BEST Salt & Pepper Wings!
Today I’m sharing one of the most requested recipes from you guys, salt and pepper wings!
As always, I share only the best recipes with you and these salt and pepper chicken wings will knock your socks off!
I like to marinate chicken wings first before cooking, it’s just my personal preference and I believe it makes a huge difference in the end.
First thing is first, you will need single chicken wings, nice and clean. Pour Shaoxing wine, Chinese cooking wine.
Shaoxing wine is easy to find at your local Chinese grocery store and you can also purchase from online. (clicks the picture above!) Just remover, at the Asian grocery, it will be around $3 but online, it costs more.
If you don’t have Shaoxing wine, go ahead and use dry sherry or regular cooking rice wine or sake. If you can’t assume alcohol in your cooking, just use water. It will still help the wings to soak up the flavors and get rid of some of the blood from the bones.
Now, grate ginger and garlic into the chicken and add salt and pepper.
Cover and marinate for 20 mins to overnight in a refrigerator.
Preheat a large pot of frying oil to 350°F
Coat the marinated wings evenly with potato starch, shake of the excess starch.
Potato starch is crispier than cornstarch, that’s why I prefer to use potato starch for deep frying, but if you have only cornstarch, that works too.
Carefully drop the wings in the preheated oil, do 2 or 3 batches to not crowd the pot. If you crowd the pot too much, the oil temperature will drop too fast too much, so the wings won’t turn out as crispy as they should be. Fry the wings in or 12 to 15 minutes, depending on the size of the chicken wings.
When the chicken is done cooking, they will float on top of the oil, so you know when they are fully cooked. Remove from oil and place on a cooling rack. Repeat with remaining wings.
Meanwhile, chicken is frying, slice onion, garlic, chilies, and green onions.
Heat a large skillet or a wok over high heat and add butter. When butter is melted and foamy, add garlic, onion, chilies, and green onions. Stir fry quickly, about 30 to 45 seconds.
Add chicken powder and 1/2 tsp of each salt and pepper.
Stir fry to mix everything then add in chicken wings. Toss chicken wings and veggies all together, until they are well combined, about 1 to 2 minutes.
Place on a serving place, sprinkle extra salt and pepper as you like! Serve immediately.
Enjoy!
The BEST Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings Recipe & Video
- Total Time: 32 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
Ingredients
- 2 lb single chicken wings
- 1 cupshaoxing wine, Chinese cooking wine or dry sherry
- 1 tbsp grated ginger
- 1 tbsp grated garlic, approximately 3 large garlic cloves
- 1/2 tsp salt and black pepper plus more for later
- 1 cup potato starch or corn starch
- frying oil
- 1/4 of onion
- 3 large cloves garlic
- 1 of each red and green chili
- 2 green onions
- 1/2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/8 tsp chicken powder, optional
Instructions
- Combine chicken wings, shaoxing wine, grated ginger, garlic, salt and pepper in a large mixing bowl. Cover and marinate for 20 mins to over night in a refrigerator.
- Preheat a large pot of frying oil to 350°F
Coat the marinated wings evenly with the starch, shake of the excess starch. - Carefully drop the wings in the preheated oil, do 2 or 3 batches to not to crowd the pot. If you crowd the pot too much, the oil temperature will drop too fast too much, so the wings won’t turn out as crispy as it should be. Fry the wings in or 12 to 15 minutes, depending on the size of the chicken wings. When the chicken is done cooking, remove from oil and place on a cooling rack. Repeat with remaining wings.
- Meanwhile chicken is frying, slice onion, garlic, chilies and green onions.
- Heat a large skillet or a wok over high heat and add butter. When butter is melted and foamy, add garlic, onion, chilies and green onions. Stir fry quickly, about 30 to 45 seconds. Add chicken powder and 1/2 tsp of each salt and pepper. Stir fry to mix everything then add in chicken wings. Toss chicken wings and veggies all together, until they are well combined, about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Place on a serving place, sprinkle extra salt and pepper as you like!
Serve immediately. Enjoy!
- Cook Time: 32 mins
20 comments
Hello from Peru! I can’t wait to make this tonight. My husband and I love chicken wings and I love watching your videos. I made your garlic noodles and it was amazing. We moved here from the US about 4 months ago and I am going thru a slight depression similar to your experience. You are inspiring me to cook more and thank you so much for that. <3
hugs and kisses to you Julian!!! Stay strong and enjoy your time in Peru!!!
Thanks for the recipe. I am a subscriber and a fan and have tried many of your recipes with great success. I have a request. Can you please make a video for the black pepper chicken one gets at Panda express. Thanks again.
OFC! thank you for the request, I will work on it!
Hello I’m just wondering if sweet potato starch will work too.
Yes that will work fine!
Can you make kung pao chicken
here you go!
https://seonkyounglongest.com/kung-pao-chicken/
Hello! Can you let us know what chicken powder you are using? Is it a chicken spice mix ?
Hi can I replace the chicken with pork? Thank you
Of course! that would be amazing!
hi!! thank u for this recipe i really would love to try it out, but does it work to fry the chicken in an air fryer??
I made these last night and they were AMAZING, even better than my favorite local Chinese restaurant!! My sister was over for dinner and she said they were the best wings she’s ever had and even my picky eater husband enjoyed and went back for seconds and thirds. Will be making a lot of these from now on and looking forward to trying some of your other recipes.
hi , what if i dont use wine what would be the substitute. ? thanks
You can substitute with either water or just omit the whole ingredient! Hope this helped!
I never got a chance to tell you, and I have no pictures, but this was so yummy!! My whole family loved it. I give it 5 stars. This page won’t let me give it any stars. bummer.
I made this for my family, and it was a huge hit! I had wings on the menu, my husband chose the flavor. Thank you for a great recipe!
So glad I could help!
Can you fry the chicken ahead of time and keep it in the oven to keep warm and when ready to eat, cook the remaining ingredients (chilies, onion and garlic) and toss when ready to eat? or is it best to eat it right after the chicken is fried?
Yes you can, but I would suggest eat it right after the chicken was fried. That is when it tastes the best! Hope this helped (: