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Kona Cafe Sticky Wing Recipe
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5 from 6 votes

Polynesian Kona Cafe Sticky Wings

Servings: 0

Ingredients

Main Components

  • 2.5-3 lbs frozen chicken wings, thawed (14-22 wings)
  • 1 bottle vegetable oil
  • 1 recipe poaching sauce (below)
  • 1 recipe sticky sauce (below)
  • 1 recipe hot/sweet mustard drizzle
  • white sesame seeds and black sesame seeds

Poaching Sauce

  • 1 cup soy sauce
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup minced garlic
  • 1 cup water

Sticky Sauce

  • 1 cup soy sauce (lite)
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup minced garlic
  • mirin, sherry or white wine (if needed to thin)
  • dash ginger powder

Mustard Sauce

  • 1/4 cup hot Chinese mustard
  • 1/4 cup honey

Instructions

  • Thaw and refrigerate wings.

Poach wings in Poaching Sauce

  • Combine all ingredients in poaching sauce and bring to boil in large pot.
  • Place wings in sauce and simmer for 10-15 minutes.

Prepare Sticky Sauce

  • It's always get tricky to get sticky sauce to the right consistency so be patient and attentive when preparing.
  • Combine brown sugar and soy sauce in sauce pan and bring to boil. Boil for about 3 minutes, stirring constantly, and let it cool a bit (10 minutes) to see if it's thickening up. If it's not sticky, slowly add more brown sugar, a little at a time, and bring back to boil, cooking about 5 more minutes. Remember it will thicken up as it cools. If it's too thick, add some mirin (or sherry cooking wine or white wine), just a little at a time, and stir.
  • When it's at the right consistency, add garlic and ginger and keep warm.

Prepare Mustard Sauce

  • Combine Chinese hot mustard sauce with honey.

Fry the Chicken

  • Using a heavy frying pan or deep fryer, bring enough oil to cover the chicken to 350 degrees. It's important that the temperature be high enough - but not too high.
  • Drop the chicken in just a few pieces at a time. Don't crowd them (better cooking and way less mess!). They'll only need a minute or two to crisp up.
  • Remove cooked chicken pieces and let cool slightly for about 2-3 minutes.

Final Preparations

  • Place the poached, fried chicken in a bowl with the sticky sauce and cover all parts of the chicken.
  • Place the wings on a plate lined with lettuce and garnished with cucumber slices and grated carrots. Sprinkle sesame seeds and black sesame seeds on top of chicken.
  • Drizzle a little mustard sauce over each wing.