Chicken wings with salted mango
5 servings
60 minutes
Chicken wings with salted mango are an amazing combination of crispy texture and multifaceted flavors of Pan-Asian cuisine. Here, the sweetness of mango harmonizes with the spiciness of chili and the tenderness of wings marinated in soy sauce with lime and Tabasco. The dish has exotic roots, reflecting the passion of Eastern cuisine for flavor contrasts. Wings coated in panko and fried to a golden crust acquire a rich taste that perfectly complements a tangy-spicy sauce based on pineapple, honey, and spices. Salted mango seasoned with cilantro and chili enhances freshness and balances the flavor palette. This dish is perfect for a friendly meal or party, delighting with its originality and vibrant flavors.
1
Mix room temperature broth, soy sauce, 20 ml fish sauce, Tabasco, 20 ml lime juice, minced garlic, and red chili.
- Chicken broth: 400 ml
- Soy sauce: 100 ml
- Fish sauce: 23 ml
- Tabasco chipotle (smoked) sauce: 5 ml
- Lime juice: 27 ml
- Garlic: 40 g
- Red chili pepper: 10 g
2
Dip the chicken wings in the marinade and leave for a couple of hours. Then transfer to a heatproof dish, pour over the marinade, cover with a lid, and cook in the oven at 180 degrees for half an hour. Remove, place on a work surface, cool down and remove the bones.
- Chicken wings: 700 g
3
For the sour-spicy sauce, blend olive oil, chopped shallots, pineapple, honey, candied ginger, green chili, wine vinegar, elderberry syrup, cranberry jam, 1.5 teaspoons of lime juice, 0.5 teaspoons of fish sauce, and 75 grams of mango. (You can use frozen mango puree instead of mango.)
- Olive oil: 0.5 tablespoon
- Shallot: 25 g
- Pineapple: 60 g
- Honey: 25 g
- Candied ginger: 2 g
- Green chili pepper: 4 g
- Red wine vinegar: 30 ml
- Elderflower syrup: 25 ml
- Cranberry jam: 25 g
- Lime juice: 27 ml
- Fish sauce: 23 ml
- Mango: 425 g
4
Coat the wings in starch, then in egg yolks, followed by panko breadcrumbs — and fry in hot oil.
- Starch: 100 g
- Egg yolk: 5 piece
- Panko breadcrumbs: 150 g
- Deep-frying oil: 1.5 l
5
Cut 350 grams of mango into strips, salt it, add finely chopped chili pepper and cilantro leaves. Mix and let it sit for three minutes.
- Mango: 425 g
- Red chili pepper: 10 g
- Chopped cilantro (coriander leaf): 10 g
- Fleur de sel: to taste
6
Serve wings with sour-spicy sauce and salted mango.
- Mango: 425 g