A cow's trotters is the culinary term for the

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. The cuts are used in various dishes around the world, especially in Asian, African, French, and the

Caribbean cuisine Caribbean cuisine is a fusion of West African cuisine, West African,"Cuisine."
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Latin American cuisine also uses cow's trotters for several traditional dishes. Other than cattle, the trotters of other

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s such as

goat The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a species of Caprinae, goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the ...

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and

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might also be consumed and used in certain dish of some cuisines' tradition.

Description

Cow's trotters do not contain any muscles or

meat Meat is animal Tissue (biology), tissue, often muscle, that is eaten as food. Humans have hunted and farmed other animals for meat since prehistory. The Neolithic Revolution allowed the domestication of vertebrates, including chickens, sheep, ...

; other than bones and toe hoof, it mainly consists of skin,

tendon A tendon or sinew is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue, dense fibrous connective tissue that connects skeletal muscle, muscle to bone. It sends the mechanical forces of muscle contraction to the skeletal system, while withstanding tensi ...

s and

cartilage Cartilage is a resilient and smooth type of connective tissue. Semi-transparent and non-porous, it is usually covered by a tough and fibrous membrane called perichondrium. In tetrapods, it covers and protects the ends of long bones at the joints ...

. In cuisine, the trotters' cuts are mainly valued for its unique texture—a

gelatin Gelatin or gelatine () is a translucent, colorless, flavorless food ingredient, commonly derived from collagen taken from animal body parts. It is brittle when dry and rubbery when moist. It may also be referred to as hydrolyzed collagen, coll ...

ous rather chewy soft texture of its tendons and skin, and also a rich

broth Broth, also known as bouillon (), is a savory liquid made of water in which meat, fish, or vegetables have been simmered for a short period of time. It can be eaten alone, but it is most commonly used to prepare other dishes, such as soups ...

produced from its bones. Nevertheless, to acquire a pleasant soft texture, a prolonged time of cooking, or

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might be employed in the process, this will extract the gelatins out of the trotters into the soup. Traditionally, in Western cuisine, the trotters are not commonly consumed, and not included in common cut of beef, which only recognize shanks. Nevertheless, the cut is often included as part of beef shank. In

Indonesian cuisine Indonesian cuisine is a collection of various regional culinary traditions by various ethnic groups that formed in the archipelagic nation of Indonesia. There are a wide variety of recipes and cuisines in part because Indonesia is composed ...

, cow's trotters is considered as a delicacy. The '' gulai tunjang'' or ''gulai kaki sapi'' is a popular spicy cow's trotter curry in

Padang cuisine Padang cuisine or Minangkabau cuisine is the cuisine of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is among the most popular cuisines in Maritime Southeast Asia. It is known across Indonesia as ''masakan Padang'' after Padang, the cap ...

. While ''soto kaki sapi'' is a type of traditional spicy '' Soto'' soup made of bits of tendons, cartilage and skin from cow's trotters. The soup is popular in Indonesia, especially in

Betawi cuisine Betawi cuisine is rich, diverse and eclectic, in part because the Betawi people that create them were composed from numbers of Native Indonesian, regional immigrants that came from various places in the Indonesian archipelago, as well as Chinese ...

Dishes

* ''Caldo de Mocotó'', a Brazilian cow's trotters soup, popular in Northeast Region * Cow foot stew in

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* ''El Hergma/Hargma'' (الهركمة) or ''El-Ker'ine/Ker3ine'' (الكرعين) in the Maghreb countries(Tunisia,Algeria,Morocco). A traditional dish of cow's, calves' or lamb's trotters/feet with a base of chickpeas and a spicy (watery) sauce. * '' Gulai tunjang'', spicy cow's trotters curry in Minangkabau cuisine in Indonesia * ''

Kare-kare Kare-kare is a Filipino cuisine featuring a thick savory peanut sauce. It is generally made from a base of stewed oxtail, beef tripe, pork hocks, calves' feet, pig's feet or trotters, various cuts of pork, beef stew meat, and occasiona ...

'' in the Philippines can use cow's trotters * '' Kaware‘'' () in

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* '' Khash'' in

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and

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, also known as '' pacha'' in

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and

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* ''Makongoro'' in

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* ''Mangqina/Mazondo'' in

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* ''Mão de vaca'', in the traditional cuisine of Cabo Verde, is a cow trotter soup made using pureed chickpeas. * '' Mie kocok'', an Indonesian beef noodle soup, which contains rich beef consommé soup, beef tendon or slices of cow's trotters, bean sprouts and meatball. * '' Nkwobi'' in

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* '' Paya'' in

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* '' Sagol'' in

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* '' Soto mie Bogor'' noodle soup uses slices of cow's trotters from Indonesia. * '' Soto kaki sapi'', spicy cow's trotters soup in

* ''Thlakwana'' in South Africa. * ''Yam tin khwai'' in

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, a spicy and sour Northern Thai soup made with the hoof of a water buffalo.

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What to cook with Cow Trotters. - LeGourmetTV
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Description

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