Soy Sauce Chicken Wings 豉油红烧鸡翼
Learn how to make Soy Sauce Chicken Wings with this easy recipe! Coated with a signature reddish brown soy sauce concoction, this popular Cantonese style wings are sticky sweet & savoury. Just delicious.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 3 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
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- 5 chicken wings (cut into two pieces)
- 1 ginger (thumb size, cut into thick slices)
- 3 cloves garlic (crushed)
- 1 star anise
- ½ cinnamon stick
- 1 tsp five spice powder
- 2 stalks spring onion (top white part (bruised))
- 1 tbsp shaoxing wine
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 2 tbsp sugar
Instructions
- 1
Prepare Ingredients:
- 2
Have ready all ingredients needed to cook the dish.
- 3
Peel a thumb size ginger and cut into slices. Then peel and crush 3 cloves of garlic.
- 4
Place chicken wings in a large bowl. Add a tbsp of salt and water. Soak the chicken wings in the water for 10 minutes
- 5
Rinse the chicken wings over running water. Drain well, pat dry and cut the chicken wings into 2 parts, drumette and the wingette with tip.
- 6
Then using a skewer or a fork, prick some holes on the chicken wings. When done, transfer into a large bowl and add in all the seasonings. Mix well. Cover with cling wrap and set aside to marinate for at least 1 hour or overnight.
- 7
Cooking Soy Sauce Chicken Wings:
- 8
Heat up 1 tbsp cooking oil over medium high heat. Saute ginger slices to infuse the oil with ginger flavour. Then add in the marinated chicken wings (skin side down) to sear for 1 minute. Flip them over to the other side and sear for another 1 minutes till both sides are brown.
- 9
Then add in the balance of the marinade and water just enough to cover the wings. Cover and bring the liquid to a boil.
- 10
When boiling, add in the spring onions, star anise, cinnamon stick, garlics and the five spice powder. Cover and turn heat to medium. Let the chicken wings braise for another 15 minutes.
- 11
After 15 minutes, remove the cover. Bring the heat up to high for a few minutes till the sauce is reduced. Swirl around to cook the wings till the sauce is thickened and becomes sticky and coat all the chicken wings making them glossy. And we are ready to serve them.
- 12
Transfer to serving plate, garnish and enjoy.