A healthier version of KFC Wicked Wings that you can cook at home!
If you don't know what KFC Wicked Wings are, ask a teenager, preferably a boy. It's a cult hit among Josh's age group (18). We've tried them... ahem, for research purposes... and we can see why they are so popular. But the fat content is through the roof, because they deep fry a chicken wing with the skin on (skin = fat).
So we set about trying to recreate wicked wings. Quite a tough ask, because we first had to replicate the unique taste (and crunch), and a chicken wing is a chicken wing.
So after kidnapping the colonel and shaking the spices out of his puffy little paws, we decided to spread the secret. So it was no longer a secret!
What we've come up with has been tested by the boys and have passed with flying colours. Josh and his friends simply can't tell the difference in taste - even though we stripped the skin off!
Ingredients:
Wet mixture
Dry mixture
How to make:
- 1Preheat oven to 200°C.
- 2Heat and stir wet ingredients until they thicken on the stovetop in a saucepan (about 5 minutes).
- 3In another bowl, combine dry ingredients.
- 4Smother chicken wings in wet mixture and then dry mixture.
- 5Place all chicken wings on a baking tray that is lined with aluminium foil.
- 6Drizzle chicken with a little coconut oil.
- 7Put in oven for 30 minutes (chicken will be golden brown and cooked through).
S and J Tips
Choose your hot sauce depending on your preference for spiciness!
This recipe comes from the cookbook Healthy Junk 2.