Thai Style Chicken Feet with Lemongrass and Calamansi (Chân gà sả tắc sốt thái) Recipe

 

Ingredients

Prep Chicken Feet

1.5 lb. Chicken Feet

Lime Juice

Salt

Water

Lemongrass Stalks

Ginger Slices

Sauce

1 cup Sugar

200 mL Water

100 mL Fish Sauce

1 tsp. Salt

1 Tbsp. Chili Sauce

50 mL Vinegar

3 Tbsp. Calamansi Juice

Other

Calamansi

Ginger

Garlic

Lemongrass

Thai Chili Peppers

Prep the Chicken Feet by removing the tip of the feet. Clean the feet with Salt and Lime Juice.  Then rinse with water. Repeat twice and set aside. 

Sauce

Squeeze 3 Tbsp. Calamansi Juice.

Using medium low heat, add 1 cup Sugar into a sauce pan. Add in 200 mL Water, 100 mL Fish Sauce, 1 tsp. Salt, 1 Tbsp. Chili Sauce, 50 mL Vinegar and mix.  Remove from heat and let it cool.  Then add in 3 Tbsp. Calamansi Juice and set aside. 

Boil some water in a pot.  Add in some Lemongrass stalk and Ginger Slices. Add in the Chicken Feet.  Boil for about 10 minutes.  After 10 minutes, remove the Chicken Feet and place in ice cold water to cool. Then drain out the water and set aside. 

Slice some Calamansi, Ginger, Garlic, Lemongrass and Thai Chili Peppers. 

Mix the Chicken Feet, sauce, Calamansi, Ginger, Garlic, Lemongrass and Thai Chili Pepper in a large bowl.  Place in the fridge for at least 5 hours.  Place in a sealed container, last up to 3 days in the fridge.  Enjoy!