how to cook chicken wings
How to Cook Chicken Wings
Chicken wings are one of the most popular snack items across the world, and have many cooking variations depending on the region. This article shows you how to cook chicken wings at home, efficiently, by preserving the full taste and juiciness of the meat through various methods.
Be it at parties or a private dinner at home, delicious chicken wings which are cooked properly, are bound to earn you praise. Cooking them is quite easy and you may choose from any of the methods such as, oven, crockpot, stove, or the deep fryer method. Each of these methods is explained below.
In the Oven
- The first step is to cut the tips of the wings. This is done so that the wings do not get burnt in the oven.
- Now take an air tight plastic bag and put the chicken wings in it. Put some hot sauce, such as Tabasco, inside and close the plastic bag. Shake the bag so that the sauce covers the wings from all sides.
- Keep the bag in the refrigerator overnight or for at least three to four hours.
- After marination, preheat the oven, preferably at 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In the meantime, take the chicken wings out of the refrigerator and drain them to remove the sauce.
- Take a bowl and mix flour, salt, garlic powder, pepper, and any herb like oregano. Now take the chicken wings and rotate them in this mixture so that they are covered on all sides with this mix.
- Take a roasting pan and place the wings in it. Place the roasting pan in the oven and bake for about forty-five minutes.
- You may turn the chicken once in between so that it gets cooked properly from all sides. After forty-five minutes, the chicken will get a golden brownish color and its tips will become crisp.
- Take the chicken out of the oven, sprinkle a little cheese on it as garnish and it is ready to be served.
- The first thing to do when cooking on the grill is to marinate them. You may use a marinade or any hot sauce for this purpose.
- Keep the chicken for about three hours in the sauce or marinade for a better taste.
- After about three hours, preheat the grill on medium temperature setting. Grilling should never be done on high temperature as this might result in the meat catching fire.
- Now, keep the chicken wings on the grill and keep on turning them after every three minutes so that they are cooked properly. It would take approximately twenty minutes for the grilling process.
- To verify that they are cooked properly, take one chicken wing and cut it in the middle. If the meat is not pink and there is no blood in it, it means that they are ready to be served.
- Take a bowl and combine three tablespoons of vinegar, half cup melted butter, and half cup hot sauce in it.
- Take the chicken wings and put them in the crockpot. Now take the combined mixture and pour it over them. Sprinkle the salad dressing mix over it and close the lid.
- Cook at a low temperature for about four hours.
- Firstly, the oil should be heated up to 375 degree Fahrenheit, so that the harmful bacteria are destroyed. It would take approximately twelve minutes for the chicken wings to be fried completely at this temperature.
- However, if the oil is fried at more than 400 degree Fahrenheit, it will take around eight minutes for them to be fried.
- When frying chicken wings make sure that there are spaces between each wing so that each of them is fried properly.
- Also, do not fry them for a very long time because that way, the wings will lose their moisture and will become very hard and dry.
- Once you notice that they have become brown, take them out using a sieve, and now they are ready to be served.