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	'''Phoenix Claws''' (Simplified Chinese: 凤爪; Traditional Chinese: 鳳爪; Pinyin: ''Fèngzhuǎ''; Cantonese: ''fung zao'') are chicken feet prepared as Cantonese dim sum, most often deep-fried then steamed with fermented black beans and chili until the skin turns gelatinous and savory.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_feet#China English Wikipedia]</ref>		'''Phoenix Claws''' (Simplified Chinese: 凤爪; Traditional Chinese: 鳳爪; Pinyin: ''Fèngzhuǎ''; Cantonese: ''fung zao'') are chicken feet prepared as Cantonese dim sum, most often deep-fried then steamed with fermented black beans and chili until the skin turns gelatinous and savory.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_feet#China English Wikipedia: Chicken feet (China)]</ref><ref name="cnn">[https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/hong-kong-food CNN Travel: Hong Kong foods roundup]</ref>

	== Characteristics ==		== Characteristics ==
	Texture is soft-collagenous rather than meaty; diners eat skin, tendon, and cartilage flavors more than large muscle pieces. Fermented black bean (豆豉), garlic, and chili give a salty-savory profile with mild heat. The poetic "phoenix" name is common Cantonese menu language for chicken feet. ~~Proper~~ yum cha claws should be thoroughly tender without tasting boiled-out.
			Texture is soft-collagenous rather than meaty; diners eat skin, tendon, and cartilage flavors more than large muscle pieces. Fermented black bean (豆豉), garlic, and chili give a salty-savory profile with mild heat. The poetic "phoenix" name is common Cantonese menu language for chicken feet. Soft quality cue: proper yum cha claws should be thoroughly tender without tasting boiled-out. Soft aroma cue: a good plate smells of black bean and garlic more than plain chicken stock. Soft contrast: mainland snack shops also sell soy-braised or vinegar-chili cold claws (including Baiyun-style cold phoenix claws), which share the ingredient but not the teahouse black-bean steam profile.<ref name="wp" />

	== Ingredients (overview) ==		== Ingredients (overview) ==
	Chicken feet, fermented black beans, garlic, chili, soy sauce, sugar, and oil. ~~Typical~~ kitchen flow ~~includes~~ cleaning, blanching, deep-frying to blister the skin, then steaming or braising in black-bean sauce so flavors penetrate. Restaurant trays hold several claws for sharing.
			Chicken feet, fermented black beans, garlic, chili, soy sauce, sugar, and oil. Soft kitchen flow (overview only): cleaning, blanching, deep-frying to blister the skin, then steaming or braising in black-bean sauce so flavors penetrate. Restaurant trays hold several claws for sharing. Not a step-by-step recipe.

	== History and culture ==		== History and culture ==
	Phoenix claws are a yum cha standard on [[Dim Sum]] carts with [[Lo Mai Gai]], [[Har Gow]], [[Siu Mai]], and fried items such as [[Taro Puff]] in [[Hong Kong Food]] and [[Guangdong Food]] teahouses. Nose-to-tail appreciation of chicken feet is widespread in Chinese cooking; the black-bean steamed dim-sum presentation is the Cantonese teahouse classic highlighted here.
			Phoenix claws are a yum cha standard on [[Dim Sum]] carts with [[Lo Mai Gai]], [[Har Gow]], [[Siu Mai]], and fried items such as [[Taro Puff]] in [[Hong Kong Food]] and [[Guangdong Food]] teahouses.<ref name="cnn" /> Nose-to-tail appreciation of chicken feet is widespread in Chinese cooking; the black-bean steamed dim-sum presentation is the Cantonese teahouse classic highlighted here. Soft market note: strong domestic demand for claws as snack and banquet food has long made feet a valued cut rather than scrap.<ref name="wp" /> Soft service culture: shared bamboo baskets encourage communal ordering; guests unfamiliar with the cut often try one claw before committing to a full plate. Soft English-menu tip: "chicken feet" and "phoenix claws" usually mean the same dim-sum item.

	== Serving and variations ==		== Serving and variations ==
	Shared dim-sum plate, eaten by hand or with chopsticks; bones are discarded on side plates. Some versions are simpler soy-braised without heavy frying; chili level varies. See [[Dim Sum]] for cart context.

			Shared dim-sum plate, eaten by hand or with chopsticks; bones are discarded on side plates. Some versions are simpler soy-braised without heavy frying; chili level varies. Soft leftover tip: diners may spoon remnant sauce onto rice at casual meals, though classic tea-house service keeps claws as a shared small plate. Soft cold-snack branch: packaged chili-soy claws sold in mainland convenience channels are a related eat, not a teahouse substitute. See [[Dim Sum]] for cart context.

