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Sweet and spicy chicken wings

Antony Worrall Thompson from Worrall Thompson
A rich, spicy marinade gives chicken wings the edge in this recipe by Antony Worrall Thompson - the perfect party dish

Sweet and spicy chicken wings

Method

1. In a pestle and mortar, blend together the peppercorns, garlic, ginger, orange zest, spring onions and chilli until you have a paste.

2. In a large bowl, combine the honey, soy sauce, corn oil and sesame oil, then add the paste from the pestle and mortar. Stir well and season to taste. Add the chicken wings, turn to coat them in the marinade, then allow to marinate for at least 4 hours, or preferably overnight.

3. Cook the chicken wings on a hot griddle pan or barbecue for 7-8 minutes each side or until thoroughly cooked and golden brown.

4. Garnish the chicken with a mixture of orange zest, chopped parsley and chives.

Comments add a comment

lurch359 | Posted 01-Aug-08

My kids love this recipie as not only can they join in with making it they also get the fun of eating it too!

bbarnett | Posted 21-Jun-08

Although I really enjoyed watching Anthony cook this for his children, when I cooked this recipe and was very dissapointed there was no taste to the chicken . I followed the recipe and thought it contained far too much corn oil and not enough flavour Anthony - sorry.

Serves: 4-6

Prep: 20 min, plus 4 hrs to marinate
Cook: 16 min

Ingredients
1kg chicken wings, cut in half through the joint, tips discarded

For the marinade:

1 tbsp Sichuan peppercorns, toasted, and ground in a coffee grinder
1 tbsp finely chopped garlic
3 tbsp finely chopped fresh ginger root
3 tbsp finely grated orange rind
4 Spring onions, cut into 2.5cm lengths
1 fresh red chilli, finely chopped
2 tbsp clear honey
2 tbsp Soy sauce
450ml corn oil
125ml Sesame oil
salt and fresh ground black pepper