Crispy Chinese Black Peppered Wings….. A spin on the classic Chinese black peppered chicken dish. Say What?!?!?!?!
For those not aware of what this awesome dish entails – this is a stir fry dish that is loaded with boneless/skinless chicken, tons of black pepper, special sauce, and onions. The sauce has a soy sauce and wine vinegar base. This dish can be a tad bit spicy, but the heat level depends on the restaurant you decided to dine at…..
No matter what heat level you provide me with, I still have to have my black peppered chicken! That’s just how much I like it.
And of course because I love it just that much, I’m trying to make this dish at home (because who doesn’t love a good cooking challenge). But make it with a twist. Make it a fun finger food of sorts……
So lets make chicken wings that are crispy on the outside, and juicy & flavorful on the inside. Then top those bad boys with the classic black peppered sauce!
We start out by marinating wings in a marinade that includes fresh onions and garlic.
Chicken wings in the marinade. Next step – add the onions & garlic to finalize the marinade.
Then, we fry or bake the wings until we get to crispy heaven. After that, it’s up to you to choose your path. You can either coat your wings in the easy to make pepper sauce or use the pepper sauce as a dipping sauce. Totally up to you my dear. But whatever path you choose, this is damn near close to the real thing, until I can talk my local Chinese restaurant owner into giving me his recipe!
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Crispy Chinese Black Pepper Chicken Wings
Ingredients
- Marinade:
- 20 chicken wing durmettes (this are small chicken wings already cut)
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 2 teaspoons black pepper
- 1/2 onion roughly chopped
- 5 garlic cloves roughly chopped
- Sauce:
- 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 4 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 to 3 teaspoons black pepper
- 8 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
- Cooking:
- Cooking oil or baking spray
Instructions
- Place all of your marinade ingredients into a Ziploc bag (this is a plastic food storage bag) or covered dish that you use for marinading meats.
- Make sure that all of the marinade ingredients are blended well together. Then, add the chicken to the marinade.
- Let the chicken marinade for 12 hours or longer in the refrigerator (the longer the wings marinade, the more flavorful the chicken wings will be).
- When ready to cook the wings, remove the wings from the refrigerator and let them sit for 15 minutes before cooking (This helps to create a more even cooking process. Plus if you are frying the wings, it prevents the cooking oil temperature from dropping, which then prevents slowing down the cooking time).
- While you bring the chicken to room temperature for 15 minutes, preheat your oven to 415 degrees or heat your cooking oil to 350 degrees in your deep fryer.
- For baking the wings - When ready to cook the chicken, line the baking pan with foil, and spray the covered pan with baking spray. Place the wings on this greased pan, and bake the wings uncovered at for 35 to 45 minutes or until wings are crispy. Make sure to flip/turn the wings every 15 minutes during the cooking time. Note: When wings are done, place them on a baking rack to rest for a few minutes. This allows the wings to retain their moisture when they rest after cooking, and the rack keeps the chicken crispy, and prevents the chicken from becoming soggy.
- For frying the wings - Place the wings in the hot cooking grease. Cook wings for six to seven minutes (or until golden brown, crispy, and internal temperature of the chicken has reached 165 degrees). Make sure not to overcrowd the deep fryer with too many wings during the cooking process. This decreases the temperature of the oil, which slows down the cooking time. Note: When wings are done, place them on a baking rack to rest for a few minutes. This allows the wings to retain their moisture when they rest after cooking, and the rack keeps the chicken crispy, and prevents the chicken from becoming soggy.
- While the wings are cooking, mix all of your sauce ingredients together, making sure that all the ingredients are blended well together in a small sauce pot. Note: If you mix the cornstarch with water first, before adding everything else, it helps the cornstarch to blend well without leaving any lumps. Once all of the sauce ingredients are mixed together, bring the sauce to a slight boil. Once the sauce comes to a slight boil, turn the heat down to low and let the sauce cook for about 5 minutes. Make sure to stir the sauce while it cooks. Note: Adjust the black pepper to your heat preference. Three teaspoons gives the sauce a medium spice level to me. Adjust according to your heat preference.
- When ready to serve the wings, toss the wings in the sauce or use the sauce as a dipping sauce.
Notes
Also divide your wings in half and place in two separate bags with half of the marinade in each bag. This tends to help me with getting each wing marinated equally.
Please note that I am not a nutritionist, and the nutritional information is an estimate only. It varies based on the products and brands used.
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I am now starving! I read through the recipe and even though its pushing midnight and I’m definitely not getting up to eat! Let alone cook. My stomach is putting up a fight. I will make these soon! We love spicy chicken!
Yay! Happy you like them Ms. Diane! Hope you enjoy 🙂
These wings look absolutely amazing! So crispy…yum! I will definitely try these very soon. Thanks for sharing it!
Hope you enjoy!
These look super delicious…i love anything black pepper…and the recipe is so easy too…will be trying these soon! 🙂
Thanks so much! I love black pepper too! Thanks for stopping by!!!
Sounds wonderful! I love black pepper chicken – and haven’t had it for ages. Going to have to try this!
Oh Ms. Anne I love black peppered chicken too! If you try these I do hope you enjoy! Cheers!
Love chicken wings of all kinds, and these sound awesome!!
I love chicken wings too! Thanks so much for coming over to visit and take a look at my wings 🙂
These really look super crispy and YUMMY!
Thanks so much!!!
I’ve been craving wings! I love baking them to get them crispy and I’m always up for trying new sauces. Game day is this weekend and we will be having wings for sure!
Great photos! The flavors in the sauce sound fantastic. I’ll have to make a batch of these this weekend!
I am literally in love with this sauce and wondering how come I never heard of it before!! Would love to try these!
I took the idea from the very popular black peppered chicken Chinese dish and turned it into Crispy wings! Thanks so much for stopping by and the warm compliments! Hope you enjoy xo
I made these tonight and they were absolutely delicious! Even without the sauce on the side they were so flavorful and got so crispy in the oven. I will definitely be making these again very soon, thank you for the recipe!!
So happy to hear that!!!! Thanks so much!
At LAST someone that has cooked these wings and has commented on the the taste, after cooking NOT “ sounds delicious”
“ looks delicious”
Thank you Andrea, can’t wait to try
Oh Lord, oyster sauce in chicken wings?! How didn’t we ever though of that! We ADORE oyster sauce and your chicken wings look AMAZING Sharee!!! We ‘ll try this with some chopped chicken thighs (deboned upper part only)we have in the fridge for our next BBQ. And of course when we get some wings for our next one;)
Thank you for another finger-licking recipe!!!
Greetings from both of us,
Panos and Mirella
Oyster Sauce!!!! Yes!!! With chicken thighs sounds delightful!