Description
Are you with me: I think everyone loves stickyΒ wingsΒ & everyone lovesΒ lemon chicken, so now you can combine them in one dish and have Honey Lemon Chicken Wings
Ingredients
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Chicken
- 1kg chicken wings
- sesame seeds to serve
Marinade:
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine
- 1 chicken stock cube, crumbled
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp 5 spice powder
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
Honey Lemon Sauce:
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1 lemon – zest and juice
- 2 tsp cornstarch mixed with 2 tbsp water
Instructions
- Combine the chicken wings with the marinade ingredients and mix well.
- Set aside for 15 minutes. Preheat oven to 160 degrees C.
- Bake for 50 minutes turning halfway, while you make your sauce.
- ALTERNATIVELY, you can dredge the wings in cornstarch and shallow fry in
hot oil. - Drain on a paper towel before transferring to a platter.
- Sauce
- Combine the honey, lemon zest (reserve some for garnish) and lemon juice
in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. - Bring to a simmer and cook for a minute.
- Then pour in the cornstarch slurry and stir vigorously until quite
thick. - Remove from heat.
- Pour over cooked wings.
- Sprinkle over the sesame seeds and reserved zest.
Notes
Prepared, tried and tested by Melanie Kramar
