PrintWhere in NYC can I find chicken feet for soup?
Well, there's question, pretty straightforward.
The feet need to not be attached the chicken. The chicken needs to be dead. The feet need to be clean, or at least cleanable.
And please, if you're going to say "Try Chinatown"--yes, but does anone know of a shop or an address specifically?
I've already tried Jeffrey's in the Essex Market, Lobel's, Dean and DeLuca, Eli's. Anything else? A free quart of chicken soup to anyone (in NYC) with a good answer.
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7 Comments:
Sorry, I was going to just say Chinatown. There's an excellent clip on YouTube of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog in Chinatown during the Year of the Dog, as he visits a meat store that sells chicken feet, pork blood, etc. Hilarity ensues. If you get nowhere here, just go to Mott Street or Mulberry Street and walk a bit - it's like hitting water in the ocean.
Sandro at 3:05PM on 02/05/07
The Deluxe Food Market is a pretty good bet. It's at 79 Elizabeth St.
Alaina Browne at 3:38PM on 02/05/07
There's a butcher right next to what used to be Chinese American Trading Company, now known as Tongin Mart, at 91 Mulberry. The butcher is one or two storefronts to the south. If you're near the B/D train on the east side of Chinatown, there's a butcher on the corner of Grand and Chrystie (*) which always has chicken feet. And Bayard Meat at 57 Bayard. Duck feet might be a better choice since they have more gelatin and are tastier to boot.
(*) I've lived in NY all my life and when I give a corner I might not have the street names exactly right but like a rat in a maze I know where everything is in on foot.
Serious Eater at 3:40PM on 02/05/07
I was coming in here to say Chinatown too! Like Sandro said, it's like hitting water in the ocean. If you're too icked out by the idea of Chinatown butchers, the Chinese supermarket on Clinton right above Delancey has clean chicken feet, and it's only three blocks from the Essex/Delancey F stop.
lia at 4:08PM on 02/05/07
Wow guys, thanks so much!!
annien at 5:10PM on 02/05/07
17 catherine street, an old apartment building, meat store one side, fish on the other. . .
eelac at 5:29PM on 02/05/07
I hate to tell you, because it seems so boring, but the Whole Foods in Chelsea carries organic chicken feet (and chicken backs, which are also great for soup) almost all the time. I load up on'em and make the best stock ever. Also, the guy at the Union Square Greenmarket with the organic eggs also sells chicken feet, but he tends to sell out early. And on a related note, when I was at Citarella in mid-February, they were selling stewing hens. I specifically asked, "You mean these are old hens, for soup?" And the guy said yes, they always carry them in the winter. Chinatown a helluva lot cheaper and more interesting, but...Citarella and Whole Foods a whole lot more convenient, at least for me.
maggiesara at 4:45AM on 03/18/07