Sticky Chicken Legs/Wings
Posted by in FoodIn the March issue of Everyday Food, Martha has a recipe for sticky chicken wings. As you may or may not know, we live in Buffalo. So we know a thing or two about wings. I was interested to try Martha’s take on it, which is actually pretty similar to a recipe I use. I’ll share both here with you.
First up – Martha. I used chicken legs to make this recipe because I can find organic chicken legs but I can’t find organic chicken wings in our stores at this point. I actually think chicken legs are a nice alternative – they are less fatty and more meaty and you can still get that nice crunchy skin on the outside of it.
Martha’s recipe includes these ingredients:
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup fish sauce
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 tbsp soy sauce
a 1 inch piece of ginger, peeled and smashed
1 serrano chile
2 lbs chicken wings
Martha says to mix everything but the wings in a baking dish, add the wings, toss to coat, and bake at 300 for an hour, then increase the temp to 450 for 30 minutes. Martha says to serve with the sliced chile. I skipped that part.
This recipe was pretty good. The legs came out nice and brown and the sauce had a good flavor. It made one hell of a mess in the baking dish though- all the additional sauce burned. I’m actually still scrubbing and soaking it. I’m not wild about fish sauce in general, but it did add a nice note to this sauce.
Now onto to my recipe. This is an adaptation of a recipe in Buffalo Spree magazine.
5 lbs wings, tips discarded, cut into two sections
2 cups honey
1 cup tamari (gluten free)
2 tbsp ketchup
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp garlic salt
Spray a roasting pan with cooking spray and preheat oven to 375. Arrange the wings and pour the sauce over them, turning to coat completely. Bake for one hour. Turn the wings and continue to bake for 10 to 30 minutes. The time differential depends on how you like your wings. I like mine very dark, but not burned. I also find that it will depend on your oven and how well you turn your roasting pan to take advantage of the hot spots in your oven. If you like your wings spicy, add some hot sauce to the mixture. If you’re interested, traditional Buffalo wings are covered in nothing more than butter and hot sauce and taste best deep fried, but you can replicate it by roasting the wings completely plain and then tossing in the butter and hot sauce mix at the very end. I find that for baking wings you have more success with a sauce like my recipe. You can make my recipe with chicken legs if you prefer.
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I use legs for the “buffalo” recipes too. Just not much there on the wings. These look great!
I decided to make these wings last night for dinner. The flavors were great, but I found myself really having to watch the sauce/glaze so it didn’t burn in the last few moments of the 30 mintues. Being a wing expert you probably knew that was coming. The pan is still soaking.. it is going to take some serious elbow grease to clean. I look forwards to trying your recipe. Thanks for sharing!
Yes, sauces like these can burn super quickly, but I like to push it. I like mine to come out very dark brown. The pan is a nightmare. I sometimes line it with foil or parchment which is a big help.
I was honestly surprised Martha did not make that suggestion. I put my blind faith in Ms. Stewart and now I have a lot of scrubbing ahead of me.
Ha-ha! I don’t think Martha eats a lot of chicken wings:)
Wish I could get my husband to eat dark meat. These sound luscious–but a little too much sugar for my normal diet.
Not to be a total bringer of gross ideas to the table, LOL, ahem, but, I’m seriously thinking of using YOUR recipe with the kids’ chicken nuggets I’ve got in the fridge. I’ve got a foot in a cast. Generally my cooking goes all out. But I can’t even drive these days, so I’m thinking like a Depression Baby and about using what I’ve got.
I think that the sauce would probably be good on them, but you definitely don’t want to cook them as long as the recipe says. Sorry to hear about your cast! Eek – that’s no fun. You definitely need some easy no-fuss meal ideas in your position. If your kids like mac and cheese I’ve got a mac and cheese tuna casserole recipe somewhere my kids used to like when they were younger – you make mac and cheese and just stir some stuff in.
Vera, I bet you could use the recipe with chicken breast tenders! Maybe Mrs. MarthaandMe will test it for you. 😉
OK, I know this post is about chicken wings but I had NO IDEA you live in Buffalo. That’s where my husband is from. He’s heading back in a few weeks to be with his dad who is having surgery. We’ll have to get together next time I take the family there.
And these chicken wings look super yummy!
Oh wow – there’s always a Buffalo connection you know (at least that’s what people here say!). Yes, let me know next time you’re around. I need to get my hands on that baby!