SINGLETON DELIGHT: BRAISE & PRAISE MEDITERRANEAN CHICKEN WINGS

End week treat: more than a snack, not quite a meal for a busy singleton...

Braise & Praise Chicken Wings 

67 usually has a few organic chicken wings* hanging about at the end of the week.

Wings - whether organic or not - are perfect for a quick evening meal that's more than a snack but not quite a meal.  Perhaps before heading out Friday night, making sure you're not revelling on an empty stomach?

The great thing about this dish is that it uses up a few of the end-of-week veg.  A bit of browning, a bit of slicing, toss things into a pan, cover it and 15 minutes later, you've a meal.  It'll also work with other chicken pieces, though cooking times will need to be adjusted.

It's deliberately free of aromatics like garlic or ginger to pander to sensitive stomachs.


Cost: £1.50-£3 + leftover veg
Serves: 1 but  multiplies easily

Ingreds:
    3-4 chicken wings
    olive or light vegetable oil

    any or all of:  
        small handful diced yellow onions OR sliced white of spring onions
        small handful mushrooms, sliced
        up to 1/2 bell pepper, in 1/2 inch/1cm slices
        tomatoes, de-seeded & in small chunks      

       2 tbsp sherry 
       2 tbsp stock or water

       1-3 tsp reduced salt soy sauce
       any other quick cooking green veg

       Garnish: sliced cucumber       

      Optional: instant noodles or defrosted rice

Method:

1. Heat the bottom half of a lidded frying pan over high heat; add a slick of oil and toss in the chicken wings, top-side down
2. Leave until the outside is brown & crispy, 1-2 mins; remove from pan
3. Turn heat down to med high; pour out any excess fat
4. Add onions, fry until translucent; add other veg except for quick cooking green veg plus the chicken, underside down, and any of its juices (not fat)
5. Add sherry and a couple of tablespoons of water; reduce heat to med; put on lid; cook 10-15 mins
6. Add soy sauce and green veg; cook another 3 mins
7. Taste & season with pepper & salt
8. Serve with or without carbs, surrounded with sliced cucumber

Comments:

    'Perfect quick-cook combo of chicken & veg that is as un-Asian as they come' Retired writer

                                                                                                                                                 *Waitrose,  Sheepdrove

more poultry on NavBar: Recipes I

Please leave a Comment in the box below

This recipe  has been developed by B  Lee/ Bright Sun Enterprises and may not be reproduced, in any form, without the author's written permission.