Bubble pepper phoenix claw is a unique folk cuisine originating in Chongqing, belonging to the category of Yu cuisine snacks. It is known for its spicy and sour taste, tough skin and fragrant meat. Pickled chicken feet can be both elegant hall, but also for the ordinary people loved. This food has the effect of appetizing and promoting blood circulation.

Pickling steps

Phoenix claws washed to remove the nails cut in half. First blanch in boiling water past fishy. Change the water, put onion and ginger in the water, yellow wine, pepper, star anise and salt, put the phoenix claws into the upper fire boil, medium-low heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes. If you like crispy, 15 minutes, if you like softer texture, 20 minutes.

Prepare a large enough with a lid refrigerator containers, will be a bottle of pickled peppers in the liquid into all, just a little bit, into the part of the pickled peppers, like spicy more put, put about 1/5. add drinking water to half of the containers, add white vinegar, sugar, salt, cooking wine seasoning. The flavor should be enough, according to personal preference for sour and sweet own control, but to be salty enough, otherwise not taste. Put some peppercorns and an anise, a few thick ginger slices, helps to remove the fishy flavor.

Phoenix claws out of the pot into the cool water cold through, you can more than a few times over the water to oil. Then put into a good pair of pickled pepper water, to be able to be soaked by the juice. Cover and put in the refrigerator. Soak for two days and then take it out and pick out the phoenix claws and pickled peppers and you're done!

In Chengdu, Sichuan, the folk are very popular pickled pepper phoenix claws. Almost every flavor brine mixed vegetables store has homemade pickled chicken feet for sale. Especially to the old altar kimchi water soaked phoenix claw most fresh and flavorful.

Mianzhu Qingdao off-bone phoenix claws, different from the general phoenix claws refreshing, Qingdao phoenix claws are characterized by soft and not rotten, off-bone, mixed with cooked sesame oil, coriander, characterized by soft and fresh spicy!