Pickled Chicken Feet with Wild Chili (Pao Jiao Feng Zhua)
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Description
'Feng Zhua' (Phoenix Claws) means chicken feet (Momiji). Boiled and soaked in the hot-sour liquid of Sichuan specialty 'Ye Shan Jiao' (Wild Pickled Green Chili). A hugely popular snack sold vacuum-packed in Asian stores. A classic Chinese night snack gnawing collagen-rich skin and cartilage.
Classification: Hardcore, Snack, Snack, Delicacy, Feng Zhua, Chicken Feet, Pao Jiao, Fermented, Ultra Spicy
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How to use
Ingredients
- Chicken feet(Momiji)
- Ye Shan Jiao(Wild green chili)
- Salt
- Vinegar
- Sugar
- Spices
Instructions
- [Typical Uses]
- [With beer while watching TV]: Open bag, dexterously remove bones by hand (or in mouth), and suck off only the crunchy/bouncy skin, tendons, and cartilage. The intense fermented hot-sourness makes beer vanish infinitely.
- Chop and mix into cold salads.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
Piercing tartness and heat from lactic fermentation、'crunchy' cartilage、'bouncy' skin texture
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
(Irreplaceable. Buy chicken feet at JP supermarket, boil, and soak in jalapeño juice)
Pairing
Cold Beer / Lemon Sour
Trivia
The Chongqing brand 'Youyou' is the pioneer and absolute king of this vacuum-packed snack. For those who find spitting bones tedious, boneless 'Wu Gu Feng Zhua' are also sold.
Eating tips & etiquette
Japanese people tend to avoid it saying 'the exact foot shape is gross', but for Chinese women, it's a super popular food gnawed on even in cinemas or bullet trains as 'the ultimate collagen-rich, non-fattening snack'.
Allergen
Poultry