Not everybody's dish- Chicken Feet with diced hot red pepper & garlic 如何制作剁椒凤爪

Well, this may not be a dish that everybody know how to enjoy it. Most of my American friends dare not even try. I guess chicken feet ignites their imagination. But for those whom really dare to give it a try, this's a pretty good one. I usually snack it. It's hot and spicy, dare you try? :)

要欣赏这道菜还是需要点勇气。 我身边的美国友人基本上就没人敢去试。我猜是这道菜引起他们丰富的想象力了。 但对于那些懂得欣赏的人，这确实是道好菜。我通常把它当小吃吃。很辣，敢挑战一下吗？ ：）

This is recipe from my younger sister in law. If you've read my previous post, she's a very good cook and enjoys cooking. Many people can cook, but not everybody enjoys cooking. My elder brother is a very good cook too, but he usually doesn't cook unless it's the main holidays like CNY. OK, Let's get it started:

这是我弟妹给的配方。如果你之前有读过我的文章就知道，她很会煮菜，而且喜欢煮菜。我们身边很多人都会煮菜，但并不是喜欢煮菜。我哥哥煮菜的手艺就非常不错，可是要等到他下厨，只能等到逢年过节。

好了，我们直接切入如题吧。

Ingredients-

> 原料：

Chicken feet, gingers, scallions, lemon, salt, sugar, rice vinegar, Sichuan pepper, chilly sauce, chilli pepper

鸡爪， 生姜， 葱， 柠檬， 盐， 糖， 白醋，料酒，花椒，辣椒酱， 辣椒

Process

> 过程：

1. Trim finger tip off, put chicken feet into water and soak them for about 1 hour. Try to change water for few times.

1. 鸡爪剪去指甲泡水，泡一小时左右，勤换水

1. Put cold water into boiler, and add some pieces of scallions, 10 Sichuan peppers, 4 slices of gingers, 2 spoons of cooking wine and 1 slice of lemon into it, boil them together for 10-15 mins in medium to small fire. When the chicken feet can be poked through by chopstick, the feet are done.

1. 冷水入锅，放入葱段少许，花椒10粒，姜片4 片，料酒2 勺，柠檬一片，煮开转中小火煮10-15 分钟，筷子戳入鸡爪为宜

1. Cool down the chicken feet with tab water, and put them into ice water for about 30mins. Reason for doing this is to make the chicken feet crispy and tender.

1. 煮好的鸡爪冲凉后放入冰水里，冰镇半小时（为了让鸡爪更脆）

1. While we are waiting for the chicken feet to be cooled down, we can prepare the chilli pepper and garlic.

1. 这个冰镇的半小时也别闲着，可以剁辣椒和蒜泥

1. Cut the chicken feet into smaller pieces, add salt, rice vinegar, lemon juice and chilli pepper into it and mix them together evenly.

1. 鸡爪切小块，放盐，白醋，柠檬汁，辣椒拌匀入味

1. Put them into refrigerator for about 2 hours, mix them for couple times in between, and then the dish is ready to serve.

1. 放冰箱2 小时，中间去搅拌两次，就可以吃了。

1. If you like garlic, you can add garlic to it. And here’s what it looks like.

1. 如果喜欢吃蒜的可以放蒜泥拌。拌了蒜的是这样的。

Hope you enjoy it.

希望你喜欢