Crispy Baked Chicken Wings

Ahhh it's February...Middle of the winter, Cold,Snowy, Depressing....Except in my kitchen...I've been thinking of different types of comfort food all weekend and here is another gem...Crispy Baked Chicken Wings with Sweet Asian Hot Wing Sauce...Perfect snack to watch a Basketball game with or a guilty pleasure episode of "Killer Women" (It's a cop show!).

INGREDIENTS:

• about 2 pounds chicken wings, cut at joints.
• 1 cup rice flour or all purpose flour.
• about 1 cup grape seed/peanut/vegetable oil for frying
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed or finely minced
• 1 cup water
• 2 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 Tablespoon fish sauce or soy sauce. We highly recommend fish sauce, if you have it.
• 1 Tablespoon vinegar
• 1 Tablespoon garlic chili sauce, tabasco sauce, or sriracha sauce. OR about 2 finely minced thai chilis. Use a little less of these if you want it more mild, or use more if you want it extra spicy!
• lots of fresh ground black pepper to taste
• 1 Tablespoon cornstarch or potato starch

  DIRECTIONS:

1. For Starters,Rinse chicken wings and pat them dry. In  a bowl, add rice flour and fresh ground black pepper and add wings to coat with flour.(You can also crack an egg and mix that in with the flour..)
2. Fry wings on both sides till cooked throughly and golden brown.
3. For the Sauce: Take a  small bowl, combine cornstarch and about 1 Tablespoon of water until your mixture becomes watery, almost milky consistency. Combine well, then set aside.
4. In  a saucepan, you can add about 1 Tablespoon oil and fry garlic until it becomes slightly golden. Add water 1 cup of water, sugar, salt, fish sauce, chili sauce, vinegar and black pepper. Combine well and allow to slowly come to boil. Once mixture comes to a boil, turn off heat.
5. Slowly add about 1 Tablespoon of cornstarch to the warm sauce mixture until it becomes thick enough to allow sauce to cling to wings. If the first Tablespoon was enough, then do not use the rest.
6. In a separate bowl, add crispy chicken wings and toss with chili sauce.
7. Top with some sliced green onion and/or cilantro.
8. Serve with a cold Brew. (Beer) For the kids, juice and water and a little beer. (Just kidding!-LOL!)
   
   

Enjoy... Eat well my friends!