【Guangzhou】Spread your wings and fly high (fried chicken wings with shrimp paste)

Overview

In the Year of the Rooster, chicken is indispensable at the New Year’s Eve dinner table in Guangzhou. New Year dishes should have a meaningful meaning and also suit the appetites of the whole family. Shrimp paste chicken wings are a good choice, a favorite of children, and the elderly also like it. The meaning of shrimp paste chicken wings is that the golden rooster announces good news, spreads its wings and flies high, bringing good luck, full of vitality, and joy in life. In the auspicious Year of the Rooster, I present a secret recipe for fried shrimp paste chicken wings that are delicious but not greasy, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Happy New Year to everyone! Happy family!

Tags

• snacks
• hot dishes
• home cooking
• chicken wings
• chicken powder
• cooking wine
• fried powder
• light soy sauce
• peanut oil
• sesame oil
• salt
• shrimp paste

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Defrost the chicken wings, wash them, and divide them into three plates to defrost; PS: I bought frozen chicken wings

   

2. 2 Drain the washed chicken wings, add salt, peanut oil, sesame oil, light soy sauce, cooking wine, shrimp paste, chicken powder, and fried powder, mix well, massage, and marinate for 3 hours;

   

3. 3 Heat the pan, pour oil, and the oil temperature reaches 170 degrees; PS: If you don’t have a thermometer, you can just use a chopstick to soak it.

   

4. 4 Add the marinated chicken wings one by one;

   

5. 5 When the chicken wings reach a certain temperature, fry them over low heat;

   

6. 6 Use the frying basket to remove the chicken wings and drain the oil;

   

7. 7 Change to high heat and heat the oil;

   

8. 8 Add the chicken wings again, press for 10 seconds, take them out immediately with the frying basket, and use oil-absorbing paper to absorb the oil