Back Hoenderpote Afrikaans أقدام الدجاج Arabic Patas de pollo Spanish پای مرغ Persian Pattes de poulet French Ceker ayam ID Zampe di gallina Italian Cèkèr pitik JV 닭발 Korean Куриные лапки Russian
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 Chicken feet and other chicken parts for sale on a roadside cart in Haikou, Hainan, China. | |
| Chicken feet | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 鳳爪 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 凤爪 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | fèngzhuǎ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Fenghuang claws or Phoenix talons (claws) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Chicken feet are cooked and eaten in many countries. After an outer layer of hard skin is removed, most of the edible tissue on the feet consists of skin and tendons, with no muscle. This gives the feet a distinct gelatinous texture different from the rest of the chicken meat.