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BEST Salt & Pepper Wings!
Today I’m sharing one of the most requested recipes from you guys, salt and pepper wings!
As always, I share only the best recipes with you and these salt and pepper chicken wings will knock your socks off!
I like to marinate chicken wings first before cooking, it’s just my personal preference and I believe it makes a huge difference in the end.
First thing is first, you will need single chicken wings, nice and clean. Pour Shaoxing wine, Chinese cooking wine.
Shaoxing wine is easy to find at your local Chinese grocery store and you can also purchase from online. (clicks the picture above!) Just remover, at the Asian grocery, it will be around $3 but online, it costs more.
If you don’t have Shaoxing wine, go ahead and use dry sherry or regular cooking rice wine or sake. If you can’t assume alcohol in your cooking, just use water. It will still help the wings to soak up the flavors and get rid of some of the blood from the bones.
Now, grate ginger and garlic into the chicken and add salt and pepper.
Cover and marinate for 20 mins to overnight in a refrigerator.
Preheat a large pot of frying oil to 350°F
Coat the marinated wings evenly with potato starch, shake of the excess starch.
Potato starch is crispier than cornstarch, that’s why I prefer to use potato starch for deep frying, but if you have only cornstarch, that works too.
Carefully drop the wings in the preheated oil, do 2 or 3 batches to not crowd the pot. If you crowd the pot too much, the oil temperature will drop too fast too much, so the wings won’t turn out as crispy as they should be. Fry the wings in or 12 to 15 minutes, depending on the size of the chicken wings.
When the chicken is done cooking, they will float on top of the oil, so you know when they are fully cooked. Remove from oil and place on a cooling rack. Repeat with remaining wings.
Meanwhile, chicken is frying, slice onion, garlic, chilies, and green onions.
Heat a large skillet or a wok over high heat and add butter. When butter is melted and foamy, add garlic, onion, chilies, and green onions. Stir fry quickly, about 30 to 45 seconds.
Add chicken powder and 1/2 tsp of each salt and pepper.
Stir fry to mix everything then add in chicken wings. Toss chicken wings and veggies all together, until they are well combined, about 1 to 2 minutes.
Place on a serving place, sprinkle extra salt and pepper as you like! Serve immediately.
Enjoy!
The BEST Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings Recipe & Video
- Author: Seonkyoung Longest
- Total Time: 32 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 lb single chicken wings
- 1 cupshaoxing wine, Chinese cooking wine or dry sherry
- 1 tbsp grated ginger
- 1 tbsp grated garlic, approximately 3 large garlic cloves
- 1/2 tsp salt and black pepper plus more for later
- 1 cup potato starch or corn starch
- frying oil
- 1/4 of onion
- 3 large cloves garlic
- 1 of each red and green chili
- 2 green onions
- 1/2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/8 tsp chicken powder, optional
Instructions
- Combine chicken wings, shaoxing wine, grated ginger, garlic, salt and pepper in a large mixing bowl. Cover and marinate for 20 mins to over night in a refrigerator.
- Preheat a large pot of frying oil to 350°F
Coat the marinated wings evenly with the starch, shake of the excess starch. - Carefully drop the wings in the preheated oil, do 2 or 3 batches to not to crowd the pot. If you crowd the pot too much, the oil temperature will drop too fast too much, so the wings won’t turn out as crispy as it should be. Fry the wings in or 12 to 15 minutes, depending on the size of the chicken wings. When the chicken is done cooking, remove from oil and place on a cooling rack. Repeat with remaining wings.
- Meanwhile chicken is frying, slice onion, garlic, chilies and green onions.
- Heat a large skillet or a wok over high heat and add butter. When butter is melted and foamy, add garlic, onion, chilies and green onions. Stir fry quickly, about 30 to 45 seconds. Add chicken powder and 1/2 tsp of each salt and pepper. Stir fry to mix everything then add in chicken wings. Toss chicken wings and veggies all together, until they are well combined, about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Place on a serving place, sprinkle extra salt and pepper as you like!
Serve immediately. Enjoy!
- Cook Time: 32 mins
