Banana Garlic Chicken Wings
Recipe: #41848
November 08, 2023
"Don't let the bananas deter you from making this dish. I didn't tell my family and they didn't guess what was in it, so it's one of those "secret" ingredient things. The bananas were wonderful here. I saw this recipe on Guy Fieri's Drive Ins, Diners, and Dives. It looked so interesting, so I proceeded to make it and I'm glad I did. However, I change it up where there was an extra sauce that I felt it was too much going on. It also included serving it over fried sweet plantains, which is not really necessary in my opinion and to allow whichever side you want to serve it with, especially if you want to serve it as an appetizer. Note that the overnight marinating time has not been included in the overall prep time."
Original is 10 servings
Ingredients
- Marinade:
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- Banana Garlic Sauce:
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (667.1 g)
- Calories 671.2
- Total Fat - 13.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 4.7 g
- Cholesterol - 1097.8 mg
- Sodium - 3854.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 51.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5.2 g
- Sugars - 38.1 g
- Protein - 84.7 g
- Calcium - 156.3 mg
- Iron - 12.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 50.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Marinade:
Step 1
Combine the first 9 ingredients orange juice - star anise. Pour the marinade over the wings and marinate in the refrigerator overnight.
Step 2
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 3
Remove the wings from marinade and place on a baking sheet. Roast for 30 minutes.
Banana-garlic sauce:
Step 4
In a large pot set over low heat, melt the butter and toast the garlic until dark golden brown, 15 minutes (the trick is the LOW heat, where it's intended to make the garlic jammy and bring out all it's garlickiness. BE CAREFUL not to let it burn). Add the fish sauce (IMPORTANT to see NOTE), and all remaining ingredients up to the orange zest. Bring to a boil, and then reduce the heat to a simmer for 20 minutes. Puree the sauce in a blender, and then set aside.
Step 5
Preheat the grill to high heat (I skipped this step).
Step 6
Grill the wings until golden brown (I skipped this step and finished it off under the broiler quickly). Meanwhile, reheat the banana-garlic sauce in a stockpot. Pour sauce over wings and distribute and toss until everything is glazed and very hot (you may not have to distribute the full amount of sauce and serve some on the side if you are so inclined). Plate and sprinkle scallions over the top. Serve.
NOTE: Because of the amount of fish sauce noted, be very careful with the fish sauce brand used in this dish. Some are so fishy that it will ruin the dish. Better brands will not overtake your dish. Believe me, I've used brands where it ruined my food where it tasted as if it came out of a septic tank and I had to throw it out. For this dish I used Red Boat brand (I found at Walmart which has been rated as one of the best) and not overly fishy and did not overpower the sauce. This site, provides good information on fish sauce differences: https://www.tastingtable.com/857336/3-types-of-fish-sauce-and-what-to-use-them-for/
Tips
No special items needed.
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