Soy Garlic Chicken Wings

Soy Garlic Chicken Wings is a popular choice at Bonchon, a South Korean chicken food chain restaurant. For this recipe; the chicken wings are cleaned then mixed with calamansi juice, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika. Marinated for a few minutes while making the breading which is a blend of flour, cornstarch, salt, pepper, and other spices. The wings are then double fried, to a golden crisp before coating in a special soy garlic sauce.

Soy Garlic Chicken Wings Recipe :

Ingredients

• 500 grams chicken wings
• 2 teaspoons calamansi juice (or lemon juice)
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon paprika

For the Breading

• ½ cup all purpose flour
• ½ cup cornstarch
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon paprika

For the Soy Garlic Sauce

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons water

Steps:

1. Prepare the chicken wings; place this in a bowl with calamansi, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika. Mix well and marinate for 30 minutes.
2. For the breading; in a container mix together all purpose flour, cornstarch, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika. Coat the chicken in the breading.
3. Heat oil in a pan at medium heat. Once it bubbles add in the chicken and fry these for 12 minutes. Flip if needed. Take this out to rest for 10 minutes.
4. After, fry again for 2 – 3 minutes at high heat. Take these out and set aside.
5. For the sauce; in a new pan melt butter, saute garlic, then add soy sauce, sugar, and water. Simmer till slightly reduced.
6. Add the fried chicken into the sauce. Mix till the chicken is fully coated with the sauce. Serve garnished with sliced green onions. Enjoy!

How to make this Soy Garlic Chicken Wings Recipe

In the mood for some fried chicken? Too lazy to get out of the house to find a restaurant that’s not so filled with too many people? Or just wanting to try making a deliciously savory chicken dish at home? Then this fried chicken dish is for you! A mix of crisp, tender, and juicy chicken that’s coated in a sweet savory sauce that hits all the right spots, perfect to pair with rice or simply ice cold juice or beer.

These crispy fried chicken wings start with cleaning the chicken wings, then mixing it with calamansi or lemon juice to help clean this further, salt pepper, with some seasonings like garlic powder and paprika, but you can also add other seasonings like onion powder, cayenne, or more depending on your taste. Mix well and set these aside to marinade for 30 minutes. The breading also helps flavor the chicken better. The breading mix is made of all purpose flour, cornstarch, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika. Once all the chicken wings are well coated. Fry these in a pan filled with oil hot enough that it’s bubbling. Fry for a few minutes till they’ve turned brown. Let these rest to double fry again, not at high heat just for a few minutes till it turns a darker golden color. Take these out to rest while you have this delicious special sauce made of butter for a richer smooth feel, garlic for aroma, soy sauce to color and umami flavor, and sugar to help with the caramelization. Mix till these have reduced and slightly thickened before placing in the fried chicken wings, tossing these around till it’s fully covered with the sauce. Top with some green onions for color before serving.

Questions

• Soy Garlic Chicken Wings calories?

A wing can have around 85 calories.

• Can you use other cooking methods?

Yes, for those wanting to reduce oil intake (and to avoid having to double fry) can make:

1. Soy Garlic Chicken Wings in an Oven by adding the chicken in an oven preheated at 350°F or 176°C for 20 – 25 minutes and flipping this after and cooking for another 15 – 20 minutes. These are not as crispy but still as delicious baked soy garlic chicken wings.
2. You can also make Soy Garlic Chicken Wings Air Fryer by preheating similarly to an oven, these can turn out crospier than the oven to make these “Honey Soy Garlic Chicken Wings Air Fryer”.
3. You can also avoid the coating and just grill the chicken while brushing it often with the sauce to make “Grilled Soy Garlic Chicken Wings”.

• Additional ingredients
  • You can make this dish even more interesting by adding honey or removing sugar by completely replacing it with honey to make “Honey Soy Garlic Chicken Wings”.
  • Make Spicy Soy Garlic Chicken Wings by adding chillies into the sauce before coating the chicken in it. You can also add more chillies after.
  • If you prefer a premade sauce you can  use sweet and sour sauce or chili sauce for “Sweet Soy Garlic Chicken Wings”.
  • Or add on other seasonings such as onion powder, cayenne, cumin or more to suit your taste.

Other Yummy Soy Sauce-based Recipes!

• Soy Pepper Pork
• Pepper Soy Chicken
• Soy Sauce Chicken in Rice Cooker
• Beef Broccoli
• Garlic Pepper Beef
• Oven Grilled Liempo (oven grilled sliced pork belly)
• Pechay with Ground Pork

Soy Garlic Chicken Wings Resipi: (Tagalog version)

Mga Sangkap :

• 500 gramo pakpak ng manok
• 2 kutsaritang calamansi juice (o limon juice)
• ½ kutsaritang asin
• ½ kutsaritang paminta
• ½ kutsaritang garlic powder
• ½ kutsaritang paprika

Para sa Breading

• ½ tasa all purpose flour
• ½ tasa cornstarch
• ½ kutsaritang asin
• ½ kutsaritang paminta
• ½ kutsaritang garlic powder
• ½ kutsaritang paprika

Para sa Soy Garlic na Sarsa

• 2 kutsarang mantikilya
• 3 butil ng bawang, tinadtad
• 2 kutsarang soy sauce
• 2 kutsarang asukal
• 2 kutsarang tubig

Paano Lutuin :

1. Ihanda ang mga pakpak ng manok; ilagay ang mga ito sa mangkok at haluan ng calamansi, asin, paminta, garlic powder, at paprika. I-marinade ng 30 minuto.
2. Para sa breading; sa isang lalagyan haluin ang harina, cornstarch, asin, paminta, garlic powder, at paprika. Takpan ang mga manok nito.
3. Sa kawali, uminit ng mantika sa kalan na may katamtamang init. Pagbumula na ito ilagay ang mga manok at iprito ng 12 minuto. Baliktaran kung kinakailangan. Tanggalin at pahingahin ng 10 minuto.
4. Iprito muli ng 2 – 3 minuto sa mataas na init. Tanggalin at itabi.
5. Para sa sarsa; sa bagong kawali, tunawin ang mantikilya, lutuin ang bawang at haluan ng soy sauce, asukal, at tubig. Lutuin hanggang kumapal ito ng konti.
6. Isama ang mga pritong manok sa sarsa. Haluin hanggang matakpan ang lahat ng ito ng sarsa. Ihanda na dinekorasyonan ng hiniwang dahon ng sibuyas. Ienjoy!