Yeah, I know that football season's almost over. But the most important games are coming up fast. And some kind of spicy wing things really do fit with the football watching. All the recipes that I found, however, usually involved deep frying or an amount of oil that wings, being kinda fatty anyway, certainly don't need. So what to do?
Make your own damn recipe (if you're me, that is). So here's my recipe for:
Spicy Wings
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 pounds chicken wings (about 14)
- 1 cup cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 4 tbsp Tabasco (or other hot sauce)
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1/2 tsp corn starch
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions:
A few hours before cooking, place wings, vinegar, and soy sauce in a large zip-lock bag and place in the refirgerator to marinate.
Once you're good to go, preheat oven to 375. Line a baking sheet with non-stick aluminum foil, then place the wings on the foil. Throw away that marinade, btw. Once the oven's up to speed, place the sheet with the wings in for 20 min. (This allows the wings to get mostly cooked and gets rid of some of the fat from the skin.)
Meanwhile, combine the hot sauce, honey, and corn starch in a small saucepan. Under medium heat, stir until it gets thick - certainly not more that a couple of minutes. (Both the corn starch and the honey make the hot sauce stick to the wings. Without it, only the memory of the hot sauce remains on the wings. And the honey ensures a good browning.)
After the aforementioned 20 minutes, take the wings out of the oven, and remove them from the sheet into a large-ish bowl. Pour the sauce into the bowl over the wings. Before you place the wings back on the sheet, pour off any fat (your heart will thank you). Pop them in the oven for 10 more minutes. I usually have some sauce left over, so when those 10 minutes are up, I take out the pan and spoon on the rest of the sauce over the wings. Put them back in for a final 5 minutes. (So that's 20, 10, and 5 -- 35 minutes total.)
Take 'em out, let 'em cool down a bit, and enoy the 3rd quarter. I supplement with carrots and radishes. I also use bleu cheese dressing, but I cut it with an equal measure of non-fat yogurt.
Enjoy! And let me know how they turnout in the comments!
