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Southeast Asian Chicken Wings

Here's how you make Southeast Asian Chicken Wings
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 2.15h
  • Cook: 20m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 12 to 16 whole (3 1/2 pounds) chicken wings (whole including the tips -- you should have 12-16 wings)
  • 62 grams coconut milk (unsweetened, 1/4 cup)
  • 2 stalks lemon grass (white parts only, chopped -- you should have 3 tablespoons chopped)
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 2 scallions (white parts chopped and the green parts slices, 3-4 tablespoons)
  • 2 thai bird chiles (or 1 jalapeño, sliced include seeds)
  • 1/4 cup cilantro
  • 3 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon chopped ginger root
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • Vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup Thai sweet chili sauce
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Soak bamboo skewers for 30 minutes.

  • Step 2: Pat chicken wings dry with paper towels.

  • Step 3: Thread each wing on a bamboo skewer, starting with the meaty end and ending with the wing tip so the wing is stretched out as much as possible. Arrange wings in a large shallow dish.

  • Step 4: In a blender add the next 10 ingredients (coconut milk - sugar, do not add the scallion greens to the blender as they are a garnish); puree and then pour marinade over the wings; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2-4 hours.

  • Step 5: Prepare a gas or charcoal grill to medium heat. Clean grate with a brush and wipe grate with oil.

  • Step 6: Shake off any excess marinade form the wings and wrap ends of skewers with a piece of foil to prevents the wood from burning . Grill wings, covered if using a gas grill, until golden brown, flipping them halfway through the cooking. It will take about 15-25 minutes or until meals thermometer reads 165 degrees F.

  • Step 7: Brush wings on both sides with the sweet chili sauce and grill for another minute or two per side. Transfer to platter and sprinkle with scallion greens.


Tips & Variations

Don't forget the following tips and variations.
  • Bamboo skewers

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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