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Spicy Peanut Wings

These spicy peanuts wings will blow your mind with flavor and texture.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: American, cantonese, Chinese, fusion, Malaysian
Keyword: fried chicken, peanut sauce, peanuts

Ingredients

Spicy Peanut Sauce

  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 large shallot
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1½ tbsp sambal
  • ⅓ cup water
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • ⅓ cup crushed peanuts

Chicken

  • 1½ lbs chicken wings
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp garlic powder
  • 1 tbsp onion powder
  • ¼ cup corn starch (add as needed)
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • ½ cup coarse sweet potato starch (add as needed)

Instructions

  • Finely chop up your shallot and garlic cloves.
    1 large shallot, 4 cloves garlic
  • In a medium heat pan, add oil as well as the chopped shallots and garlic. cook for 3 minutes until soft and slightly browned.
    2 tbsp oil, 1 large shallot, 4 cloves garlic
  • Add sambal and cook another 3 minutes until natural oils and aromas have been released.
    1½ tbsp sambal
  • Add water, brown sugar, honey, and crushed peanuts then bring it up to a simmer for 5 minutes or until your desired consistency. Once cooled it should be close to a jam consistency.
    ⅓ cup water, 1 tbsp brown sugar, 1 tbsp honey, ⅓ cup crushed peanuts
  • Pat dry and season your chicken wings with salt, garlic powder and onion powder.
    1½ lbs chicken wings, 1 tsp salt, 1 tbsp garlic powder, 1 tbsp onion powder
  • Mix together the buttermilk and egg for your wet batter.
    1 large egg, 1 cup buttermilk
  • Drop chicken wings into corn starch, then into the wet batter, and coat well in coarse sweet potato starch.
    ¼ cup corn starch, ½ cup coarse sweet potato starch
  • Deep fry at 350F for 8 minutes until golden brown and crispy. This coating method does not work in the air fryer. (I tried already)
  • Now you can toss the wings in the sauce or just use the sauce as a dip. Using it as a dip actually makes more sense because the peanuts are able to stick on better this way.