Grilled 5-Spice Barbecue Chicken Wings with Herbs
Serves: 4
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1/2
cinnamon stick, coarsely chopped
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1/2
teaspoon fennel seed
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1/2
teaspoon Szechuan or regular peppercorns
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1
star anise, broken into pieces
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5
whole cloves
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1/3
cup ketchup
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1
tablespoon brown sugar
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2
tablespoons soy sauce
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1
garlic clove, finely chopped
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3
pounds chicken wings
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3
tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
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Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
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2
cups mixed herbs, such as basil, cilantro and mint
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1
tablespoon rice-wine vinegar
- Preheat grill to medium-high. In a mortar and pestle or spice grinder, combine first 5 spices and smash or pulse until pulverized. Stir together spices, ketchup, sugar, soy sauce and garlic.
- In a large bowl, toss wings with 2 tablespoons oil; season with salt and pepper. Add wings to grill and cook 10 to 15 minutes.
- Toss grilled wings with reserved sauce. Top wings with herbs and drizzle with remaining oil and rice-wine vinegar.
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Another note on this recipe: if you have all the ingredients required to make your own 5-spice as instructed, then by all means go ahead and do it. It's worth it. But if instead you have good quality store bought mix, 2 teaspoons work for me. Also, there's no limit to the mixture of herbs you can use, e.g. basil-mint-parsley or cilantro-mint only. Can you tell I've been making this often?
I love this Asian inspired dish add some Asian cole slaw and some brown rice and what a hit...if you like spice add some sirrachi!!
I wonder why no one tested/commented this recipe. It's extremely simple and really delicious. My almost vegetarian 7yo could not stop eating tonight. This recipe is really surprising. I though the wings would be swung in the sauce before grilling (by the way, I oven baked an broiled instead) and expected the meat to be really bland but not at all. I also almost skippedbthe herbs. Don't do any of this. Just follow the recipe. You won't regret it.
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