Whoever came up with the idea of crumbing food with bread crumbs is a genius. A very simple ingredient makes such a huge difference in food. I honestly love crumbed food especially crumbed fish, but what I don’t like about them is the deep-frying part. Whenever I order a crumbed fish, for some reason there’s always this idea I have that they will grill it for me and I alway forget to ask. I often get disappointed because the fish is soggy from the oil and there’s no crunch to it.
I eat very little amounts of deep-fried food especially at home but sometimes I miss crunchy coated wings or drumsticks. You know those ones similar to Korean style honey soy chicken, but it’s just too fattening when they are shallow or deep fried to get the crunchiness. So I came up with this recipe to satisfy my craving for crunchy wings. It’s simple, less mess and effort.
Note: the crumb mixture is great for fish and also drumsticks. I chose joint wings instead of drumsticks because they take less time to cook and are easier to tell whether they are cooked through or not.
The dipping sauce is very simple to make, it’s basically hot chilli sauce and bbq sauce. This mixture will give the sauce a smoky feisty bbq flavour. If you don’t like hot sauce feel free to use any sauce you like.
SPICY OVEN CRUMBED WINGS
Prep-Time: 30 mins Serve: 3-4
Cooking Time: 30 mins
Ingredients
6 joint wings, separated and wing ends discarded
Pinch of salt
Fresh grounded pepper
2 egg, whisked
1/2 cup plain flour
bread crumb seasoning
1 cup bread crumbs
Pinch of salt
Fresh grounded pepper
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp ginger powder
Dipping sauce
2tbsp organic bbq sauce
2 tbsp Asian hot chilli sauce
Method
Season the wings with salt and pepper and then leave them to set for 15-30 minutes.
Mix the sauces together in a sauce bowl to make smoky feisty bbq sauce.
Preheat the oven at 220°C Fan Force and line the baking tray with baking paper and set side.
Mix all the ingredients together to make crumb seasoning.
Dredge the wings in flour one at a time and then coat them each with the whisked eggs and lastly coat each of them in the seasoned crumbs.
Place the coated wings on a lined tray and repeat to finish the rest. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes turn the wings over and bake for another 15 minutes or until they turn golden.
Remove from the oven and serve with the sauce on the side or on top of the wings.