30 to 40 minutes. Soak in salt water for about 1 hour to taste. Boil all kinds of spices, such as star anise, cinnamon, fragrant leaves, pepper, fennel, black pepper, ginger, onion and so on. Making brine together and stewing it in chicken legs can remove the fishy smell of chicken legs and increase the umami flavor of ingredients. Cooked chicken legs need to be soaked to taste delicious and smooth.