Description
The honey-sriracha glaze is quite delicious and incredibly simple, but merely an afterthought here. The real star of the show is the strange, but effective, technique of coating the wings with a baking powder-laced spice rub before baking. Through the magic of chemical reactions, the surface of the chicken becomes bone-dry, and eventually crisps up to something very similar to what would come out of a deep fryer.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 2 ½ pounds chicken wing sections
- ⅓ cup honey
- ⅓ cup sriracha sauce
- 1 tablespoon seasoned rice vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 pinch sesame seeds, or as desired
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and place an oven-proof wire rack over the foil.
- Whisk baking powder
- salt
- black pepper
- and paprika together in a small bowl.
- Place chicken wings in a large bowl. Sprinkle 1/2 of the baking powder mixture over wings and toss to coat. Repeat with remaining baking powder mixture
- tossing well to coat. Arrange wings on the rack of the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Turn wings and continue baking for 20 minutes. Turn wings again and bake until wings are browned and crispy
- about 15 minutes more. Transfer wings to a large bowl.
- For the glaze: Whisk honey
- sriracha sauce
- rice vinegar
- and sesame oil together in a bowl until smooth. Drizzle glaze over wings and toss to coat completely.
- Transfer wings to a serving platter and sprinkle sesame seeds over the top.
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 55 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings: 4