FRUGAL FOOD: NO-SUGAR LOW-FAT ORANGE & SESAME WINGS, Skinnier

These flavourful but un-fiery orange & sesame chicken wings will be a popular offering at a picnic or buffet table...and are kind to the wallet.

Chicken wings with Orange & Sesame,  (photo 21/6/17)
served with 3-minute Asparagus, Pea & Corn Salad

Chicken wings come in all sorts: crisp & oven-baked, deep-fried, braised or casseroled.  They can be designed to please guys wanting something hot & spicy, for kids happy to get faces and hands grubby with sweet & sour sauce (low-sugar) or for the culinary sophisticate looking for something more exotic.  

These Orange-Sesame wings have family appeal.  The syrupy marinade has no sugar, the soy sauce and sherry (or grape juice) add savouriness; sesame seeds add crunch.  The wings are cooked to allow much of the fat render off, making them crispy without deep frying.  They end up slightly sweet, moist, tender and more-ish.

Serve with a simple salad of lettuce, cucumber & tomatoes or the quick and easy Asparagus Salad in the photo

Cost: £2.50
Makes: about 12 triple jointed wings

Ingred:
    750gm/1 3/4 pounds chicken wings

    juice & zest of large orange or equiv
    2 tbsp reduced salt soy sauce
    2 tbsp sherry/white grape juice/stock
    1 tbsp cornstarch (not polenta) or rice flour
    cold water

    2-3 tablespoons sesame seeds   
    
Method:

1. Preheat oven to 400f/200c/180 fan
2. Add a baking rack to a foil-lined oven tray which is not too deep; lay out wings leaving a ittle space in between 
3. Bake 20-25 mins in the middle of the oven until fat is released & skin is crisping
4. Meanwhile, heat orange juice in small saucepan (don't worry if some orange flesh is included but take out any membranes); bring to a boil, turn heat to low; simmer 3-4 mins or until reduced by half; cool.  
5. In  small bowl, mix juice & zest, soy sauce & sherry; add to orange juice, stir
6. Blend corn/rice flour with tablespoon cold water to form a paste; add to orange mix; stir; season with pepper & a little salt
7. When wings have been in oven 25 mins & have begun to crisp, take out tray; brush marinade on both sides of the wings; roll in sesame seeds  
8. Return to oven.  Brush on marinade every 7 minutes or so until wings are beautifully coloured and quite crisp - probably another 20-25 mins.
9. The last 10 mins of baking, the pan can go on the top shelf
10. Serve hot or warm

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This recipe has been developed by B M Lee/ Bright Sun Enterprises.  It may not be reproduced without the author's written permission.