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[Joyymum]

phtthp\" post_id=\"1901052\" time=\"1551685049\" user_id=\"35251:

hi joyymum, how u make the chicken feet soft ? u buy frozen chicken feet or non-frozen ?

Hi phtthp

I don’t buy chicken feet from supermarket.
I try to buy fresh meat and chicken from wet market. Lucky the usual stall which I bought from auto chop away the chicken feet nails for me otherwise I won’t buy

Add the chicken feet together with the pork ribs to boil with lotus root or radish (whichever u prefer). Few hours and the feet will be soft. I use slow cooker so you don’t have to watch the fire over the stove.

Add red dates, dry scallops & pork ribs the soup will be very tasty. No salt needed. Mine is always sweet and flavourful and when added home made meatball will be even nicer.

For me, I always blanch the pork ribs and chicken feet before I start cooking the soup... not sure about others

[Estéema]

phtthp\" post_id=\"1901052\" time=\"1551685049\" user_id=\"35251:

hi joyymum, how u make the chicken feet soft ? u buy frozen chicken feet or non-frozen ?

Phtthp,

You bring to boil yr water before adding chicken feet & then turn fire small to continue to water cooking yr chicken feet or pork bones. Chicken feet gets soften & comes off bones within an hour. All the helpers I train didn’t know this & wld always be boiling soup in high fire fr start till end & I’ll explain very detail so they know not only don’t help boil good stock but waste gas/electricity.

I always try to throw in a few pieces of dried fish, cuttlefish or dried scallops, unless u are making soup that alr hv onions or red dates type. These makes sweet tasty soup. Usual recipes that goes with lotus roots are red dates, lotus seeds & wolfberry in 适量就好. ABC simple soup with onion, carrots, celery, potatoes or tomatoes I’ll put in ikan billis. The rich oxtail soup also requires onion for natural sweetness besides tomatoes & carrots but slow fire for more than 5 hours to get yr oxtail soften.

[Joyymum]

Hmm I will avoid cuttlefish thou I know the soup will taste very nice as we think cuttlefish is 毒 my DH don’t like


Adding cuttlefish is like drinking soup from restaurants…

[MrsKiasu]

now when I cook chicken, I took off all skin…healthier and easier cleaning…oh is it homemade meatball in soup arh…maybe I try…but doubt they like it…as homemade meatball usually used to cook soup for mee hoon kuay/noodles…I bought chinese herbs in big packets…so when cook I take few pieces from each…yes kids like those soups…like old cucumber, abc, radish, lotus roots…those what we usually cook, they like…in fact that is what we mostly eating now…I used to like chicken feet but not really now as I find getting sick with chicken which used to be my favourite when young…few times I was thinking of using black chicken for herbal soups instead…dangshen, wolfberry, red dates all good hor I hope…now I even increase my danggui pian to 3 pieces…even for kids , usually will have chi herbs soup at least 2times a week and kids look like no problem taking danggui too.

[MrsKiasu]

I seldom put dried cuttlefish/scallop in soup…I bought those dried ones few packets online…very difficult to finish.

[Estéema]

MKS,


I used to enjoy black chicken soup when young but I don’t cook anymore. Partly coz after marriage will spare DH of such 补汤. I’m the only one or MIL enjoying the soft chicken feet. Owise it’s only used to add to richness of soup coz DH avoids pork bones as he thinks too much fats & protein, after his father was told to abstain due to his chronic kidney issue. Even chicken feet he complain can see some fatty oil floating on soup. Just hv to tell him our body needs some level of fats but think of those as collagen. :evil:

After wet not purchases, will remove all fats if not kampong chicken fr under chicken skin. I still like the taste of chicken skin & so does my kids.

[MrsKiasu]

yes the chicken feet is fatty but oh so nice if we enjoy eating it…I think got lots of collagen too…


I add ‘duzhong’ heard good for kidney, yuzhu, beiqi, huaishan…I bought the ginseng also but as I always put dangshen…I somehow find it is probably either one not both together so got kept aside.

[MrsKiasu]

Estéema\" post_id=\"1901061\" time=\"1551688566\" user_id=\"66413:

MKS,

I used to enjoy black chicken soup when young but I don’t cook anymore. Partly coz after marriage will spare DH of such 补汤. I’m the only one or MIL enjoying the soft chicken feet. Owise it’s only used to add to richness of soup coz DH avoids pork bones as he thinks too much fats & protein, after his father was told to abstain due to his chronic kidney issue. Even chicken feet he complain can see some fatty oil floating on soup. Just hv to tell him our body needs some level of fats but think of those as collagen. :evil:

After wet not purchases, will remove all fats if not kampong chicken fr under chicken skin. I still like the taste of chicken skin & so does my kids.

i have a friend told me everyday black chicken soup when she was not feeling too well at a time..

Think I got to try black chicken soon.

[Estéema]

DH just informed that doc told him to abstain fr coffee, tea & chocolate. Sooo sad! I feel bad for him. Must ask if doc meant incl those Belgium chocolates with st least 65% or 70% more also must avoid.

[MrsKiasu]

Estéema\" post_id=\"1901061\" time=\"1551688566\" user_id=\"66413:

MKS,

I used to enjoy black chicken soup when young but I don’t cook anymore. Partly coz after marriage will spare DH of such 补汤. I’m the only one or MIL enjoying the soft chicken feet. Owise it’s only used to add to richness of soup coz DH avoids pork bones as he thinks too much fats & protein, after his father was told to abstain due to his chronic kidney issue. Even chicken feet he complain can see some fatty oil floating on soup. Just hv to tell him our body needs some level of fats but think of those as collagen. :evil:

After wet not purchases, will remove all fats if not kampong chicken fr under chicken skin. I still like the taste of chicken skin & so does my kids.

my dh likes chi herbs soup..he has been drinking it since young.