braised feet fete

pig’s feet is my standard post call comfort food in clerkship. there have been times when i popped everything in the pot on the stove and woke up to the smoke alarm while napping during the day.  I’ve learned my lesson since then and employed my trusted crockpot for the job.

Pig’s feet is an asian delicacy engrained my childhood memory. my parents usually use a pressure cooker to break down the tough skin and transform it to a sticky, melt-in-mouth consistency. the same effect can be achieved with a long and slow cook. The only down side with the slow cooker is the need to reduce the liquid afterward, and the tendency for the skin to break down from prolonged cooking (2-3 hours in a pot vs 8 hours in a crockpot)

i cook my pigs feet with a very standard recipe, and the same can be adapted to chicken feet which requires way less cook time and thus can be done in a pot in 2 hours.