Recipe for asian hot wings
I am definitely not known for taking the easy way out, so of course, I had to make my own hot wings!
However, I was quite disappointed by how hard it actually was to get my hands on fresh chicken wings. Fortunately, my own butcher could help me. He provided me with 5 x 2-kilogram bags!
So all of a sudden, there were plenty of chicken wings to work with. Therefore, I decided to experiment with a few different kinds.
The first hot wings I made were very delicious, but I felt that the sauce wasn’t quite “sticky” and spicy enough for my taste buds.
In my second attempt, I drew inspiration from my sous vide-cooked chicken thighs, and that was definitely a good idea. They turned out juicy, crispy, and really delicious!
This time, it resulted in sous vide hot wings with an Asian-inspired sauce. And that was a real hit!
Asian Hot Wings
Ingredients
Sous vide chicken wings
- 1 kg Chicken Wings
- Salt and Pepper
Sticky sauce
- 42 gram Honey
- 30 gram Soya
- 20 gram Hoisin Sauce
- 20 gram Sweet chili sauce
- 6 gram Oyster sauce
- 4.5 gram Sesame Oil
- 9 gram Sesame Seeds
Instructions
Sous vide chicken wings
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- First, prepare the chicken wings. Separate each wing into three parts with a knife: tip, middle, and drumette (the part that looks like a small drumstick). Make the cuts at the joints. The "tips" will not be used in this recipe, so I put them in a zip-lock bag and freeze them. They can be used later when I make broth from a chicken carcass and some vegetables.
- Season the chicken pieces with salt and pepper.
- Vacuum seal the chicken pieces in a vacuum bag. Make sure they lie as flat as possible so they are not at very different levels.
- Place them in the water bath.
- Cook the wings at 62 degrees Celsius (144 degrees Fahrenheit) for an hour and a half.
- At this point, the wings are technically ready to eat, but they are missing quite a bit if they are to be called hot wings! I usually freeze them in packs of about 500 grams. This makes them easy to take out and use, for instance, for these Asian-inspired hot wings or another exciting variety.
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- Pour all ingredients, except the sesame seeds, into the pan.
- Turn on the stove to medium-high heat and let it come to a boil.
- Then, add the sesame seeds and pour everything into a bowl with the chicken wings.
- Let the wings marinate for 5 - 10 minutes.
- Then pour everything onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius (374 degrees Fahrenheit) convection.
- Place the chicken wings in the preheated oven and let them roast for 20 - 25 minutes. Turn them a few times during cooking so the sauce sticks well to both sides of the wings.
- Take them out of the oven when they are done.
- Enjoy!