Sunday, March 25, 2012

Pepper Chicken Wings

Preparation time: 20 minutes | Difficulty level: Easy
Come March Madness, I started splurging on chicken wings (what's a basketball game without wings?) and soon realized how bad it was for me when I stumbled upon the ingredients. Deep fried wings, 1/2 cup butter, all purpose flour, WHAT? So I decided to make up my own recipe for equally delicious chicken wings and it's surprising how easy they are to make and so much healthier! Time to enjoy some guilt-free wings :)
Pepper Chicken Wings




Ingredients:
For the chicken:
1 kg or about 2 lb chicken wings, skinned as much as possible
1 tsp. ginger-garlic paste
1 tbsp. corn flour
1 tbsp oil
1/4 tsp. salt

For the sauce:
2 large cloves of garlic, minced
1 tbsp. soy sauce
1 1/2 tbsp vinegar
1/2 tbsp. white cooking wine
2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1 tbsp. hot and sweet sauce (or a mixture of hot sauce and tomato ketchup)
1 tsp. corn flour
1/2 tsp. red chili powder
1/2 cup chopped scallions (green onions, spring onions)

Method:
  1. Marinate the chicken wings with the ginger-garlic paste, salt and the corn flour.
  2. In a wok (or kadai) heat oil and cook the chicken until almost done.
  3. While the chicken is cooking, mix the soy sauce, hot and sweet sauce, ground pepper, cooking wine, 1/2 tsp vinegar, red chili powder, corn flour, and minced garlic
  4. When the chicken is almost cooked, add the sauce mixture to it and cook for 1-2 minutes.
  5. Add the remaining vinegar and green onions and simmer for another couple of minutes
  6. Serve hot with your choice of dip or by themselves.

 Helpful Tips:
  • Skinning the wings will take away most of the fat
  • You can make variations in the sauces used for the main sauce such as buffalo sauce or barbeque sauce, as per your liking.
  • Cover the chicken while cooking to maintain the juiciness 

1 comment:

  1. Sahi re maddy.
    Can you post recipes of the dips to make it a full DIY affair?

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