My family has been eating chicken wings as long as I can remember - whenever there is a family thing on or someone needs to bring a plate to something these chicken wings get brought out. I haven't ever seen a recipe for them either - I'm not sure if Mum made them up or they are from somewhere - maybe a luridly coloured 80's cookbook that my Mum still has somewhere (where all the food was harisprayed to make it shiny - yuck).
I make these chicken wings when people come over and I am unsure what they will like -everyone likes these (or the vegetarian version I have invented) and several poeple have asked for the recipe. This meal is also pretty economical even for a crowd - I bought a kilo of chicken wings for $3 on special last week - and apart from the chicken I always have everything needed for them on hand. I have given approximate weightings below but it is a bit about taste - some might not like the amount of sugar I used or would prefer to use all honey - so trust you eye and your taste.
The rice is my Mum's version of "fried" rice - basically steamed rice, seasoned with mixed veggies and omelette. Again I haven't ever seen a recipe written down so I have kind of used the EDC method for cooking the rice and the veg and Quirky Cooking's method for the omlette all in the Thermomix - but it's easy to do without - just with a saucepan on the stove top with a steamer and a fry pan (for the omelette).
i make this meal also for my husband (carnivore), myself (pescetarian) and my todeleer. I have included pictures dwn the bottom about how I served it out.
Chinese Chicken Wings
- I kilo of chicken wings - jointed into 3 (freeze tips for stock or give them to your cat - you don't them for this recipe)
- Soy Sauce - 2 tablespoons
- Chinese 5 Spice Powder - 2 teaspoons
- Honey - 2 tablespoons
- Raw Sugar - 2 tablespoons
- Sesame Seeds - 2 teaspoons
Method
- Place chicken wings in a roasting tray
- Sprinkle over all the other ingredients
- Use your hands to turn the chiken wings in the seasonings
- Bake in a 180 degress oven for about 30 mins - turning them over half way
- The sauce should be sticky and making the wings all glossy.
Chinese Tofu
Ingredients- I packet of firm tofu
- 1 tin of water chestnts
- Soy Sauce - 2 tablespoons
- Chinese 5 Spice Powder - 2 teaspoons
- Honey - 2 tablespoons
- Raw Sugar - 2 tablespoons
- Sesame Seeds - 2 teaspoons
Method
- Place tofu and water chestnuts wings in a roasting tray
- Sprinkle over all the other ingredients
- Use your hands to turn the tofu in the seasonings
- Bake in a 180 degress oven for about 20 mins - turning over half way
- The sauce should be sticky and making the tofu all glossy.
Fried Rice
- Jasmine Rice - 400 g
- I carrot - sliced finely into coins
- Red Cabbage - shredded - 1/2 cup
- I zucchini sliced into coins
- 1 ear of corn - cut into 3.
- Soy Sauce - 2 teaspoons
- Sesame Oil - 1 - 2 teaspoons
- 2 eggs
- Soy Sauce - 1 teaspoon
- White Pepper - to taste
- Mirin - 1 teaspoon
- Water - 1 teaspoon
Method
- Cook rice according to the method you would like to use. For the Thermomix - it's rinse the rice in the basket, measure in 900g water and place the basket inside the bowl. Cook on Varoma/16 minutes/Speed 2.
- Place veggies in a steamer/Varoma basket and cook on top of the rice (I put them on at the same time as I wanted them quite soft for the toddler).
- When rice has about 7 minutes to go, make the omelette (mix eggs, mirin, black pepper and water - line the Varoma tray with wet, crumpled baking paper and let the omelette steam). When cooked slice into strips
- When the rice is cooked turn into a dish Thermoserver and season with the sesame oil and soy sauce, then add the veggies and the omelette - or arrange all the elements separately for new eaters.
Serving Suggestions
The Meat Eater
The Vegetarian
The Toddler
The Toddler - the reality
He saw the bread rolls on the kitchen bench and was so not interested in what we had made (in his meal above I also offered a zucchini and cheese puff)
