Honey Lemon Chicken Wings

To Jie Jie

The 3 years living under the same roof with Jie Jie was definitely one of the highlights of my uni life at HKU. We hit it off with each other since day 1 when we both rented rooms in the same flat in an old and dilapidated 'tong lau' in Barbington Path. After 1 year, the two of us moved out and rented a 2 room flat in Pokfulam Road, just opposite to the Main Building in HKU... We hardly cooked in those days, but Jie Jie loved chicken wings so she always had a pack of frozen chicken wings to standby. She cooked it simply by adding soy sauce and microwaving them for 10 minutes. Simple but delicious...

This recipe is finger-lickingly good and I hope Jie Jie would love this as much as I do. It was Auntie 9's recipe; the first time I ate it, I wolfed down 6 pieces before dinner. Since it was one of the dishes for dinner and I had emptied half of the plate, Aunty 9 had to make another batch for dinner!

Serves 4

Ingredients

Marinades

1. 1 teaspoon sugar
2. 1 teaspoon salt
3. 2 teaspoon soy sauce
4. 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
5. 2 teaspoon shaoxing wine
6. 1 teaspoon sesame oil
7. 2 teaspoon cornflour
8. 1 tablespoon oil

1. 10 whole chicken wings, jointed
2. vegetable oil
3. self-raising flour
4. 1 clove of garlic, sliced
5. 1 spring onion, chopped
6. Sesame oil
7. 2 teaspoons lemon juice
8. 1 tablespoon soy sauce
9. 3 tablespoons honey
10. lemon slices for garnish

Method:

• Marinade chicken wings for at least 1 hour.
• Heat wok and fill the wok with oil until half full. Test the oil with a chopstick: stick it into the oil, the oil is ready when bubbles come up from the chopstick.
• Coat chicken wings with self-raising flour. Place them carefully in the oil and fry until golden brown. Use a cocktail stick to test if the wings are cooked.
• Take out the chicken wings to drain on a kitchen towel.
• Drain the oil and reserve only 1 tablespoon of oil in the wok. Turn on high heat and toss garlic and spring onion for 1 minute. Then add lemon juice, honey, soy sauce and sesame oil. Taste and adjust the sauce if necessary.
• Pour the sauce on the chicken wings and garnish with lemon pieces and serve.