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.

Stuffed Pork Chops with Savory Apples.

Home cooked comfort food. Pork chops always transport me back to my childhood. This recipe is a new modern take on the old version of pork chops with apple sauce. It is simple and the flavors are wonderful !

What you Need :

Two boneless pork loin chops

1 box of stuffing for pork

1 green apple(granny Smith) skin left on, cut in half, slice and dice.

1 cup chicken broth ( I used 1/2 c chicken broth & 1/2 white wine - does make a difference)

3 TB Apple Jelly (don't have it? add 3 Tb apple juice and 1 TB sugar)

1 tsp Dijon mustard

3 Tb butter

1/2 tsp Thyme dried or fresh

Make stuffing according the directions on the box - set aside.

Make a slit almost all way through to pork chop, stuff with stuffing. Sprinkle with slat and pepper and fry in pan until golden on both sides. Finish it in the oven, to cook through - about 15 minutes, depending on thickness of pork chop. Until no longer pink.

In a pan, melt butter and add diced apples. Saute for about 4-5 minutes.

Add the apple jelly, let it melt down and saute for about 5 minutes.. will turn slightly syrupy.

Then add chicken broth and white wine if using it.

Add Dijon mustard and thyme.

Season with salt and pepper.

* To thicken, add about 1 tsp flour or cornstarch - makes it saucy

Pour apples and sauce over pork chop... serve with your favorite veggies or rice !

Love Every Bite !