Jojo-Ala Chicken Wings

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Preparation info
  • Yield:

    8 to 10

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      1 hr

Appears in
Islas: A Celebration of Tropical Cooking - 125 Recipes from the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific Ocean Islands

By Von Diaz

Published 2024

  • About

Using her grandmother’s secret recipe, Josefine’s flavorful wings are double-fried crispy. This recipe is an adaptation of hers, and also inspired by takeout lemon-pepper wings in my hometown of Atlanta. Deep-frying is among the ancestral techniques that are widely used in many African cuisines, and it was disseminated among communities of enslaved workers across the Americas and the Caribbean. While it’s often considered a less healthy way of co