Paddington’s favorite: Asian marmalade chicken wings

Even the marmalade loving Paddington bear would approve of these wings!

These Asian marmalade chicken wings are simple yet full delicious flavors! Sweet, slightly bitter orange marmalade combines with the irresistible flavor of soy sauce, garlic, and green onions. No wonder Paddington loves marmalade so much, it is a great jam flavor! This jam will be going on my toast, cooking, and everything else for the next couple weeks.

🍊Memories of Asian Marmalade chicken wings:

It’s interesting the way that taste and memory work together. These flavors brought back all sorts of memories from elementary school. Mama Tanuki used to make Asian marmalade chicken wings for potlucks and dinners. She told me that this was her way of getting rid of the marmalade left over in the bottom of the jar. Eventually, we stopped eating marmalade and the only jam at home was usually strawberry. I asked her about the basic ingredients for the sauce and combined it with the crispiest way to bake chicken wings. The outcome was absolutely magical!

🍊Cooking method to make crispy baked chicken wings:

I hate frying so I googled crispy chicken baking methods. The answer was baking powder! I wish I had known about this years ago because it is just as good as fried chicken.

Here is the recipe that I adapted to fit my recipe : https://ifoodblogger.com/baked-chicken-wings-extra-crispy/

There are many baking powder chicken recipes online. However, I really liked how Victor from i FOOD Blogger cut the cooking time shorter. I adjusted the amount of baking powder to fit the amount of chicken in this recipe. I also added some pepper and baked directly on a lined baking pan. If you have a rack, it’s probably better because my chicken was sticking to the aluminum foil. It was still delicious and crispy though!

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Paddington's favorite: Asian marmalade chicken wings

Even the marmalade loving Paddington bear would approve of these chicken wings! Crispy baked wings coated with a sauce full of irresistible soy sauce, garlic, and orangy flavors.

Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine asian

Keyword chicken

Servings 13 wings/drumsticks

Ingredients

🐻For baking the chicken wings

700 grams chicken wings/drumsticks (about 13 pieces )
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

🐻For the sauce

50 milliliters soy sauce
3 tablespoons orange marmalade jam
3 cloves minced garlic
100 milliter cup chopped green onions

Instructions

Preheat oven to 230 degrees Celcius.
Dry the chicken wings/drumsticks by using a paper towel, and put them into a large bowl.
Add the baking powder and ground black pepper to the bowl with the chicken wings/drumsticks.
Mix so that the chicken is evenly coated with the baking powder mixture. Note: works better to use your hands!
Line a baking pan with aluminum foil and oil well so that it doesn't stick.
Place the baking powder coated chicken onto the aluminum covered baking pan. Make sure to space them apart so they are not sticking.
Lower heat to 220 Celcius and bake on middle rack for 30-40 minutes. Flip the chicken once after 15-20 minutes into the baking time.
Take the chicken out of the oven and let it rest for about 5 minutes.
While the chicken is resting, in a medium sized pot (The size of the pot should fit the chicken wings later) put the soy sauce, minced garlic, and marmalade. Heat on medium heat while stirring. Stop the heat as soon as the marmalade has melted into the soy sauce. Note: Don't let the sauce simmer or reduce!
Once the chicken has rested for 5 minutes, place the chicken into the pot with the sauce. Add the chopped green onions and mix the chicken and sauce together.
Put onto a plate! If you have left over chopped green onion, you can also put some on top to garnish.