The pickled chicken feet recipe is a sweet-sour and spicy street snack which quite popular in Cambodia. Fresh herbs, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, ginger, and lime juice, create a delectable flavour combination.
Cooking chicken feet: chicken feet, water, lemongrass, ginger, kaffir lime leaves.
Pickled chicken feet: cooked chicken feet, sugar, salt, water, chicken soup base mix, fish sauce, lime juice, chili peppers, garlic, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, ginger, sliced lime.
Pickled Chicken Feet
The pickled chicken feet recipe is a sweet-sour and spicy street snack which quite popular in Cambodia. Fresh herbs, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, ginger, and lime juice, create a delectable flavour combination.
Ingredients
Method
Chicken Feet:
- Thinly slice the vegetables: lemongrass, ginger, kaffir lime leaves.
- Chicken feet, chop off the tips of the claws and discard or cut in half or bite-sized pieces.
- In a large pot with the heat on high, bring water to a boil, then add the lemongrass, ginger, kaffir lime leaves and chicken feet. Cook for about 25 minutes.
- Then transfer into a large bowl of ice water mix with salt (optional) to stop the cooking process and to keep the skin white, wait for 5 minutes, drain well.
Pickled Sauce:
- Use mortar and pestle, or a blender to blend garlic and chilies then transfer into a mixing bowl.
- Add lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, chicken soup base mix (optional), salt, water, fresh sliced lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, ginger, thinly sliced lime (optional), stir until well combine.
- Add the cooked chicken feet in the sauce bowl and stir to combine.
- Serve immediately or transfer into a glass container, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour for better flavour.
- Enjoy!
