A tasty light meal or snack!
Everybody does chicken wings. Chickens are not the only birds that have wings! Chinese BBQ restaurants often sell roasted duck wings. Asian restaurants that have a street vendor style food theme often have duck wings on the menu. Duck wings taste great when they are prepared asian style. Even though duck wings are not always as meaty as chicken wings, they still are a nice snack. Asian style duck wings served on their own, without noodles, are a nice appetizer for New Years Eve and football game parties. Football fans pull out all the stops when they throw a football party during the playoffs, especially if their favorite team is playing. Football party hosts are always looking for new snack food ideas to impress their friends with and duck wings are certainly an overlooked item. Usually the best place to purchase duck wings is at an asian market that has a busy butcher shop. Chinatown in Las Vegas has several large busy asian markets, so finding meaty duck wings was fairly easy. Asian butchers usually set the smaller scrawny duck wings aside for making soup broth. The larger meatier duck wings are then packaged and sold at a reasonable price. The duck wings that I got at an asian market for this recipe were all large and meaty!
Roasted Duck Wings: A marinade does not have to drown the item that it marinates! All a marinade needs to do is coat the item that needs marination. That way a large excess amount of marinade is not needlessly wasted. When a small amount of marinade is used, it may be necessary to toss the duck wings with the marinade occasionally. Place 3 tablespoons of thin soy sauce in a mixing bowl. Add 1/4 cup of water. Add 1/2 tablespoon of rice vinegar. Add 1 teaspoon of ginger paste. Add 2 minced garlic cloves. Add 2 pinches of Chinese 5 spice powder. Add 1 small pinch of Chinese chile powder. Add sea salt and white pepper. Add 1/2 tablespoon of sugar. Add 1 tablespoon of hoisin sauce. Add 1/2 tablespoon of vegetable oil. Sir the marinade. Cut the wing tips off of 5 or 6 duck wings and save them for making broth for another recipe. Cut through the wing joint on each duck wing to separate the wing from the drumette. Place the duck wings in the marinade and toss the wings with the marinade. Marinate the duck wings in a refrigeratore for 2 hours. Toss the wings with the marinade occasionally. Brush a small roasting pan with vegetable oil. Drain the marinade off of the duck wings. Slowly roast the duck wings in a 300 degree oven, till the become fully cooked and lightly browned. Be sure to toss the duck wings in the pan occasionally, so they do not stick to the pan.
Roasted Duck Wings with Garlic Chile Mai Fun: Mai fun are a nice style of Chinese thin vermicelli rice noodles. Mai fun can be found at most grocery stores and asian markets. Add 2 pinches of turmeric to the boiling water, if you want the noodles to have a pale yellow shade like the noodles in the pictures above. Be sure to have all of the ingredients ready before starting any stir fry recipe! Cook 1 portion of mai fun in boiling water over high heat, till they become fully cooked. The noodles should be fairly firm and not soft for this recipe. Drain the water off of the noodles. Cool the noodles in ice water while stirring, so they gain a nice chewy texture. Drain the water off the noodles and set them aside. Heat a non-stick saute pan or seasoned wok over medium heat. Add 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Add 6 coarsely chopped garlic cloves. (The garlic should be chunky!) Add 3 tablespoons of diced onion. Add 1 diced seeded green jalapeno pepper. Add 2 tablespoons of diced red bell pepper. Saute till the garlic becomes aromatic and till the vegetables start to become tender. Add the reserved mai fun noodles and immediately start tossing them in the hot oil. Toss the noodles in the hot oil, till they just start to begin to fry crisp. Add sea salt and white pepper while tossing the noodles. Use tongs or cooking chopsticks to place the garlic chile mai fun on a plate as a bed for the duck wings. Try to leave any excess oil in the pan. Mound the roasted duck wings on the garlic chile mai fun noodles. Sprinkle 1 pinch of crushed dried red pepper over the duck wings. No garnish is necessary!
Viola! A nice fun plate of tasty roasted duck wings and garlic chile noodles. This style of noodle looks a bit oily, but the noodles are not drenched with oil. That is how it is. Italians and asians both make oil sauces that carry flavor onto the noodles. Yum! ... Shawna
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