Chinese: Chicken Wing Drumsticks
- 10 each chicken wings
- 1 each egg whites slightly beaten
- 13 cup cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 x peanut oil for deep frying
- 1 teaspoon chinese five spice powder
- 1/2 teaspoon monosodium glutamate optional
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon rice wine
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce, tamari
- Discard wing tips.
- Cut between joints.
- Remove the smaller bone of the lower wing.
- Cut skin loose around the small end and push skin and meat up to form drumstick.
- Marinate wings for 1 hour.
- Add egg white.
- Coat wings evenly.
- (Using egg white to coat the wings will help to seal the juice inside the meat.
- Hence the meat will be juicier.
- Dredge wings in cornstarch mixture.
- (Using cornstarch and baking powder helps to make the outside layer crisp.)
- Deep-fry for 3 minutes.
- Drain.
- Let cool.
- Deep-fry once again right before serving.
- (Deep-fry the first time to cook the meat and seal the juice in the meat.
- The second time to make the outside crisp.
- Make sure the oil is very hot before you deep-fry for the second time.)
chicken, egg whites, cornstarch, baking powder, peanut oil, chinese five spice, glutamate optional, salt, sugar, rice wine, soy sauce
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/chinese-chicken-wing-drumsticks-46908 (may not work)