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Braised Chicken Feet Recipe

Ingredients
  

Chicken Feet Prep

  • 1 kg chicken feet cleaned and trimmed (nails removed)
  • 1 thumb ginger sliced
  • 1 stalk leeks chopped
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • 1 tbsp sugar to caramelize during frying
  • Water for boiling
  • 1 liter oil for deep frying
  • Ice water bath

Sauce Base

  • 1 head garlic minced
  • 1 thumb ginger grated
  • 1 onion minced
  • 4 –5 pcs star anise
  • 1 red bell pepper sliced thin
  • 2 bird’s eye chilis siling labuyo, deseeded and sliced
  • 2 tbsp fermented black beans tausi
  • 2 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 2 tbsp hoisin sauce
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce Chinese style preferred
  • 2 tbsp banana ketchup
  • 1 tbsp soybean paste Chinese if available; Korean ssamjang is fine
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 tbsp annatto oil optional, for color
  • 1 tbsp potato starch slurry 1 tbsp starch + 2 tbsp water
  • Freshly cracked black pepper