Sunday, January 24, 2010

Recipe of the Day: Chicken Wings from MealsaGoGo

We LOVE Chicken Wings.  We eat them with a lot of different sauces.  We especially like leftover sauces.  I like that they are so easy to make ahead and have on hand for a snack. 

I developed this recipe because I wanted a healthier version that was not deep fried but still had a lot of that great crispiness I love about Chicken Wings.

I make a much more healthy version of chicken wings than what you normally see.  Here is my recipe for Chicken Wings:

Prep of Chicken Wings
  • Prepare any quantity of Chicken Wings by cuttung them at the joint to make sections. 
  • I remove the tip portion and save to make chicken stock at a later time. 
  • Get a large pot of water boiling on the stove.  Needs to be enough water to cover the chicken wings.
  • Once water is boiling, place chicken wing section in the water.  Once water returns to a boil, cook for 10 minutes. 
  • Remove wings from water and place on a rack for a few minutes to let cool down and drip dry.
  • Place rack with wings on it, into the freezer to flash freeze
  • Once wings are frozen, remove from rack and store in ziplock bag.
To Cook Chicken Wings
  • Place the desired quanitity of chicken wings on a foil covered pan. 
  • Spray liberally with cooking spray
  • Cook for 10-15 minutes in a 450 degree oven (I like my toaster oven too).  You may flip them over after about 6 minutes so they more evenly get crispy.
  • When through, coat with favorite sauce.  I don't cook them with the sauce on them because the sauce tends to burn before the chicken is crisped in the oven.
  • ENJOY!
Here are a couple of our favorite toppings. 

Sesame Maple Glaze
To every 1/2 cup of Pure Maple syrup (Not imitation) add 1 tsp of toasted sesame oil.

Sweet Hot Glaze
To every 1 cup of Tobasco Sauce (Franks Red Hot is Fab for this), add 1/2 cup brown sugar. 
Heat in the microwave until brown sugar is melted.

Honey Peach BBQ Sauce
1 cup favorite BBQ sauce
1/4 cup Jam (Peach, Apricot or Orange Marmelade)
2 TBL Honey or Brown Sugar
Heat in microwave until warm.  Stir until well blended.

1 comment:

Kem said...

This sounds so good, cant wait to try it out.