Description
Chicken feet (Momiji) with nails clipped, simmered gooey in herb-spiced soy sauce. A 'bone-sucking' snack deeply loved by Taiwanese.
Restaurants serving Braised Chicken Feet (Lu Jijiao)
Researching
We are researching restaurants that serve this dish.
On this site you can check dictionary details and, later, places to buy or eat related items.
The Recipe section below is a general reference, not a recipe from the listed shops.
Recipe
Ingredients
- Chicken feet(Momiji)
- Soy sauce
- Thick soy sauce
- Rock sugar
- Star anise
- Cinnamon
- Cao Guo
- Chili
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Nail Clipping & Thorough Washing] Clip all sharp nails off chicken feet (Jijiao/Fengzhua) with kitchen shears. Massage-wash firmly with coarse salt to drop dirt/yellow thin skin, parboil
- mins in scallion/ginger hot water to completely remove scum/odor.
- [Bare-frying to Puff Skin (Optional)] For a more premium texture, wipe dry and bare-fry briefly in hot oil, submerge immediately in ice water. This puffs the skin wrinkly, creating pockets to absorb sauce.
- [Rich Collagen Lu Zhi] Boil special soup with soy, Jiangyou Gao, generous rock sugar, star anise, cinnamon, Cao Guo, cloves, a little chili.
- [Supreme Gooey Simmer] Toss chicken feet, simmer on low 40-
- mins. Turn off heat when skin gelatin melts and becomes soft enough to slip off bones easily. The cooling process turns the chicken feet collagen into aspic, heavily coating the meat in intense umami. Serve as Leng Lu (Cold).
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Sweet star anise/cinnamon aroma and rich gelatin smell、濃厚なゼラチンの匂い
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Duck feet (Lu Yazhang: meat is harder and chewier)
Pairing
Taiwan Beer、Tapioca Milk Tea
Trivia
[For Women] Foreigners are shocked as it looks exactly like 'feet', but it's a national snack Taiwanese of all ages suck on mindlessly while watching TV. Has almost no meat, but the skin's 'jiggly, sticky' collagen texture and umami around bones are extraordinary. A beauty Luwei improving skin condition next day.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Sprinkle a little Taiwan pepper salt (Jiao Yan Fen), hold bones with both hands, scraping off joint cartilage and gelatin with teeth, sucking infinitely!
Allergen
Chicken, Soy, Wheat (from soy sauce)