One of our good friends was looking at LCA and said “Wow, everything looks so good but also kind of intimidating. Do you have any recipes that are more like step 1, 2 and throw it in the oven kind of dishes?”.
If you’ve never cooked Asian food before, I could see how it’s intimidating, but really our recipes are designed to be simple!
The biggest difference between Western and Japanese cooking is that Japanese cooking requires many simple steps and layers. But I assure you, follow our step-by-step pictures and there should be no reason to be intimidated!
But just for our good friend, we came up with this Japanese Style Chicken Wings recipe that requires a 1-2 throw it in the oven approach! We make use of the Japanese sake to help tenderize and retain moisture in the wings and add a little ginger just to help neutralize any unwanted flavors. From there, we just season the wings with some good ol’ salt and black pepper with an optional touch of togarashi to give it an extra kick!
It’s super easy to make and we hope you enjoy these juicy salted chicken wings!
For this recipe, you would just need Japanese sake and optional togarashi if you prefer a little heat. Here is the sake we normally use for reference. Everything else you can get at a local supermarket.
Now, let’s get started!
Prepping Time 5MMarination Time 15M
Cook Time 25M
Total Time 45M
Net Carb/Serv ~1g
Servings 1-2
Ingredients
- 8-12 Chicken Wings (we use the frozen ones from Costco)
- 1 Inch Ginger
- 1 Cup Japanese Sake
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/8 tsp Black Pepper
- 1 Lemon Wedge (optional)
- 1/8 tsp Togarashi (optional and can sub with cayenne pepper)
Directions
1) Gather all the ingredients.
2) Use a grater to grate ginger, add to a large mixing bowl along with Japanese sake and mix well.
3) Place chicken wings inside a large mixing bowl and let it marinate for 15-20 minutes. Periodically rotate chicken to ensure all parts are getting marinated.
4) In the meantime, prepare oven tray by lining with aluminum foil and spraying with cooking oil or using a silicone baking mat. If using an oven, preheat to 500F.
5) Remove chicken from marinade and sprinkle moderate amount of salt and lightly pepper both sides. If you want a little heat, sprinkle some optional Togarashi or cayenne pepper. Make sure the chicken is skin side down. Note – remove any large piece of ginger if attached to chicken.
6) Place the tray in the CENTER of the oven and bake chicken for 15 minutes or until browned skin side down. Note – if the chicken is browning too quickly, lower the tray to rack below.
7) Once browned, flip chicken and bake for additional 10 minutes or until browned. If you want a crispy skin, move the rack 6-8″ away from heating element and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes.
8) Transfer to a serving plate and serve with optional lemon wedge.
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Japanese Style Salted Chicken Wings
Ingredients
- 8-12 Wings Chicken we use the frozen ones from Costco
- 1 Inch Ginger
- 1 Cup Japanese Sake
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/8 tsp Black Pepper
- 1 Wedge Lemon optional
- 1/8 tsp Togarashi optional
Instructions
- Gather all the ingredients.
- Use a grater to grate ginger, add to a large mixing bowl along with Japanese sake and mix well.
- Place chicken wings inside a large mixing bowl and let it marinate for 15-20 minutes. Periodically rotate chicken to ensure all parts are getting marinated.
- In the meantime, prepare oven tray by lining with aluminum foil and spraying with cooking oil or using a silicone baking mat. If using an oven, preheat to 500F.
- Remove chicken from marinade and sprinkle moderate amount of salt and lightly pepper both sides. If you want a little heat, sprinkle some optional Togarashi or cayenne pepper. Make sure the chicken is skin side down. Note - remove any large piece of ginger if attached to chicken.
- Place the tray in the CENTER of the oven and bake chicken for 15 minutes or until browned. Note - if the chicken is browning too quickly, lower the tray to rack below.
- Once browned, flip chicken and bake for additional 10 minutes or until browned. If you want a crispy skin, move the rack 6-8" away from heating element and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes.
- Transfer to a serving plate and serve with optional lemon wedge.
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