Asian Zing Chicken Wings
 
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Asian Zing Chicken Wings. Sticky, sweet, spicy & tangy. Full of tropical Asian fusion flavor with each bite. A sure crowd-pleaser.
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Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: Fusion
Serves: 25
Ingredients
  • 2.5 lb chicken wings or drumettes or both
  • Flour mixture
  • ¼ cup all purpose flour
  • 2 tbs rice flour
  • 2 tbs cornstarch
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
  • ¼ tsp black pepper
  • Sauce
  • 1 garlic clove, finely minced
  • ¼" ginger, grated or finely minced
  • 5 sprigs cilantro (stems and leaves), finely minced
  • ¼ cup honey
  • 1½ tbs lemon juice
  • 5¼ tsp light soy sauce
  • 1½ tsp coconut oil
  • 1½ tsp sesame oil
  • 1½ tsp chili flakes
  • 1½ tsp water
  • 1½ tsp cornstarch (or more)
Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to 500 F.
  2. In a shallow bowl, combine the ingredients for the flour mixture.
  3. Roll the wings one at a time to evenly coat them with the flour mixture. Put the coated wings on a greased baking sheet. Spray the wings with cooking spray.
  4. Bake the wings for 25-30 minutes.
  5. In a small saucepan, combine the sauce ingredients (except the cornstarch) and put it to boil.
  6. Once boiled, turn the heat to low and slowly stir in the cornstarch. Add more cornstarch if you like the sauce thicker (sauce will thicken a lil more once cooled).
  7. Toss and coat the wings with the sauce in a large bowl. Serve immediately.
Notes
1. Yes, 500 F is high but baking the chicken wings at that temperature speeds up cooking the chicken while crisping them up at the same time. If your oven can't go up to 500 F, crank it up as high as it can and bake until brown and crispy.

2. You might think that to prevent soggy crust when baking, you'd want to place the chicken on a wire rack. However, when you put the on the pan, the pan becomes hot enough (like on the stove) that it beautifully crisps the skin.

3. Make sure chicken wings are in room temperature before baking.
Recipe by Curious Nut at https://www.curiousnut.com/asian-zing-chicken-wings/