Here’s an easy to follow recipe for deeply flavoursome, coconut-y wings – a great dish for BBQs, snacks or starters.
This recipe is totally about big flavour indulgence, but there’s an argument to categorise these wings as health food. Nutritious coconut oil is so much better for you than most other oils while superfood sesame seeds are an excellent source for manganese, copper, calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, vitamin B1, zinc and dietary fibre.
These directions are for cooking the wings in the oven. However, I had delicious success grilling them outside on Webber Mastertouch. The smokiness from the grill worked exceptionally well with the coconut and chipotle notes.
COCONUT OIL, CHIPOTLE AND SESAME WINGS Yum
Ingredients (16 pieces)
- 8 wings (chopped at joint with tip removed);
- 75g coconut oil (I like Kirly-Sue’s Kitchen Raw Organic Virgin Coconut Oil);
- Salt to taste (about 2 teaspoons);
- 1 finely diced white onion;
- 2 finely chopped chipotle chillies (use the seeds);
- 2 limes (one for juice, one quartered for garnish);
- 2 tablespoons of honey;
- Roasted white sesame seeds to taste;
- Coriander leaves to taste;
- Chopped spring onions to taste.
Method
- In a small pot, bring the coconut oil to low heat and allow to melt;
- Once the oil is liquid mix in the salt, onion, chipotle chillies with seeds, juice from a lime, and honey to make the marinade;
- Score the chicken and marinade for at least an hour (overnight for best – and most fiery – results);
- When ready to cook preheat your oven to 250°C;
- Cover the wings with sesame wings;
- Toss the wings for an even coating and place on a baking dish big enough for the pieces to be spread as a single layer;
- Cook in the oven for about 45 minutes to 1 hour, checking them after 30 minutes to see how they’re doing and turning them to make sure the wings are completely coated in the marinade and so that all sides are evenly cooked;
- Garnish with coriander leaves, lime wegdges, and spring onions.
Serve
Drain the wings of any excess liquid and let cool. But serve them while they’re still pretty hot for best results.
