Five Spice Chicken Wings & Sticky Soy Sauce

I make these everytime I make Chinese food and I make lots so I can snack on them throughout the evening. They are packed with flavor ! I always boil my chicken wings before I coat and deep fry them to make sure they are cooked through. The sticky soy sauce amplifies the flavor !

Ingredients :

3/4 cup flour

2 TB Five Spice powder

Oil for deep frying.

Mix the flour and 5-spice together

1 large package of chicken wings, cut in two, tips removed.

FOR THE SAUCE :

In a pot add

1/2 cup honey

1/2 cup lite soy sauce

1 TB minced garlic

1 TB brown sugar & 1 TB cornstarch - blended together

1 tsp sesame oil

*Sesame seeds for sprinkling

HOW TO :

In a ziploc bag or large bowl place the chicken wings and sprinkle the Five Spice mixture, toss until well coated.

When the oil is hot, place a few wings at a time in the deep fryer or pot and cooked until goldne and crispy - about 3-4 minutes. Repeat.

Place the crispy chicken wings in a bowl and pour the sticky soy sauce over the wings, toss until coated.

Sprinkle with sesame seeds and sliced green onions.

Enjoy Every Bite !

Crab Rangoon

Crab Rangoon is crab and cream cheese stuffed wontons. These are addictive and you cannot just eat one. They make a great party appetizer and will go quickly !

Crab Mixutre :

I used some Dungeness Crab that I had frozen in the freezer, but you can use can crab

1 Cup crab , broken up
1 package of cream cheese, bring to room temperature
2 green onions, chopped

1 package of wonton wrappers skins

Canola oil, for deep frying

Method :

In a bowl mix, cream cheese and green onions. With each wonton wrapper, put about a tablesppon of the mixture in the middle of wonton wrapper. Fold over from one point to the next - unless you want to shape them differently.

In a pot of hot oil, deep fry wontons, a few at a time until crisp and golden.

**Use store bought plum sauce or your own plum sauce recipe.

The Ginger Plum sauce is photo is homemade.