Asian Style Chicken Wings- Cilantro-Mint Chicken Wings
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Author: Thasneen
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients
- Chicken Wings- 25
For making Marinade
- Fresh Cilantro, roughly chopped- ½ cup
- Fresh Mint leaves- 7 leaves
- Spring onions, chopped- 3 stalks
- Green chilies, chopped- 3
- Ground pepper- ½ tsp
- Ginger, chopped- 2 inch slice
- Garlic- 4 cloves
- Soy sauce, low-sodium- 2 tbsp
- Salt- ½ tsp (make sure soy sauce is low-sodium)
- Water- enough to make a smooth paste
Other Ingredients
- Hot sauce- 2 tsp
- Lemon juice- juice of ½ lemon, to drizzle over chicken wings while baking
Instructions
- Use skin on chicken wings.
- In a blender, blend all the above mentioned ingredients "for making marinade" along with enough water (1/4 cup) to make a smooth paste.
- Pour the marinade over the chicken wings taken in a large bowl and combine well.
- Add hot sauce over the chicken wings and combine well.
- Cover the bowl with a plastic wrap and keep in the refrigerator for 2 hours or overnight the better.
- Preheat the oven to 400 F or 200 degrees C.
- Line a baking tray with aluminum foil. Spray non-stick cooking spray over the aluminum foil.
- Spread the marinated chicken wings on the aluminum foil.
- Place the baking tray on the middle rack and bake for 45 minutes.
- After 45 minutes of baking, flip the chicken wings over and drizzle lemon juice over the wings.
- Bake again for 15 to 20 minutes till the liquid oozed out from the wings has dried up and chicken wings have turned golden brown.
- Remove the chicken wings from the oven, let cool down for a few minutes.
- If you want the chicken wings to be spicy, just before serving you could drizzle some hot sauce over the baked wings and toss them.
- Garnish the wings with chopped cilantro and spring onions.
- Serve immediately and enjoy.
Recipe by Cooking with Thas - Smart Cooking, Smart Living at https://thasneen.com/cooking/asian-style-chicken-wings-with-cilantro-mint-marinade/