Sweet Spicy Sticky Wings

Submitted by threeovens

"This recipe combines vinegar, brown sugar, and spicy Sriracha to make a sauce for your chicken wings or wing pieces. Great as a game day snack or as part of an Asian-themed buffet."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 12 wings or 24 wing portions
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 12 chicken wings (can be left whole, or separated at the joints, wing tips discarded)
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1⁄4 cup rice vinegar
• 1⁄2 cup light brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons Thai sweet chili sauce
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons sriracha sauce
• 2 tablespoons fresh ginger, minced
• 2 green onions, sliced
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted

directions

1. Preheat broiler and place oven rack 10 to 12 inches away from broiler element; arrange a rack set over a rimmed baking sheet.
2. Toss wings with oil and then season with salt and pepper; arrange wings on prepared rack.
3. Broil, turning occasionally, until wings are golden, crisp and cooked through, about 45 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, in a blender, combine the vinegar, brown sugar, soy sauce, sweet chile sauce, sriracha, ginger and half of the green onions; blend until very smooth.
5. Transfer sauce to a large saucepan and boil, over high heat until thick and glossy, about 5 minutes; add chicken wings and gently toss to glaze, about 3 minutes.
6. Transfer wings to a serving platter and garnish with remaining green onions and sesame seeds.

Reviews

[LifeIsGood]

Delicious wings!! The sauce is a homerun. We loved it! It was sticky, sweet and spicy all in one. In terms of how my oven broils, 45 min. was way too long. I think they were done and crispy by 20 min. max. I'll be printing out this keeper. Thanks!

 

[Jostlori]

Like alligirl, I baked rather than broiled the wings. The sauce was absolutely DELICIOUS. Yum. I want more... This is a keeper of a recipe and will add it to my ever-growing collection of wing sauce recipes! Thanks for posting! Made for ZWT9, for the Gourmet Goddesses.

 

[diner524]

Delicious wings!! I made 1/4 of the recipe and just loved the combination of sweet, salty and spicy flavors of the glaze. I am not a huge fan of super spicy foods, so wasn't sure how this would be for my tastes and it was spot on for me. The only thing I would change next time, and there will be a next time, would be to fry or grill the wings. Mine were very dry after cooking for 45 minutes, but needed to cook that long to get the crispy texture I like, not a fan of the rubbery skin. So next time I would grill them with the oiled skin or just fry them for a much shorter time and then follow the recipe for the glaze etc. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe. Made for ZWT 9.

 

[alligirl]

I made these for DH (tho I stole one, of course) and they were really good. I didn't broil mine, as they were kinda big; I cooked them on 400º for 45 minutes, brushing on the sauce in the last 15 minutes, while turning them, to make that nice crispy skin! He loved them and wants me to make them again, soon. To me, that means they go into my 'Best of 2013' cookbook! Done and done! Thanks for sharing a winner of a recipe, threeovens!

 

[evelynathens]

Made these for the kids to snack on and they let me have one. Everything I certainly want a wing to be, with layers of savoury/sweet. I let them cool in the baking pan a bit for the sauce to thicken up, and then gave them a good stir to recoat. They were gone so fast I wasn't sure if I'd even made them.LOL