chicken feet (remove nails and chop into 2)
onion, garlic and ginger sliced
red chilli and cili padi sliced into 2
spices (cardamom, cloves, star anise etc.)
paprika powder
black pepper powder
tamarind water
dark soya sauce
light soya sauce
lea & perrins worcestershire saucetomato sauce
sugar
a pinch of salt
ikan bilis cube
oil for frying
ice cubes
Directions
- clean and dry chicken feet and fry until brown
- once fried immediately soak chicken feet in ice water and leave for half hour or more
- fry onion, garlic, ginger, chillis and spices till fragrant
- add paprika and black pepper
- add tamarind water together with ikan bilis cube and other sauces
- simmer until boiling
- add the chicken feet, sugar and a pinch of salt
- let simmer for about 45min or so... making sure the sauce did not dry up
- ready to be eaten or steam the next day... yummy!
Foodnote
Before anything, I would like to mention that the first time I deep fry chicken feet, the oil splatter all over my kitchen and I have to run for cover hahaha. I am using a shallow pan! Use a wok with cover. Throw the chicken feet in and quickly cover the wok. Leave until there is no more splatter sound then quickly scoop and put it into ice water... pheewww. I am just estimating everything and taste while cooking. It turns out nice and the chicken feet is so soft. I kept it in the fridge to steam and eat the next day. I guess if you don't want to risk having oil splatter all over the kitchen... you can invest in an air fryer (I am still contemplating) or just simmer the feet for longer period I guess. Hmmm are there non bulky air fryer that is cheap around?
