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Lockdown Recipe of the Day: Grilled maotwana (Chicken feet)

From Dorah Sitole’s outstanding new book, 40 Years of Iconic Food (Human & Rousseau).
Lockdown Recipe of the Day: Grilled maotwana (Chicken feet)

(Serves 4)

Ingredients

12 chicken feet

125 ml (½ cup) oil

5 ml (1 teaspoon) spice for chicken

10 ml (2 teaspoons) peri-peri

10 ml (2 teaspoons) Louisiana Cajun Spice

salt to taste

Method

If the chicken feet are not clean, soak them in boiling water for 5 minutes and carefully remove the top skin.

Mix together the oil and the spices and salt. Sprinkle over the chicken feet and rub in thoroughly. Marinate for at least 2 hours or overnight in the fridge.

Cook over a braai or pan-fry on a griddle pan until cooked through and golden.

Cook’’s notes

For chicken necks use the same recipe as the grilled chicken feet. Ser ve both these dishes garnished with sliced red chillies, for extra heat, if desired. DM168/TGIFood

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