Photo: Spicy Chinese Five-Spice Rubbed Chicken Wings with Creamy Cilantro Dipping Sauce Recipe
As much as I love the classic, tangy wings, I have to say these are right up there with them. These couldn't get much easier either. All I do is rub the wings all over with a hot Chinese five spice rub and bake them in a really hot oven.
Ingredients
- 40 chicken wing pieces or 20 whole chicken wings
- 2 tablespoons Chinese five- spice powder
- 3 teaspoons cayenne pepper
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Creamy Cilantro Dipping Sauce, recipe follows
Directions
Preheat your oven to 500 degrees F.
If you have whole chicken wings, cut off wingtips and cut the wings in half at the joint. Discard wingtips or freeze to make stock at a later time.
Place the wings in a large bowl. Sprinkle five-spice powder and cayenne on the wings, add a few pinches of salt and about 15 grinds of black pepper. Rub the mixture into all the wings until no more loose rub remains. Wash your hands.
Line the wing pieces up on a baking sheet so the side of the wing that has the most skin is facing up. Roast until cooked through, browned and crispy, about 25 minutes. Serve hot with Creamy Cilantro Dipping Sauce
Creamy Cilantro Dipping Sauce:
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
1/4 cup light sour cream
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup yogurt
1/2 lemon, juiced
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Combine ingredients in mixing bowl. Whisk ingredients to incorporate them fully and season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Yield: about 1 cup
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By violincat
on January 08, 2012
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I followed the recipe to the tee and it just didn't have any flavor. I could taste the 5 spice powder and cayanne pepper but even with that, it just wasn't tasty at all. The only thing I would suggest is if your chinese 5 spice powder doesn't already have salt in it, then I would add way more salt than what is called for in the recipe. But at this point, I'm not even going to try to make this again, even with the extra salt. What a waste of chicken and time :(
By bridg6613
Coconut Creek, FL
on June 29, 2011
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These wings are awesome. Since seeing this air on TV, this is the only way i prepare wings when i am in the mood for wings. EXCELLENT!!!
By meekeh
Bay Area
on June 09, 2011
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This was a super easy, fast, and fun recipe. I'm learning how to cook, and anything simple and requires non-complicated ingredients is a plus. I never had chicken wings like this and it had a surprise of spices with a kick of spiciness. Overall it was good.
I started with 2lbs-probably 20 something chicken wings, used the spices the recipe suggested, and baked for 25 minutes at 500 degrees.
I didn't make the cilantro dip and ate it straight out of the oven. It was good without any sauce, so maybe with the suggested dip or even Thai sweet chili sauce, it may be another yummy flavor surprise.
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