Tom Douglas's Recipe for Hot Pepper Wings with Cilantro Sour Cream
This is one of our most popular appetizers at Palace Kitchen. You need to marinate these wings at least a day ahead, two days is even better, so plan accordingly.
Hot Pepper Wings with Cilantro Sour Cream
Makes 6 servings
Ingredients:
2 cups soy sauce
1 cup Dijon mustard
1 cup water
3/4 cup Tabasco sauce
1/4 cup chopped garlic
2 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley
2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
2 teaspoons chopped fresh sage
2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
18 whole chicken wings
Cilantro sour cream (see recipe below)
Directions:
1. Whisk the soy sauce, mustard, water, Tabasco, garlic, and herbs together in a large bowl. Reserve 1/2 cup of the marinade to be used for basting and sauce. Add the chicken wings to the remaining marinade, cover, and refrigerate overnight or longer. Turn the wings occasionally to make sure they are well marinated.
2. Fire up your grill. Remove the chicken wings from the marinade, then discard this marinade. Grill the wings on medium-low heat, turning often, until cooked through, about 15 minutes. You want the wings to cook slowly so they cook thoroughly before the glaze burns. While grilling, heat the reserved marinade and use some of it to baste the wings a few times while cooking. Cut into one of the wings to make sure no pink remains near the bone.
3. To serve, spoon cilantro sour cream on 6 appetizer plates. Pile 3 wings on each plate and drizzle with a teaspoon of the warm reserved marinade. Don’t use more than a drizzle though--it’s really strong. Serve whatever is left of the reserved marinade on the side for hearty heat lovers.
Cilantro Sour Cream:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons heavy cream
2 teaspoons chopped cilantro
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Directions:
In a small bowl, mix together the sour cream, heavy cream, and chopped cilantro. Season to taste with salt and pepper (but note that the chicken wings are already pretty salty). Yields 1/2 cup.
Recipes from Tom Douglas’ Seattle Kitchen (Morrow, 2001)
Photo by Robin Layton
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chinch kabel on September 22, 2009 at 02:25 AM
WOW! Looks really delicious and it is tempting me have this. I am definately gonna try this recipe.
catering Fort Lauderdale on August 05, 2011 at 03:50 AM
Hot pepper wings that are sure fun to serve! Thanks for posting your version of the recipe. You can never get enough of those chicken wings. Yummy!