Chinese Takeout-Style Chicken Wings Recipe
Prep Time:
1 hour, 20 minutes
Cook Time:
15 minutes
Servings:
4 servings
Ingredients
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons light soy sauce
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons oyster sauce
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons cooking wine
  • 1 tablespoons dark soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons white pepper, divided
  • 2 pounds chicken wings
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup cornstarch
  • 3 cups vegetable oil
  • 2 shallots, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, diced
  • 1 red chile, diced
  • 1 stalk green onion, finely chopped
  • 1/2 green bell pepper, diced
  • 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic salt
Directions
  1. In a large bowl, add the salt, sugar, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, cooking wine, dark soy sauce, and 1 teaspoon of white pepper over the chicken wings and mix until the marinade has coated all of the wings.
  2. Cover with a plastic wrap and let it marinade in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
  3. Whisk together the flour and cornstarch in a bowl and coat each of the chicken wings.
  4. Heat the frying oil to 300 F.
  5. Carefully place chicken wings in to fry for 5 minutes without over crowding them.
  6. Place all of the fried chicken wings on a cooling rack while heating the frying oil to 350 F.
  7. Fry the wings a second time for 2 minutes to make them extra crispy, then set aside on a cooling rack.
  8. In a large saucepan or a wok, add 1 tablespoon of the frying oil and stir fry the shallots, garlic, red chili, green onion, green bell peppers, and red bell peppers for about 2 minutes on medium heat.
  9. Add the chicken wings to the stir fry and cook for 1 minute.
  10. Season with garlic salt and white pepper, then serve.