrass trees, the remaining 5 lemongrass trees are smashed.
Ginger and lemon leaves you cut finely, sliced red pepper.
Step 2: Prepare chicken feet
To get rid of the smell of chicken feet, cut off the chicken’s nails, then wash them and then put them in a bowl. Continue to add 1/2 part of sliced ginger, 2 tablespoons of granulated salt, white wine (leave about 2 tablespoons) and 100ml of white vinegar.
Use your hands to squeeze the chicken feet thoroughly with the above mixture for 10-15 minutes. Then rinse with clean water and cut the chicken legs in half.
Good tip:
– To make chicken feet more delicious, you can refer to how to boneless chicken legs and how to boil chicken legs crispy, not cracked.
– To avoid bitterness when eating, you should cut off the top and bottom of the kumquat.
Step 3: Boil chicken feet
You put the pot on the stove, then add 200ml of water along with the remaining sliced ginger, crushed lemongrass and 2 tablespoons of white wine.
When the water is boiling, put the chicken feet in and boil for 20 minutes until the chicken legs are cooked, then take them out and put them in a bowl of ice cold water to soak, making them crispy for 15-20 minutes.
Step 4: Make chicken foot soak
Put 300g of sugar in a pot, then add 1/2 tbsp of salt, 4 tbsp of chili sauce, 5 tbsp of custard and 100ml of fish sauce.
Use a spoon to stir until the mixture is homogeneous and the sugar is completely dissolved.
Step 5: Mix chicken feet
Put the mixture of kumquats, chopped lemongrass, lemon leaves, and prepared chili peppers and mix well. Then add in the broth. Mix well and soak for at least 3 hours for the seasoning to penetrate the chicken feet.
The soaked chicken feet can be used immediately or stored in a jar in the refrigerator for later use.
Note: You need to let the fish sauce soak the lemongrass chicken feet to cool before adding the kumquats, because adding the kumquats while the water is still hot will easily make the fish sauce soak the lemongrass chicken feet bitter.
Finish and enjoy
Crispy, medium-soft chicken feet, absorbing the sour and spicy taste, and the characteristic aroma of lemongrass. This dish can be soaked with mango, toad is also very delicious.
Frequently asked questions about making chicken feet with lemongrass and kumquat
Preparation time is about 30 minutes and Processing time is about 30 minutes
You can keep it in the fridge!
To eliminate the smell of chicken feet, you cut off the chicken nails. Uses: ginger, granulated salt, white wine and vinegar. To treat chicken feet before boiling.
