Spicy Tebasaki Chicken Wings Recipes

SPICY TEBASAKI CHICKEN WINGS

Steps:

• Let's make the Tebasaki sauce. Combine the soy sauce, sake, mirin, sugar, and the grated garlic and ginger root in a pot. Turn on the burner. Stir evenly with a spatula.
• Bring it to a boil to let the alcohol evaporate. Turn the heat to low, reducing the sauce for a few minutes. Pour the sauce into a bowl. Add the vinegar and stir with the spatula.
• Let's prepare the chicken wings. Place the chicken wings onto a paper towel. Cover with another paper towel and press with your hands, removing all of the excess water.
• Remove the paper towels and sprinkle on the salt. Lightly pat the salt onto the chicken. Flip it over and sprinkle on the salt again, lightly patting it.
• Place the chicken into a bowl. Add the sake and ginger root juice. Rub the seasonings into the chicken thoroughly. After seasoning the chicken, allow to sit for about 10 minutes.
• Press the chicken with a paper towel to lightly remove the excess liquid. Put the potato starch into a food storage bag. Place the chicken wings into the bag. Shake vigorously to coat the chicken with the starch. Place the chicken wings onto a cooking tray.
• Let's deep-fry the Tebasaki chicken. Heat the vegetable oil over medium heat. Drop in a sprinkle of sesame oil for added fragrance and taste. The amount of the frying oil should be enough to almost cover the chicken wings.
• Remove the excess starch from the chicken. Place them into the pot while the oil is still cold. Deep-fry the chicken without stirring until the surface is cooked. This will help hold the starch in place while cooking.
• When the temperature begins to rise, ladle the hot oil over the chicken to cook thoroughly. The hot oil tends to splash so be careful not to burn yourself.
• When the edges of the chicken begin to brown, flip them over. Deep-fry the chicken evenly until golden brown. Place the chicken onto a cooling rack. Turn off the burner.
• When they are still hot, put the chicken wings into the bowl of Tebasaki sauce. With a paddle, toss to coat with the sauce.
• Serve the Tebasaki chicken wings on a plate. With a kitchen brush, coat the chicken with the extra sauce.
• Sprinkle on the toasted white sesame seeds and a generous amount of the coarsely ground black pepper. Finally, top with the sansho pepper powder and red chili powder to taste.

TEBASAKI (JAPANESE-STYLE DEEP FRIED CHICKEN WINGS)

Steps:

• Make a cut along the bone of each chicken wing.
• Lightly coat the chicken wings with the flour.
• Shallow fry (at 300°F) the chicken wings in 1cm of vegetable oil over a low heat for 8 minutes or until they are light brown.
• Remove the wings and turn up the heat on the pan (375°F). Add the wings and fry for a further 2 minutes until crisply. Remove and place on a paper towel.
• Mix the sake, mirin, soy sauce, sugar, and garlic powder and heat, either in a bowl in the microwave or on the stove in a pot. Coat the wings with the sauce.
• Season with salt and pepper, and coat with the white sesame seeds.