Week 53 – 2020

This is another post from the series “I tried something new this week”.

It’s the last week of the year and my partner and I decided to try and do chicken wings at home. We like them but we didn’t know we can actually grill them at home the way we want to. We don’t have a barbecue so we decided to use the oven. They turned out really delicious so I am going to share with you how we’ve done them.

Ingredients

• chicken wings
• sriracha
• honey
• salt
• pepper
• American BBQ Spice mix
• oil

Method

Preheat the oven at 180°C on the fan setting and prepare a wide tray with a grill on top of it. We used one of the grills that came with the oven. It’s a good idea to lay foil on the tray because the fat from the wings is going to drip.

Season the chicken wings with salt, pepper and the spice mix. We used the bbq spice mix but you can mix your favourite spices, depending on your own taste. Paprika, chilly powder and the peri-peri spice mix are also delicious options. Next, coat the wings with a bit of oil. Use a brush if you want to use less oil.

Lay the wings on the grill and put them in the oven for 20 min. These first 20 minutes are not going to give the wings a crisp but it’s good to start at this slightly lower temperature so that some fat will drip but you won’t end up with a lot of smoke in the house when you open the oven.

After 20 minutes take the chicken wings out, change the oven temperature setting on 200°C, and when it has reached that put the chicken wings back in the oven for another 20 minutes. Make sure you turn them half way through so that they get a nice crispy skin on both sides.

In the meantime prepare the glaze with equal parts of sriracha and honey.

Take the chicken wings out of the oven. At this point they have been in the oven for 40 minutes so they are cooked. Glaze them with the sriracha mix and put them in the oven for a few minutes on each side. The chicken wings are now done!

Tips

• If you like the wings a bit more juicy just reduce the grilling time, you can always use a meat thermometer to make sure they are cooked. The timing also depends on how big the wings are.
• For sides we chose grilled turnip and celeriac, fresh carrot and celery with a garlic sauce. We prefer to have fresh sides for these chicken wings because they are full or flavour so the freshness of the veggies offsets that a bit, is a good balance.