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Sweet soy sauce fried chicken wings

Published: 02.11.2017 » Last updated: 07.10.2022

Lightly seasoned chicken wings are tossed in seasoned flour, deep fried to a golden crisp then tossed in sauce in this sweet soy sauce fried chicken wings recipe.

Sweet soy sauce fried chicken wings

The name of the dish might give you the impression that “sweet soy sauce” merely refers to soy sauce sweetened with either sugar or honey. The sauce is much more nuanced than that.

The sweet components of the sauce are hoisin sauce and rice wine. The savory components are soy sauce and oyster sauce. And, for a little kick, there’s chili oil.

Because of the inclusion of an alcoholic ingredient, it is important to boil the sauce to allow the alcohol to evaporate. Not that ALL of the alcohol will be totally eliminated from the sauce after boiling. A trace will remain. But, in terms of flavor and aroma, it becomes hardly discernible.

Full recipe below

Sweet soy sauce fried chicken wings

Connie Veneracion
Coating the chicken with all-purpose flour only will make the crust soggy fast after tossing in sauce. The crispy texture is retained better when flour is combined with corn starch.
For best results, allow the sauce to reduce and thicken a bit before tossing in the fried chicken wings.
Sweet soy sauce fried chicken wings
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 12 mins
Total Time 22 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Asian Fusion
Servings 3 people

Ingredients
  

  • 12 chicken wings
  • 1 ½ teaspoons salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons corn starch
  • 1 onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • cooking oil - for deep frying

Chili sweet soy sauce

  • 2 tablespoons light soy sauce - I used Kikkoman
  • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
  • 1 tablespoon sweet rice wine
  • 1 tablespoon chili oil

To garnish

  • sliced scallions

Instructions
 

  • Pat the chicken wings dry with paper towels then cut to separate the drumettes from the wings (no need to discard the wing tips).
  • Toss with one teaspoon salt and a quarter teaspoon of pepper and place in a resealable bag.
  • Whisk together the flour, starch and remaining salt and pepper.
  • Peel and thinly slice the onion.
  • Peel and mince the garlic
  • Mix together all the ingredients for the sauce.
  • In a wok or frying pan, heat enough cooking oil to reach a depth of at least two inches.
  • Dump the seasoned flour mixture into the resealable bag. Seal then shake thoroughly to coat all chicken pieces.
  • Fry the chicken wings, in batches if necessary, until crispy and lightly browned. Depending on the size of the wings, this will take anywhere from eight to ten minutes.
  • Scoop out the wings and keep hot.
  • Pour off the cooking oil, leaving only a tablespoonful.
  • Reheat the oil and stir fry the garlic and onion for about half a minute. Pour in the sauce. Stir and allow to boil gently for a minute. Turn off the heat.
  • Add the chicken to the sauce and toss to coat each piece well.
  • Serve the sweet soy sauce fried chicken at once.
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Keyword Fried Chicken

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Connie Veneracion, Chiang Mai, 2020

Hi, I’m Connie!

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