Brilio.net - Chicken feet are one part of the chicken that many people like because of their chewy texture and delicious taste. Apart from that, chicken feet are also high in nutritional content, such as protein, collagen and calcium which are good for maintaining healthy skin and bones.
This part of the chicken leg can be processed into various dishes, from firecracker chicken feet to fried crispy flour feet. However, even though it tastes delicious and chewy, quite a few people are reluctant to process chicken feet at home because they are considered quite complicated.
The reason is, the bones in chicken feet are quite numerous and small in size so it takes a long time to separate them. Finally, a number of people are looking for a way to eat chicken feet more practically , namely by adding baking soda when boiling the feet.
Baking soda is believed to make the texture of the claws softer and more fluffy so that the bones can be separated easily. But if you don't want to use baking soda, you can also copy the surefire trick shared by TikTok user @randferdian.
In one of his video uploads, he admitted that he could make chicken feet easy to remove from the bone without any additional ingredients when boiling chicken feet.
photo: TikTok/@randferdian
Reported by BrilioFood on Tuesday (16/4), first boil water in a pan. When it boils, then add the claws that have been washed clean. After that, the claws are boiled until cooked.
"We just boil this for 15 minutes, immediately remove it," he explained.
photo: TikTok/@randferdian
After being removed, the claws are immediately placed in ice water and soaked for at least 1 hour. It is believed that the soaking process in ice water can make the process of separating chicken leg bones easier.
photo: TikTok/@randferdian
"It's been an hour, just cut the finger with a knife. When it's done, separate the foot from the bone with the help of your thumb," he continued.
If it has been cut, break the claw bones and take them out one by one. Next, make a cut in the middle of the claw, then separate the bone with the help of your thumb. Do the same steps until you run out of chicken feet.
This way, the meat of the chicken feet remains intact and you don't need to bother separating the bones when eating. The claws that have been separated from the bones are ready to be processed into appetizing food .
The video on the trick of separating chicken feet from bones uploaded by a TikTok user has been watched more than 900 thousand times. Are you interested in trying this trick?
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