In a quest to feel in our soul the sun that we cannot feel on our skin and bodies, we decided to try to replicate the chicken wings that we so many times enjoyed while we were living in the US. At this time of the year the weather is already quite warm in the area where we used to live --- most people are by now already pumping their AC full blast! I am afraid that's not quite the case in England...
Making fairly good chicken wings turned out to be quite easy and embarrassingly cheap. A kilogram of chicken wings is a bit more than a pound (of the sterling kind!), and the only other ingredients you need are Tabasco sauce and a chunk of butter! The other kick was a 4-pack of Sol, a Mexican beer that is heaven with spicy food. Simple pleasures...
Ingredients:
- 1 kg of chicken wings
- 25 g of butter
- 25 ml of Tabasco sauce (half a small bottle)
- salt and pepper to taste
Run the chicken wings under cold water, pick any obvious feathers, and joint them. The end bony bit is discarded. We froze these and will use them for stock. Pat the wings dry with paper towels, spread them on a roasting tin, season with salt and pepper, and roast on a very hot oven for about 30 minutes, turning them over once or twice. You want the wings to be fully cooked, but not dry, and crisp on the outside.
Once the wings are cooked, melt the butter in a saucepan and add to it the Tabasco sauce. Let it boil for a few seconds and thoroughly coat the wings with this mixture in a serving dish.
People usually have these wings with a blue cheese sauce and celery. We prefer to have them just with an ice-cold beer and maybe a few chunks of crunchy bread. Easy does it!
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