Eating in China
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Chicken feet

鸡爪Jīzhuǎ

The feet of a chicken, used for their skin and tendons around small bones. Long cooking softens these tissues.

Type
Meat

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Recognisable toes and small joints distinguish feet from other chicken cuts. Prepared feet have the sharp nails removed.

In the kitchen

Fried, soaked, braised and sauced for Cantonese dim sum chicken feet.

They may be prepared whole or trimmed into smaller sections. The raw ingredient is distinct from a particular finished chicken-feet dish.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有鸡爪吗?

Does this dish contain Chicken feet?

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