Plunge These Party Wings Right Into the Wonderful Sauce!

Plunge These Party Wings Right Into the Wonderful Sauce!

Nov 2, 2024

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I found a recipe for chicken wings with simple flavors and a slight kick. Without the sauce, they wouldn’t have been so delicious!

Below are some links to more details, including photos:

My Story
Inspiring Recipe
- First Try
- Second Try
Continuous Improvement
Lesson for Dumber Self
Next Step for You

My Story

Normally, I bake chicken wings, but one weekend, one of the hinges for my oven door broke, so I had to find another method of cooking the ones that I had in the refrigerator.

Inspiring Recipe

After searching online, I found the recipe, Braised Chicken Wings with Peppercorns, from the blog, Red House Spice. This is the same website that I referenced when I made pork ribs with black bean sauce, another easy, but flavorful dish.

First Try

Since I already had chicken wings and the other ingredients at home, I didn’t need to do any additional shopping.

Ingredients to Use

For the nine ingredients listed on the recipe, I made two modifications and one omission, as follows:

Used 28 chicken wingettes and drumettes, instead of 10 whole chicken wings
Included 15 ginger slices instead of 10 because some were smaller
Skipped the chilies since I didn’t have this optional item at home

In addition, here are the details for a few of the other items:

Added black peppercorns since that’s what I had available
Cooked with avocado oil, my go-to neutral oil
Decided on 3 scallions because they were on the thin side

Salt, avocado oil, dark soy sauce, black peppercorns, chicken wings, ginger, and scallion

Steps to Prepare

Of the 6 easy steps in the instructions, I modified half of them as follows:

Step 1 – Since I purchased party wings, I didn’t need to separate whole ones at the joints. Instead, I boiled water for the later part of the process.
Step 2 – Crushing peppercorns with the side of a knife seemed messy, so I used a shot glass on the peppercorns that were wrapped in a paper towel.
Step 5 – After simmering on medium low heat for about 12 minutes, I turned the stove to medium because there didn’t seem to be enough bubbles in the wok. In addition, I had to continue for another 10 minutes because some of the wings were not fully cooked.

Uncooked chicken wings in a white bowl and plate — Uncooked chicken wings

Chopped scallions in a shot glass and sliced ginger with crushed peppercorns in another small glass — Chopped scallions and sliced ginger with crushed peppercorns

Frying ginger and peppercorns in oil in a wok

Chicken wings slightly browned in a wok — Chicken wings slightly browned

Boiling chicken wings in a wok after adding water, soy sauce, and salt — Boiling chicken wings after adding water, soy sauce, and salt

Chicken wings stirred in a wok after cooking halfway — Chicken wings stirred after cooking halfway

Time to Eat

Although the chicken wings were light in color, I was hoping that they weren’t bland.

Braised chicken wings with peppercorns in a stainless steel bowl — Braised chicken wings with peppercorns

Recipe Rating

Below are the results of the recipe after the first try:

# of Ingredients	Effort	$ / Serving	Try Again?
8 *

* including water

I enjoyed the peppery taste on the moist chicken wings, especially when I poured a lot of the sauce on them. However, I might have liked them even more had I added more peppercorns. For more of the tasty flavor, perhaps I should’ve based the ingredients on 14 whole chicken wings since there were 14 wingettes and drumettes each.