# Pickled Chicken Feet

This Chinese snack, famous in the world, is made from pickled pepper, vinegar, Sichuan pepper, star anise, and bay leaves.

- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 chili peppers
- 6 ginger slices
- 2 garlic cloves
- 5 grams Sichuan pepper
- 5 grams star anise
- 5 bay leaves
- 500 grams chicken feet
- 5 green onions
- 1 tablespoon cooking wine
- 5 tablespoons white vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 0.5 teaspoon monosodium glutamate
- 250 grams pickled pepper
- pickled pepper water

## Instructions

1. Cut two chili peppers into small pieces and save for later.
2. Cut three slices of ginger and save for later.
3. Slice two cloves of garlic and save for later.
4. Add 5 grams Sichuan pepper, 5 grams star anise, and five bay leaves into the mixed spices bag and save for later.
5. Wash 500 grams of chicken feet with water.
6. Cut off the nails of the chicken feet.
7. Cut each chicken foot into three pieces and save for later.
8. Add green onions, three slices of ginger, one tablespoon cooking wine, and chicken feet into the pan.
9. Add enough water to immerse the chicken feet.
10. Use a bigger fire to boil them.
11. After the water has boiled, use a small fire to blanch chicken feet for 15 minutes, skimming the bubbles when the water is boiling.
12. After 15 minutes, drain the chicken feet.
13. Use ice water to cool the chicken feet for 10 minutes.
14. After 10 minutes, wash the chicken feet with water, then drain and save them for later.
15. Add the mixed spices bag and 800 ml of water into a pan.
16. Use a bigger fire to heat the water.
17. After the water has boiled, use a bigger fire to cook it for 10 minutes.
18. After 10 minutes, discard the spices bag and pour out the water to let it cool.
19. Add 5 tablespoons white vinegar, one tablespoon sugar, two teaspoon salt, and half teaspoon monosodium glutamate into a bowl.
20. Stir the vinegar mixture evenly and save for later.
21. Add three slices of ginger, garlic, chili peppers, 250 grams pickled pepper and pickled pepper water into the pot.
22. Then add the cooled spices water and vinegar water into the pot.
23. Stir them evenly with a glove.
24. Taste the mixture to ensure it fits your flavor, adjusting with water, salt, or pickled pepper and pickled pepper water if needed.
25. Cover with plastic wrap and chill overnight for at least 12 hours.

## Equipment

- pan
- mixed spices bag
- bowl
- glove
- plastic wrap
- pot

## Tips

- The cooking wine helps to remove the meat flavor of the chicken feet.
- Skim the bubbles when blanching the chicken feet.
- Adjust the taste of the pickled chicken feet with water, salt, or pickled pepper and pickled pepper water to fit your flavor.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/vtcLI2tmB5g?si=9S7KwAO62G4Wm77W
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/ce714bff-d472-43fc-98ac-810c44c39b05
- Extracted: 2026-01-10

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