Thursday, October 21, 2010

Old Cucumber with Chicken Feet Soup Recipe

I love the texture of old cucumber that has been boiled in soup. They taste so good with a little soya sauce and cili padi (bird eye chilly). Nothing beats the pleasure of gnawing away the cartilages and skins on the chicken feet in soup! He he he! LOL! Old cucumbers that have lots of visible old fibres on the skin would taste better than the ones that have smooth skin. The texture of a very old cucumber would be tender but not soggy compared with younger ones.

Ingredients
Old Cucumber, 1 pc, cut into bite sizes
Chinese Red Dates, 5 pcs
Chicken Feet, 5 pcs
Cuttlefish, 2 pcs (optional)
Whole pepper, 7 pcs, crushed
Salt to taste
Water, 7 bowls

Pour water in pot and bring to a boil. Add in the chicken feet, cuttlefish, old pepper, Chinese red dates and old cucumber. Boil until the chicken feet and old cucumber turn soft. Add salt to taste. Serve hot with steamed rice.

16 comments:

Alice Law said...

Old cucumber is very cooling and nutritious, suitable for these steaming hot weather!^-^

Have a great weekend!

WendyinKK said...

I cook this soup, with skin on the cucumber. It may look dirty, but there are nutrients under the skin.
My girls love to eat the soft old cucumber.

wenn said...

i love to boil old cucumber soup with red dates and chicken wings..delicious.

Christine said...

I'd love to try old cucumber, maybe not the chicken feet though.

cleffairy said...

=.= Soup ah... I'm more goreng goreng material. Mebbe Smallkucing will like this. :D

suituapui said...

Chicken feet? Eyewwwwww!!!! Hahahahaha!!!

fufu said...

wish i could get all those stuff to make various kinds of soup here in brazil

Somewhere in Singapore said...

Next round, i wanna cook anything not sure of, can ask u... hehe..

Caroline said...

i like old cucumber soup! :D

Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover said...

so coincidence, i planning to cook old cucumber soup today too, i also cook with skin on..

Aunty Liew said...

I like this soup,but normally i don't put the pepper.

mNhL said...

I love this soup too...and love the old cucumber. Yummy.

smallkucing said...

you cut off the skin? hmm me lazy. Didnt cut. just scrape away the seeds.

இ Baŋäŋaz இ said...

Toooo muchie olld cucuember adn chcicken feete becomeme cakar ayam

Anonymous said...

One of my fav soups :)

Ayie said...

i like chicken feet in my congee and spicy chicken feet