Glazed Finger Wings

Submitted by IslandGirl

"These are fabulous, good for a crowd, kinda casual and very sticky. But so good. I've been making these since the seventies and guests are disappointed if they aren't on the appy table."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 1 large platter

ingredients

• 6 lbs chicken wings
• 1 cup sugar
• 6 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 1⁄2 cups water
• 2⁄3 cup lemon juice
• 1⁄2 cup soy sauce

directions

1. Oven to 400.
2. Bake 30 minutes, turn once.
3. Mix sugar, cornstarch, salt, ginger, and pepper in a saucepan on the stove.
4. Add water, lemon, and soy sauce.
5. Mix together, bring to simmer, cook until slightly thickened.
6. Brush sauce over wings.
7. Continue baking and basting until chicken is richly glazed, about another 30 minutes.
8. Serve hot with lemon slices.

Reviews

[Sueie]

Made these for a recent get-togther, although not in the quantities listed in recipe. They were heartily received - I used mixed chicken pieces to cater for personal choices, they must have been good, as there weren't any leftovers. One comment was that the flavour wasn't too strong, nice and subtle and tasty.

 

[Latchy]

These are very tasty, I scaled down the quantity and used fresh ginger in the recipe. I cut the tips of the chicken wings and cut them in half as you said they were sticky and they were. Making them smaller made them good for finger food which I used them for.

 

[ChefMightyRich]

I guess it depends on what ingredients you use, but with fresh ginger and lemon juice we totally loved these wings! I did cut down on the salt and used low sodium soy sauce too!

 

[ChipotleChick]

I found this sauce to be rather bland. I couldn't taste any of the major elements to it...the soy sauce, the lemon juice, or the ginger. It tasted basically like simple syrup was drizzled over chicken wings. If I were to try this again, I would definitely use fresh ginger, and maybe even more soy sauce, because otherwise this is a recipe for really bland chicken. That's just my opinion though.

 

[EastCoastKate]

This was a great recipe. I only made a quarter of what the recipe calls for but it still turned out great. I also used drumsticks but can't wait to try this sauce on wings next time. This recipe was very easy to make!