[header] How to cook chicken feet [title] Clip off the nails. [step] Use kitchen shears or a heavy cleaver to cut the toenails off the end of each chicken foot. [substeps] If desired, you could also separate the palm of the foot from the connecting leg bone by cutting them apart at the joint. 
Both parts can then be prepared and cooked in the same manner. Doing this can make it easier to fry the chicken feet, but it will also change their distinctive appearance.