	Diners unfamiliar with chicken feet may start with one claw; regular yum cha guests often order a full plate for the table~~. Leftover sauce is sometimes spooned onto rice at the end of a casual meal, though classic tea-house service keeps claws as a shared small plate~~.		Diners unfamiliar with chicken feet may start with one claw; regular yum cha guests often order a full plate for the table.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

	* [[Dim Sum]]		* [[Dim Sum]]
	* [[Lo Mai Gai]]		* [[Lo Mai Gai]]
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	== References ==		== References ==
	{{~~reflist~~}}		{{Reflist}}

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	== Serving and variations ==		== Serving and variations ==
	Shared dim-sum plate, eaten by hand or with chopsticks; bones are discarded on side plates. Some versions are simpler soy-braised without heavy frying; chili level varies. See [[Dim Sum]] for cart context.		Shared dim-sum plate, eaten by hand or with chopsticks; bones are discarded on side plates. Some versions are simpler soy-braised without heavy frying; chili level varies. See [[Dim Sum]] for cart context.


			Diners unfamiliar with chicken feet may start with one claw; regular yum cha guests often order a full plate for the table. Leftover sauce is sometimes spooned onto rice at the end of a casual meal, though classic tea-house service keeps claws as a shared small plate.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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	== Characteristics ==		== Characteristics ==
			Texture is soft-collagenous rather than meaty; diners eat skin, tendon, and cartilage flavors more than large muscle pieces. Fermented black bean (豆豉), garlic, and chili give a salty-savory profile with mild heat. The poetic "phoenix" name is common Cantonese menu language for chicken feet. Proper yum cha claws should be thoroughly tender without tasting boiled-out.
	Texture is soft-collagenous rather than meaty; ~~flavor is~~ salty-savory ~~from black bean and garlic~~. ~~Poetic~~ "phoenix" ~~naming~~ is common in Cantonese menu language.

	== Ingredients (overview) ==		== Ingredients (overview) ==
			Chicken feet, fermented black beans, garlic, chili, soy sauce, sugar, and oil. Typical kitchen flow includes cleaning, blanching, deep-frying to blister the skin, then steaming or braising in black-bean sauce so flavors penetrate. Restaurant trays hold several claws for sharing.
	Chicken feet, fermented black beans, garlic, chili, soy, sugar, oil. ~~Preparation usually~~ includes frying ~~and~~ steaming ~~stages~~.

	== History and culture ==		== History and culture ==
			Phoenix claws are a yum cha standard on [[Dim Sum]] carts with [[Lo Mai Gai]], [[Har Gow]], [[Siu Mai]], and fried items such as [[Taro Puff]] in [[Hong Kong Food]] and [[Guangdong Food]] teahouses. Nose-to-tail appreciation of chicken feet is widespread in Chinese cooking; the black-bean steamed dim-sum presentation is the Cantonese teahouse classic highlighted here.
	A yum cha standard on [[Dim Sum]] carts with [[Lo Mai Gai]], [[Har Gow]], ~~and~~ [[Siu Mai]] in [[Hong Kong Food]] teahouses.

	== Serving and variations ==		== Serving and variations ==
			Shared dim-sum plate, eaten by hand or with chopsticks; bones are discarded on side plates. Some versions are simpler soy-braised without heavy frying; chili level varies. See [[Dim Sum]] for cart context.
	Shared dim sum plate. See [[Dim Sum]] ~~and [[Lo Mai Gai]]~~.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

	* [[Dim Sum]]		* [[Dim Sum]]
	* [[Lo Mai Gai]]		* [[Lo Mai Gai]]
	* [[Har Gow]]		* [[Har Gow]]
	* [[Siu Mai]]		* [[Siu Mai]]
			* [[Taro Puff]]
	* [[Hong Kong Food]]		* [[Hong Kong Food]]
			* [[Guangdong Food]]
	* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]		* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

	== References ==		== References ==

	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

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|description=Phoenix Claws are dim sum chicken feet, usually steamed in fermented black bean sauce.
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{{Infobox chinese food
| image = Phoenix Claws.jpg
| caption = Phoenix Claws
| alternate_name = Chicken feet dim sum; fung zao; 豉汁凤爪
| pinyin = Fèngzhuǎ
| type = Dim sum
| course = Dim sum
| country = China
| region = Guangdong / Hong Kong
| other = Steamed chicken feet in black bean sauce
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'''Phoenix Claws''' (Simplified Chinese: 凤爪; Traditional Chinese: 鳳爪; Pinyin: ''Fèngzhuǎ''; Cantonese: ''fung zao'') are chicken feet prepared as Cantonese dim sum, most often deep-fried then steamed with fermented black beans and chili until the skin turns gelatinous and savory.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_feet#China English Wikipedia]</ref>

== Characteristics ==

Texture is soft-collagenous rather than meaty; flavor is salty-savory from black bean and garlic. Poetic "phoenix" naming is common in Cantonese menu language.

== Ingredients (overview) ==

Chicken feet, fermented black beans, garlic, chili, soy, sugar, oil. Preparation usually includes frying and steaming stages.

== History and culture ==

A yum cha standard on [[Dim Sum]] carts with [[Lo Mai Gai]], [[Har Gow]], and [[Siu Mai]] in [[Hong Kong Food]] teahouses.

== Serving and variations ==

Shared dim sum plate. See [[Dim Sum]] and [[Lo Mai Gai]].

== See also ==

* [[Dim Sum]]
* [[Lo Mai Gai]]
* [[Har Gow]]
* [[Siu Mai]]
* [[Hong Kong Food]]
* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

== References ==

{{reflist}}