Name: Sticky chicken wings
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Braai
Ingredients: 1-2 kg chicken wings; 1 Tbs baking powder; 1 Tbs peri peri powder; 1/2 tsp paprika smoked; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 cloves garlic cloves, bruised; 2 Tbs fresh coriander chopped; 1 Tbs barbecue sauce smoked; Tabasco sauce; 1/2 cup syrup maple; limes juice only; 2 Tbs soy sauce

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Ingredients (12)

1-2 kg	chicken — wings
1 Tbs	baking powder
1 Tbs	peri peri powder
1/2 tsp	paprika — smoked
1/2 tsp	salt

Sauce:

2 cloves	garlic — cloves, bruised
2 Tbs	fresh coriander — chopped
1 Tbs	barbecue sauce — smoked
	Tabasco sauce
1/2 cup	syrup — maple
	limes — juice only
2 Tbs	soy sauce

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Method:

Pat the chicken wings dry with paper towels and mix together the baking powder, peri peri, paprika and salt. Put the wings and the spice mix in a bag. Shake to coat all over. Line a shallow dish with several layers of paper towel and arrange the wings on top in a single layer. Leave the dish uncovered in the fridge overnight, but if you’re short of time 2 hours will suffice.

Blitz together all the ingredients for the sauce and set aside.

You need cool coals to braai the wings slowly and then hot coals to char them at the end. Scrape most of the coals to one side of the braai. On the cool side, on a clean oiled grid, braai the wings skin-side down at least 20cm above the coals for 30 minutes.

Baste the wings with the sauce, drop the grid and push some hot coals under it. Keep turning, basting and braaiing until the wings become sticky and nicely charred. Remove and let everyone help themselves.

Recipe reprinted with permission of Go! Magazine
Text: Aletta Lintvelt Image:Myburgh Du Plessis

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