Light Bites Recipes - Spicy Chicken Wings Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 chicken wings

• fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves, roughly chopped, and 2-3 fresh green chilies, seeded and quartered lengthways, to garnish

For the spice paste:

• 4 shallots, chopped

• 4 garlic cloves, chopped 25g/1oz fresh root ginger, chopped

• 8 fresh red chilies, seeded and chopped

• 1 lemon grass stalk, trimmed and chopped

• 30ml/2 tbsp sesame oil

• 15ml/1 tbsp tomato puree (paste)

• 10ml/2 tsp sugar

• juice of 2 limes

• salt and ground black pepper

Serves 4

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Method:

1. First make the spice paste. Using a mortar and pestle or food processor, grind the shallots, garlic, ginger, chilies and lemon grass to a paste. Bind with the oil and stir in the tomato puree, sugar and lime juice. Season with salt and pepper.

2. Rub the spice paste into the chicken wings, place in a bowl, cover and leave to marinate for 2 hours.

3. Heat a grill (broiler) or prepare the barbecue. Lift the wings out of the marinade and place them on a rack.

4. Cook them for about 5 minutes each side until cooked through, brushing with marinade while they cook Serve immediately, garnished with coriander and chilies.

Note: Whole chickens or just the wings and drumsticks, marinated in spicy or tangy pastes and then grilled (broiled) over charcoal or fried in a wok, are a common sight in the food Stalls of Malaysia and Singapore. Spicy wings and drumsticks are very popular as a quick snack, and are often served on their own with a few sprigs of coriander and slices of chili to munch on.