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Perfectly Crispy Lime Cilantro Wings

Servings: 4

Ingredients
  

  • 1 kg chicken mid wings
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 3 tbsp all purpose flour
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter room temperature
  • 3 tbsp chopped cilantro
  • Chopped jalapeño to taste optional, I opted out for the kids

Method
 

  1. Clean and rinse chicken, then pat dry with kitchen towel.
  2. Season both sides with salt and pepper.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour and baking powder.
  4. Then toss wings to get a thin layer of even coating on both sides of the wing.
  5. Lay wings on baking wire rack and allow it to rest at room temperature.
  6. Now, preheat your oven to 200C.
  7. When your oven is ready, give the wings a light spray of cooking oil.
  8. Bake at 200C for 20-25 minutes, then flip and bake for an additional 10 minutes.
  9. Meanwhile, make a compound in a large mixing bowl by combining butter, lime juice, cilantro, and jalapeño.
  10. When wings are done, add the wings in the mixing bowl with the butter compound.
  11. Toss to coat wings with lime cilantro butter.
  12. Drip off excess, if any, then serve immediately.

Notes

Adapted from seriouseats