Korean Spicy Stir-fried Chicken Feet
Dakbal-bokkeum stir-fries chicken feet in a sauce built from gochujang, red pepper flakes, and soy sauce. Chicken feet are mostly skin and cartilage, giving them a chewy, gelatinous texture that is central to the dish's appeal. Gochujang and red pepper flakes create a double layer of heat, while sugar trails behind with a sweet lingering note. Adding cheongyang chili peppers intensifies the spice even further. The thin bones require eating by hand and stripping the skin with your teeth, a process that is part of the experience itself.
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Instructions
- 1
Trim nails, clean chicken feet, boil for 10 minutes, then drain.
- 2
Mix gochujang, gochugaru, soy sauce, garlic, and sugar.
- 3
Stir-fry chicken feet in oil first to firm up the surface.
- 4
Add sauce and stir-fry over medium heat until reduced.
- 5
Add green chili and cook 1 more minute.
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