Hot and Spicy Chicken Wings

Dim Sum and Other Snack Foods

Hot and Spicy Chicken Wings
Ingredients:
2 Tablespoons ginger juice
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground cumin
3/4 teaspoon ground fennel seeds
1/2 teaspoon ground chili pepper
1/2 teaspoon ground paprika
1/2 teaspoon thick soy (or Chinese sweet flour sauce)
1/2 teaspoon Chinese rice vinegar
1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 pound chicken wings
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
1 Tablespoon cornstarch mixed with an equal amount to cold water
Lemon wedges and cucumber and tomato slices (optional decor)
Preparation:
1. Mix ginger juice, soy sauce, honey, and the ground coriander, cumin, fennel, chili pepper, and the paprika with the thick soy, rice vinegar, turmeric, pepper and salt. And stir this well, then stir it with the chicken wings. Cover and refrigerate for one or more hours, or overnight.
2. Heat oil in an oven-proof pan, add the wings and brown them.
3. Add three-quarters of a cup of water to the pan, and bake in a 450 degree Fahrenheit oven for fifteen minutes, then mix in the cornstarch mixture and bake another fifteen minutes.
4. Remove from the oven, squeeze lemon juice over the wings, and serve them on a bed of cucumber and tomato slices.

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