Chinese Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings
Takeaway favourite crispy Chinese salt and pepper chicken wings recipe that is made with lightly coated chicken wings, with garlic, onion, chilli slices. You will be amazed by how quick and simple to make at home with minimum ingredients.
Servings: 4 -5
Calories: 510kcal
Equipment
- Medium-sized pot for frying
- Large wok or pan
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 400 g Chicken Wings ( skin-on ) About 14oz
- 1 cup Potato/Corn starch (flour) About 120 grams, ( Add more if needed )
- 2-3 Garlic Cloves ( cut thin slices )
- 2-3 Red/Green Chilli ( cut into thin slices )
- 2-3 Spring onions ( cut thin slices )
- Oil for frying ( vegetable or neutral flavour oil )
Marinate for Chicken
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Black Pepper
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Garlic Paste
Option 1 ( Basic Seasoning )
- ½ tsp Salt ( or salt to taste ) sea salt or regular fine salt
- ½ tsp Black pepper ( fresh ground )
- ½ Chicken powder Or msg ( Optional ) see details in note
Option 2 ( Chinese Salt & Pepper Seasoning )
- ½ tsp Salt Fine salt or sea salt
- ½ tsp White pepper Or black pepper
- ½ tsp Chinese five spices powder
- ½ tsp Chicken powder Or msg ( optional ) see details in note
Instructions
- Put chicken wings in a large bowl, add salt, black pepper, baking soda and garlic paste. Mix all the ingredients and rub the wings well. Set aside and marinate for 15 mins.
- Cut garlic, chillies, onions and spring onions into thin slices.
- Dredge the marinated wings with the potato/corn starch. Coat each wings well and toss the excess flour out before frying.
- Heat the oil into high heat at about 350° F ( 180° C ). Add the coated wings and deep fry for 3-4 mins, until the wings start floating. Remove from oil and set aside for 6-8 minutes.
- Then reheat the oil to high heat and deep fry the wings again for 5-6 minutes or until crispy golden brown. ( Double frying make the wings more crunchy.)
- Remove the wings from the oil and set aside on the cooling rack.
- Heat a wok/pan to medium-high heat. Drizzle 1 tbsp of oil, add the garlic and stir for few seconds, follow with the onions, chillies and spring onions. Stir well.
- Add the fried chicken wings, sprinkle salt and pepper seasonings ( Option 1 or Option 2 ). Toss well to combine all ingredients evenly.
- Crispy Salt and Pepper wings are ready! Serve immediately white hot.
Notes
- Chicken Wings - Skin-on wings give the best crispy coating result.
- Black Pepper - Use fresh ground black pepper for the best flavour. You can also add toasted crushed Sichuan peppercorns or white pepper instead of black pepper.
- Salt & pepper seasonings - You can either add option 1 or option 2 to your preference.
- Vegetables - You can swap or add extra vegetables according to your preference.
- Cooking oil - Neutral flavour oil is best for deep frying. Canola, grapeseed, sunflower, vegetable oil, etc.
- Chicken powder - Add chicken powder, msg, or dashi seasoning powder if you wish to taste exactly like the Chinese takeaways. You can omit it if you don't have it.
- Double Frying method - Double frying creates crunchy coating chicken wings with moist and tender inner meat.
- Can you make it spicy? You can add crushed Sichuan peppercorns, dried chillies or dried red chillies after adding the onions to the stir fry.
Nutrition
Calories: 510kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 83mg | Sodium: 3478mg | Potassium: 234mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 282IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 2mg
