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I Bought Chicken Paws

SandPiper — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:28:34 GMT

I am a city girl and never bought chicken feet before. But I keep hearing what great soup they make. So here I am with a bag of chicken feet/paws and have no idea what to do with them. They have this bright yellow wrinkly skin on them as well as toes. ugh...any help will be greatly appreciated.

Re: I Bought Chicken Paws

qualitygal — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:30:33 GMT

"paws" ??? oh I hope not. LOL

Re: I Bought Chicken Paws

SharkE — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:39:23 GMT

I'd bought a chicken and boiled or pressure cooked it cut it up and put in soup or put noodles, onions and vegetables in the stock pot that I boiled the chicken in.

another option is to buy raw chicken tenders cut them up and put in canned soup broth (Swanson) with noodles, onions, carrots, celery,salt and pepper

Don't think I"d went that route.

Re: I Bought Chicken Paws

summerwind — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:41:23 GMT

Before Christmas, I went to a self-dog-wash place for a toy, and she had dried duck feet. Apparently they're good for dogs?

I think at some point you have to peel the skin off. I used to get whole chickens from an organic farmer, and could barely do those. Well, they were cleaned and gutted, but not skinned, same as you'd find in a store. Anyway, good luck, hope your stomach is stronger than mine (not very)!

Try searching the 'net?

Edit for grammar police.

Re: I Bought Chicken Paws

SandPiper — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:48:47 GMT

@summerwind I’ll research. What did I get myself into.

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Fiero Woman — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:49:18 GMT

I am a southern country girl. I remember my grandparents making them fried. I think granny boiled them until basically cooked, cooled and fried. I never ate any but fried they were beautiful.

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CLEM — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:51:27 GMT

@SandPiper I just googled it and here is a link which may lead to more links. I grew up on a farm in Germany and I know we used these for something (nothing was thrown away). We probably used them to make broth.

https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=a3VnWt_7PI3G_QbM5ZTQAQ&q=how+to+use+chicken+feet&oq=how+to+use+chicken+f&gs_l=psy-ab.1.1.0l10.2328.7122.0.16370.20.16.0.4.4.0.105.1269.15j1.16.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.20.1352...0i131k1.0.PocQb1Dz_tk

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Scooby Doo — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:51:40 GMT

I went to a dim sum brunch with some friends. Chicken feet were served as one of the items. People were biting them off and chewing. Makes me gag to think about it. Do you know what those feet have been scratching and walking in? LOL

Re: I Bought Chicken Paws

summerwind — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:59:15 GMT

@SandPiper, having given it some thought, I bet they do help a very flavorful broth! And we don't always skin chicken, and even eat it, so I would guess maybe you don't have to skin the feet? Wish I could remember where I saw that.

Re: I Bought Chicken Paws

SharkE — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:04:13 GMT

I've seen in movies used for voodoo purposes

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OKPrincess — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:04:50 GMT

🐥 I'll pass on the recipe.

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toja — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:06:23 GMT

Just wash them well (I would soak them in cold water for a few hours), remove the "toenails" with kitchen shears and cook like any bones/meat for soup

Re: I Bought Chicken Paws

SharkE — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:08:13 GMT

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Danky — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:11:35 GMT

@SandPiper wrote:
I am a city girl and never bought chicken feet before. But I keep hearing what great soup they make. So here I am with a bag of chicken feet/paws and have no idea what to do with them. They have this bright yellow wrinkly skin on them as well as toes. ugh...any help will be greatly appreciated.

I'd love to help but I'm too busy retching and gagging !

Re: I Bought Chicken Paws

SandPiper — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:14:05 GMT

@SharkE I saw those movies too 😋

@summerwind I can make bone broth from them. From what I’m seeing online, you boil them, peel the skin off and cut off the nails (some leave the nails now) but not me. It seemed like a good idea at the time. But I bought them and I’m going to do this. I just hope I don’t get queasy 😳

Re: I Bought Chicken Paws

summerwind — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:16:59 GMT

@SandPiper, I'm sure it'll add lots of flavor and nutrition to your broth. Not that I'd try it myself at this point, but I'd be interested in how the experience/taste works for you. Never know when someone else's knowledge/experience can be passed on.

Re: I Bought Chicken Paws

SharkE — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:19:57 GMT

At least it's a thread that belongs in Kitchen LOL

Ham hocks are good in dutch oven of northern beans after beans are cooked, remove the hocks, can eat the pork from the hock and put in beans.

Re: I Bought Chicken Paws

toja — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:24:02 GMT

@summerwind wrote:
@SandPiper, having given it some thought, I bet they do help a very flavorful broth! And we don't always skin chicken, and even eat it, so I would guess maybe you don't have to skin the feet? Wish I could remember where I saw that.

Skin adds a lot of flavor to broths ands soups, so I wouldn't skin them... then you can refrigerate your broth, and if there is a lot of fat accumulated on the top, just remove it

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cancun08 — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:24:45 GMT

@SharkE wrote:
I've seen in movies used for voodoo purposes

@SharkE

Haaaahaaaaaa!! Omg! I laughed so hard at this response that I shnarfed my diet coke!!l lol

Re: I Bought Chicken Paws

SharkE — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:26:20 GMT

Remember Kochec in that series played by Darrin McGavin ?