Colette’s Cilantro Chili Wings

Name: Colette’s Cilantro Chili Wings
Yield: Serves: 6 to 8
Ingredients: 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 4 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice; 1 teaspoon coarse salt; ½ teaspoon ground black pepper; 2 teaspoons garlic powder; ¼ cup cornstarch; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 2 Scotch bonnet, habanero, or jalapeño peppers, stemmed and seeds removed; ⅓ cup canola oil; 2 bunches fresh shado beni or cilantro; Salt to taste; 3 pounds chicken wings, tips removed; Pinch of ground black pepper; ½ cup freshly squeezed lime juice

Preparation info

Serves:
6 to 8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Sweet Hands

By Ramin Ganeshram

Published 2018

About

I met Colette Cyrus Burnett when she was a contestant and I was a judge on the Food Network show Throwdown! With Bobby Flay. Colette had built a business selling hot wings in a variety of Caribbean flavors at her restaurant Superwings in Brooklyn, New York, so the challenge on the show was a Trinidad hot wings recipe. Colette won the competition handily, and although her wings were scrumptious it was her infectious good vibe that impressed me most. More than that, Colette’s drive to