Chicken Lollipops

Name: Chicken Lollipops (Fried marinated chicken wings)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ¼ cup (30 grams) maida (refined flour) or pastry flour; ¾ cup (90 grams) cornstarch; 1½ teaspoons distilled white vinegar; 1 teaspoon light soy sauce; 1½ teaspoons table salt; ½ teaspoon ground white pepper; 2 tablespoons fresh garlic paste; 24 whole chicken wings; 2 tablespoons red chile paste (see Note); 2 tablespoons fresh ginger paste; 2 large eggs; 6 tablespoons plus 1 quart (800 ml) vegetable oil

Fried marinated chicken wings

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Cook Indian

By Sanjeev Kapoor

Published 2011

About

In some restaurants red food coloring is added to this marinade to make the “lollipops” more attractive, but I choose not to use any additive. Serve them with Sichuan sauce right after cooking, when the crust is still crisp.

Ingredients

24 whole chicken wings
2 tablespoons fresh garlic paste
2 tablesp

Asia
China
India
Starter
Side dish

Method

Cut off the wing tips (discard them or save them for stock). Cut the wings in half at the joint. Remove the thin bone from each flat section, and pull the flesh to one end of the thick bone to make a “lollipop.”
Put the chicken in a large bowl. Add the garlic paste, ginger paste, 1 teas