Grandmother’s Chinese Chicken Wings
(from Metro Cooks’s recipe box)
Source: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/grandmothers-chinese-chicken-wings-recipe/index.html?oc=linkback
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 35 minutes
Serves 6 people
Categories: Chicken
Ingredients
- 16 whole chicken wings, flap segments removed and saved for stock
- 1/3 cup sake
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 4 tablespoons brown sugar (If you like it sweeter, add more. You can check the flavor of the sauce at any time and I encourage you to do so.)
- 3 tablespoons mirin
- 3 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 4 large thin slices fresh ginger
- 2 cloves star anise
- 1 dried hot chile
- 1 cinnamon stick
- Shaved green onions, for garnish
- Sesame seeds, for garnish
Directions
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Place a 14-inch nonstick saute pan over high heat.
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Add the chicken and dry-sear to lightly brown the chicken.
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Add the sake, soy sauce, 1/3 cup water, brown sugar, mirin, oyster sauce, ginger, star anise, dried chile and cinnamon stick and bring to a simmer.
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Cook, covered, about 12 minutes.
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Uncover and simmer until the pan is almost dry, tossing frequently to coat the wings, 10 to 12 minutes.
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Skim off the fat if you like, and serve, garnishing with scallion shavings and sesame seeds. I like to emulsify the chicken fat into the sauce by turning up the heat at the last minute to boil the fat into the other liquids.