Chicken Wings

Chicken Wings.
There are various marinades for wings and usually one way to make them: DEEP FRYING.
Typically when you make  chicken wings, you will deep fry them in vegetable oil for about 10 minutes until they are cooked on the inside. The chicken juices run clear and it is moist and tender on the inside and evenly brown and crunchy on the outside. Then when the chicken wings are cool, toss the wings in your favorite dipping sauce.

My method is to coat the chicken wing with a marinade and bake it in an oven.
Hot Hot Wings:
1dozen mini chicken wingettes
2 cups of Vietnamese, Chinese Hot Sauce ( my favorite: Tuong Ot Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce)
from Huy Fong Foods.
http://www.huyfong.com/frames/index.htm
1 tbsp. of Paprika
1 tbsp. of Red Pepper Flakes
1 tbsp. of McIlhenny Tabasco Pepper Sauce
http://www.tabasco.com/main.cfm

Mix all the the ingredients throughly in a bowl. Brush the hot sauce on the wingettes and place them on a baking tray. Cook in a preheated oven at 375-400 Degrees. I cook them until them are fully cooked - about 30 minutes. Repeated brushing of the wingettes with the sauce every 10 minutes.

Teriyaki Wings:
1dozen mini chicken wingettes
2 cups of Soy Sauce
http://www.kikkomanusa.com/homecooks/products/index.php
1 tbsp. of finely grated ginger
1 tbsp. of finely chopped garlic
1 tsp. of sesame oil
1 tsp. of honey
1 tsp. of fresh lemon juice

Mix all the the ingredients thoroughly in a bowl. Brush the teriyaki marinade on the wingettes and place them on a baking tray. Cook in a preheated oven at 375-400 Degrees. I cook them until them are fully cooked - about 30 minutes. Repeated brushing of the wingettes with the marinade every 10 minutes.

You may have noticed that I did not include in my recipe any pepper or salt. Soy sauce has a lot of salt unless you use a lower sodium soy sauce. Also, the hot sauce has enough heat without the pepper.

My wine of the day that I like with spicy or hot chicken wings:
2006 Seghesio Sonoma Zinfandel
http://www.seghesio.com/WineShop/tabid/199/CategoryID/220/Default.aspx

The Zin will bring out the peppery goodness of the wings.

Wing It !
Steven