Lotus Root Chicken Feet Soup Recipe

This Chicken Feet Soup recipe is a satisfyingly rich and traditional Chinese soup. If you love the health benefits of chicken feet and bone broth, then this recipe is a must try.

1. Soak the dried seaweed for an hour, rinsing it with water a couple of times to ensure there’s no sediment. Drain and set aside.

2. Add the chicken feet and pork neck bones to a stockpot. Fill with enough water to submerge completely. Bring to a boil and let boil for 1 minute. Remove from the stock pot from the heat, then pour over a strainer.

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3. Add the chicken feet and pork neck bones back into the soup pot with the seaweed, lotus root, ginger, and water. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat.

4. Once the water is boiling, reduce the heat to medium and cook with the lid on for an additional 20 minutes.

5. Lastly, reduce the heat to a low simmer for 1 1/2 hours, then add the carrots and cook for another 30 minutes. At that point the carrots should be fork tender and the chicken feet are soft and falling off the bone.

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It’s a soup made with chicken feet. Many cultures have a version of Chicken Feet Soup but this one is Chinese style. The Chinese version of this soup is very simple and made with only a handful of ingredients. The flavor comes from slow cooking it over the stove top for a long period of time. Although the best soups and stews are always slow cooked. If you’ve had my AIP Beef Stew then you know exactly what I’m talking about.

There are many variations of this soup so the flavor will change depending upon the ingredients. I choose the ingredients based off what is more easily attainable at a grocery store rather than specialty markets. My hope is that you’ll be able to make this recipe even if you don’t have access to an Asian market. I’ve given a few ingredient alternatives in the notes if you would like additional options.

Regardless of the ingredients used, the flavor is very complex and layered. It’s rich and savory from the collagen of the chicken feet and pork. The carrots add sweetness. The lotus root and ginger add a lightness and warmth to the broth. Ginger seems to be the one constant in all Chinese Chicken Feet Soup recipes. And the seaweed is like adding anchovies to a pasta sauce. It adds a briny umami flavor.

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Eating a chicken foot is not like picking up a drumstick. There’s no meat. It’s all gelatinous collagen and cartilage. That’s why chicken feet are a wonderful addition to bone broth. However, they have lots of little bones so be careful about those when you’re eating.

To eat the chicken foot, you’re basically going to bite of the gelatinous collagen and cartilage around the bone. Taking care to spit out the bones.

Honestly, I’ve never seen Chicken Feet Soup in a restaurant. It seems like something that is more of a home cooked specialty. If you’ve ever had it in a restaurant, make sure to let me know in the comments.

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If you’re wanting to try chicken feet in a restaurant, go to dim sum. They usually have braised chicken feet which are amazing. I’ve also seen fried chicken feet at dim sum, but the braised version is more popular. Keep in mind the braised one is soaked and cooked in soy. And the fried ones usually contain gluten.

Yes, there are lots of great health benefits to Chicken Feet Soup. The chicken feet make the most delicious chicken broth and it’s a nutrient dense super food.

Unless you get your chicken feet from a farmer, your grocery store has probably already peeled them for you. Never have I ever had to peel a chicken foot.

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Serving: 1 serving | Calories: 291 kcal | Carbohydrates: 11 g | Protein: 24 g | Fat: 17 g | Saturated Fat: 5 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6 g | Cholesterol: 95 mg | Sodium: 162 mg | Potassium: 360 mg | Fiber: 3 g | Sugar: 1 g | Vitamin A: 2833 IU | Vitamin C: 22 mg | Calcium: 165 mg | Iron: 2 mgI. Love. Chicken. Feet. I can’t say I have a favorite way to eat them. Whether they are braised, boiled, steamed, etc, I like them all.

Recently, I made some chicken stock at home and had some leftover chicken feet. Using them to make a pot of chicken feet soup was a no brainer for me. I paired them with some peanuts and other ingredients and the result is this delicious soup.

I always buy chicken feet from a wet market as they are sold with skin and nails removed. If you’re buying from a supermarket, you’ll have to give them a pedicure yourself but it is a very simple and quick process. Remember to wash and blanch them in boiling water to remove all the nasty stuff before transferring to your soup pot.

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Also known as phoenix claws, chicken feet is full of collagen. And collagen, as we know, maintains skin’s elasticity and promotes youthful looking skin. This is definitely a beauty soup for me! 🙂

If cooked long enough, chicken feet will become very soft and gelatinous as they consist mainly of skin, tendons and cartilage. Cooking collagen transforms it into gelatin which explains why a soup or stock with a high concentration of gelatin will solidify when cooled. Collagen also contain trace minerals which are beneficial for our hair, nails and joints. It helps with the healing and repair of the body’s damaged tissues. And all these goodness at very little cost as chicken feet and bones are inexpensive.

So, even if you don’t eat chicken feet, don’t toss them away. Save them to make homemade chicken stock or soup. They are a natural super health supplement. Why pay more for expensive collagen and glucosamine supplements when you can have it cheap, right?

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Any soup pot can be used for this soup but I’m partial towards my claypot and thermal cooker. Do not overboil the soup or the chicken feet meat will become too soft and shrink.

Soak peanuts in hot boiling water for 2 to 3 hours before cooking to soften them. In the past, I boiled them without any prior soaking and they turned out slightly crunchy despite simmering them for nearly 2 hours on the stovetop.

The way to eat chicken feet (at least that’s how I do it) is firstly, dip them in some soy sauce mixed with bird’s eye chillies. Then bite off the toes and suck out the skin and whatever ‘meat’ that’s sticking on them. Repeat the process on the ‘palms’.

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So, have you tried this beauty soup yet? Excuse me while I go finish up my bowl of soup. Take care and eat well. 🙂

2. If you cook this in a thermal cooker, put in all the ingredients and bring to a rolling boil. Then simmer for about an hour.

When you are ready to transfer the inner pot to the outer pot, turn up the heat and let it boil vigorously. Remove the pot from the stove and transfer it into the outer insulated pot. Let the trapped heat continue to cook the soup for 1-2 hours. Season with salt to taste.

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Yvonne O is a soup lover, dreamer and lover of creativity. She's usually in the kitchen cooking, reading or blogging. According to her kids, she's addicted to her laptop and has OCD about cleanliness.