World Cricketing history has it that the bowlers from West Indies
have terrorized batsmen across the globe.
Well, I'm here with a new series called Taste Match
to normalize all of that especially in today's episode with a stunning recipe
called 'Jamaican Spice Chicken Wings' Let's begin.
Well, I've shown you several recipes using Chicken wings.
Of course, Chicken wings by itself is a recipe,
I've also shown you to make Lollypops of several kinds.
Now, by now, I'm sure you know that it all comes from the same part of the chicken
which is the wing and the winglet.
Now, the winglet can be trimmed off but I know
a lot of people love biting onto it
and literally chomping onto that part of the chicken
But that again is a complete personal choice.
Retain it, trim it off, I leave it to you.
This recipe if possible do not kind off tweak in the ingredients.
Because I understand,
you sometimes love adding a little less of this and a little more of that.
and things like that.
But this is absolutely tried and tested over several years of experience.
So, my personal opinion, stick to the recipe
and just follow it the way I'm showing.
Well, talking about tried and tested, let's dive in straight to the marination mix.
and for this of course, it's going to begin with Red Onions roughly cut.
To this I'm going to add in some spring greens.
Now, for this recipe traditionally Habanero is used
but of course, in India you can use these spicy chillies.
Make it wonderful and spicy.
Lots of Black Pepper.
Cloves of Garlic.
The next thing that goes in is some Dark Soya Sauce.
Brown Sugar.
Fresh Lemon Juice.
For a recipe like this I personally like using soft Brown Sugar or Muscovado.
Let's add in All spice powder.
Cinnamon powder.
Cumin seeds which are untoasted.
When roasted and unroasted cumin seeds give a very different layer of flavour
so this recipe is untoasted Cumin seeds.
Now to this I'm adding in some herbs, now these are dried herbs
You can use a combination of Thyme and Oregano in dried form as well as fresh.
If you want this recipe to be slightly more accentuated
You can actually use a combination of dried and fresh both
and that also turns out wonderfully well.
To this I'm adding in a little piece of Nutmeg.
Now, this also brings in that element of sweetness
and earthiness in this recipe.
Do not use Nutmeg powder which is freely available in the market as well
because that way the flavour is not very pronounced
It kind of evaporates and you don't want that to happen.
Now, let's add in some Oil. Now, this is regular Vegetable oil.
I'm just adding this so that making a paste or running this into a paste
becomes slightly easier, of course, by all means you can add in Oil later also
while marinating or rubbing the marinate onto the chicken.
Let's add in some Salt.
Keeping the quantity of Chicken wings in mind, please remember.
Let's cover this with a cap and grind this into a smooth paste.
Well, intermittently, you are also going to scrape the sides
Ensure that all of this grinds beautifully well.
Keep pushing this right into the center.
Grind this again.
Let's have a quick check.
This has to be extremely smooth
and that's where the magic of the spice mix will start unveiling its charm.
Let's add this in.
Scrape this till its last bit because this is
where the entire taste and flavour lies.
Let's mix and bring all of this together.
Well, as a marination this possibly could be a little lesser on the appetizing side
in terms of its colour but trust me when this starts getting those brown bits
After grilling or cooking in an oven or pan frying trust me
It's going to be very different. It's going to be very tasty.
Let's mix all of this together.
Our chicken is mixed and ready.
And now here comes the fun part.
You can cook this recipe in three different ways.
One you can use an oven and cook this at 200 degree Celsius for around 40 mins.
You don't need to brush, you don't need to do anything in that
and that way it also turns, nice and crisp and brown on the outside.
And nicely juicy succulent within.
The second step is cooking this straight in a kadhai or a pan
Now, you do not need to add in oil because the oil or fat from the chicken
is also going to release and that's going to become the fat
that will eventually start basting the chicken.
And the 3rd method is using an air fryer, I understand a lot of you have got fancy
about using an air fryer but trust me, that also works magic.
I'm going to use the technique of Pan-frying.
Very carefully, let's place these chicken wings at the bottom of the pan.
We need to cook the chicken wings on high flame to begin with
at least till the outsides get wonderfully seared
and also if you see there is some marination which is left, right here
which is going to be used later.
Once the chicken is almost half done.
We are going to slide in this wonderful marination so that
it gets nice and juicy even on the outside.
Well, time and again, I'm going to keep
flipping these because I don't want them to get extremely charred.
Of course, that wonderful browning on the outside
is imperative for a recipe like this and if you notice
I'm using a fork or something like this because it's just easy.
Just poke it, prick it, lift it
and give it a flip, simple.
The chicken has beautifully caramelized on the outside
Time to add in the remaining marination.
Let's swirl this around and give this a few gentle flips.
Our chicken wings are beautifully cooked and ready.
They are wonderfully sticky and brown on the outside.
Wonderfully and beautifully caramelized that's actually thanks
to the soya sauce, the onions, brown sugar and the brown spices that we've used.
On that note, let's pick these individually,
and start placing on a large platter.
And finally a generous sprinkling of some spring greens and with this recipe
I hope you genuinely get the taste of West Indies in your living room.
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