Simple Cooking Ideas

Here is the recipe that my daughter, Bernice, requested. Now, before you go, “Chicken Feet? Yucks!”, this is actually a common dish among the Chinese. Chicken feet is not dirty if you clean it properly. Usually those sold in markets are cleaned and ready to be cooked. Chicken feet is good for our joints as it is rich in cartilage.

Ingredients:

300 gm chicken feet
50 gm dried mushrooms
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
3 tablespoon soya sauce
1 tablespoon thick soya sauce
salt and pepper to taste
5 slices ginger
2 cloves garlic
1 inch cinnamon stick
1 litre water
1 tablespoon cornflour with a little water to mix

Method:

Cut chicken feet into smaller pieces. Rub salt to clean chicken feet and then scald in boiling water for 5 minutes. Meanwhile soak the dried mushroom till soft. Clean and cut into halves.

In a pot, fry ginger, garlic and cinnamon stick. Add in the chicken feet and the mushrooms. Stir-fry awhile and put in the two soya sauce, oyster sauce and water.
Stew the chicken feet and mushrooms till soft. Thicken the gravy with cornflour. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot with rice.