Spicy and Sweet Wings with Pickled Cucumbers

20 Jul 2021

Spicy and Sweet Wings with Pickled Cucumbers

40 Minutes | easy | Serves 4

Why have just one glaze on your wings when you can have two? The spicy wings are coated in a sauce made with gochujang, a Korean fermented chilli paste that is available in larger supermarkets, Asian grocery stores or online. The sweet wings are shiny with a mixture of honey, lime and soy.

Ingredients

  • 1kg chicken wings, jointed into drums and flats (this is easy to do or ask a butcher to do it for you)
  • 1 cucumber, sliced thinly
  • 4 teaspoons caster sugar
  • 2 teaspoons sea salt
  • 4 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • Lime wedges, to serve
  • 1 tablespoon gochujang
  • 1 teaspoon gochugaru (Korean chilli flakes), or use Turkish chilli flakes (pul biber) or ½ teaspoon regular chilli flakes
  • 2cm piece ginger, veryginely chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed or finely grated
  • 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 1 teaspoon soy
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • Sesame seeds, to garnish

Directions

1.

Combine

Combine the sliced cucumber with the salt, caster sugar and rice vinegar and mix well. Set aside.

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2.

Combine

Combine all the ingredients for the spicy glaze with 1 tablespoon of water and mix well. Set aside.​​​​​​​

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3.

Combine

Combine all the ingredients for the sweet glaze except the sesame seeds and mix well. Set aside.​​​​​​​

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4.

Light two gas burners

Light two gas burners on the Jupiter Outback BBQ and set the heat to medium. Place the chicken wings on the opposite side to the heat, but close to it. Cook for 20 minutes with the lid closed, turning once or twice.​​​​​​​

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5.

Once the wings are cooked

Once the wings are cooked and crisp, divide them in two and coat one half in the spicy glaze and one in the sweet glaze. Return to the BBQ to caramelise them a little more.​​​​​​​

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6.

Return the wings to the bowls

Return the wings to the bowls you used to coat them, and toss in the remaining sauce. Serve with the pickled cucumbers.​​​​​​​

Recipe Author

Recipe Author

Helen Graves

Helen Graves is an award-winning recipe, food and travel writer with a particular interest in barbecue. She writes freelance for many major food and drink publications and is editor of Pit, the UK's first independent magazine about live-fire cooking. Helen has created a series of exclusive recipes for Outback that focus on maximising flavour for the home cook using lots of spices, fresh herbs and BBQ techniques.

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