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Friday, May 16, 2014

Spicy Orange Chicken Wings Its Not a Party Until the Panda Wings Come Out!

Here they are – easy and delicious, spicy orange chicken wings, cleverly named (according to me anyway) after the spicy orange chicken served at Panda Express. By the way, this recipe has nothing to do with killing, riding, eating, rubbing, growing wings on, or otherwise abusing panda bears.

We are right smack in the middle of chicken wing eating season, and with the Super Bowl just around the corner (Go Jets!), I figured it was high time for a new wing fling. The recipe could not be simpler to make, and if you can somehow manage to whip up a batch of these oven-fried chicken wings to glaze, youll be in sticky-finger-heaven.

Since this was my first time trying this, I went very basic, and was extremely happy with the results. It was very similar in taste and texture to the Panda orange glaze, and done so with no gloppy cornstarch, which is not very nice cold.

Next time I will try the additions of ginger and garlic, and maybe some toasted sesame seeds. In the meantime, I really hope you give these a try, and please let me know how your particular variations come out. Enjoy!

Spicy Orange Chicken Wings Ingredients (enough for about 5 lbs of wings):

2 big tablespoons Sambal, or other Asian-style chili paste to taste, or may sub red pepper flakes to taste

1 cup orange jam or marmalade, (strain if contains an excess of orange rind pieces)

1/3 cup rice vinegar

1/4 cup hoisin sauce

1 tablespoon soy sauce

"oven-fried" Buffalo chicken wings

Suggestions for optional additions:

finely minced garlic cloves

finely grated fresh ginger, optional

minced green onions

toasted sesame seeds

Monday, April 28, 2014

Chipotle Maple Chicken Wings

I love to try different flavor combinations with chicken wings. Right now my current obsession is with sticky sweet and hot sauces and the combination of maple syrup and chipotle chilis works perfectly together. It was a delicious, albeit junky, treat to eat while watching my favorite Thursday night show, Survivor.

It an effort to keep my kitchen tidy and not make a huge mess frying the chicken wings, I cooked them at 425 degrees for about 40 minutes, turning them once. They really get just as crispy as they do when you fry them and they are little less artery clogging.

For the sauce I simmered about 1/4 cup of real maple syrup with 2 tablespoons of chipotle chili puree, and 1/4 cup of cider vinegar until it reduced and turn thick and syrupy. When the chicken wings come out of the oven, toss them into a large mixing bowl. Add 3 tablespoons of butter to the sauce, off the heat, and stir to combine. If you add the butter to the sauce while it is boiling, the butter has a tendency to turn the sauce greasey. Pour the wing sauce over the chicken pieces and toss well. Serve with celery, carrots and ranch dressing.

Monday, March 3, 2014

Hot Chicken Wings

Hot Chicken Wings

Ingredients:

1 kg chicken wings
2 cups flour
2 tbsp corn flour
1 egg

Sauce:
3 tbsp brown sugar
3 tbsp Wooster shier sauce
½ cup ketchup
2 tbsp honey
3 tbsp chili sauce
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 capsicums
Method:
Dip the chicken wings in egg, roll it in flour and corn flour and deep fry them.
For sauce heat brown sugar, Wooster shier sauce, ketchup, honey, chili sauce and lemon juice and cook for some time.Add capsicum and stir fry a bit.Add wings in the sauce and serve in a serving dish.