Crispy Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings
My version of Chinese Salt and Pepper Chicken wings that are easily made in the air fryer with spicy chiles, flavorful Chinese 5 spice, and fried to perfection.
Servings: 4 people
Equipment
- 1 air fryer
- 3 mixing bowls
Ingredients
- 5 lbs chicken wings about 20 wings
- 1 tablespoon Chinese 5 spice
- 2 fresno chilies sliced
- 1 serrano pepper sliced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 teaspoon salt
- ¼-1/2 cup corn starch enough to coat the wings
- 1 cup white wine
- 4 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon ginger paste
- cooking spray
Instructions
- In a small bowl, start a quick marinade of the white wine, soy sauce, and ginger. Pour this over the wings and then top with the salt and Chinese 5 spice. Set aside.
- Pre heat the air fryer on 350 for 5 minutes.
- Slice the peppers, chiles, and garlic. Toss together in a small bowl.
- Drain the chicken wings, and then sprinkle with the corn starch and toss to coat the wings.
- Place 5-7 wings in the air fryer. Do this in batches so you don't crowd the basket.
- Spray the wings with cooking spray and air fry them at 350 for 15 minutes. Turning them over once during the cook time.
- For the last 5 minutes, add the peppers/chiles/garlic to the air fryer and increase the temperature to 400 and crisp them up for 5 minutes.
- Remove and repeat with the remaining wings!