Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Maple Chipotle Chicken Wings


This is a take on Buffalo Wild Wings. I have done away with deep frying the wings and have combined two flavours that I really like - maple syrup and chipotle in adobo sauce.


Ingredients:

  1. Chicken wings - 1kg or 2.2 lbs
  2. Melted butter, unsalted, preferred - 2 Tbsp
  3. Hot sauce, preferably Frank's hot sauce - 2-3Tbsp
  4. Chipotle chilli in adobo sauce - 2 finely chopped with about 2 tsp of the sauce
  5. Maple Syrup or honey - 2 Tbsp+
  6. Salt to taste
  7. Pepper to taste
  8. All Purpose flour - 2 tbsp
  9. Thyme or Oregano or Sage - 2Tbsp

Method:

  1.  If you wish, remove as much of the skin from the wings as easily possible. It is a good idea to keep some of the skin.
  2. Preheat the oven to 500F. Line a cookie sheet with foil and place a wire rack over it.
  3. In a zip top bag , place the all purpose flour, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp black crushed pepper and the herb of your choice. Shake to mix well.
  4. Place the chicken wings in the bag and close. Shake to ensure all the chicken wings are lightly coated with the flour mix.
  5. Lightly spritz the flour covered wings with oil and bake in the hot preheated oven till they are golden brown in colour and crispy, about 45 minutes. It is a good idea to turn them over once so that they are all evenly browned. You will hear a lot of sizzling - that is good it is all the fat from the wings hitting the baking sheet.
  6. In a large mixing bowl, mix in the other ingredients - melted butter, hot sauce, minced chipotle and maple syrup and salt as per taste. Taste the sauce. It should be a balanced taste of sweet, tangy and spicy. You could add more of either sweet/ tangy ( because of the hot sauce's vinegary flavour) and spicy as per preference.
  7. Once the wings are cooked, add the same to the above and mix well till all the chicken wings are evenly coated. 
  8. Serve warm.
NOTE: To make this gluten free, substitute the 2 Tbsp of All Purpose Flour with 2 Tbsp of Rice Flour and follow the rest of the recipe.

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