You Can Easily Make Chicken Wings in the Oven
I found a second recipe for chicken wings that’s perfect for when I’m craving savory wings that’s on the softer side, as opposed to a crispier version.
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My Story
As I often do, I buy meat during a shopping trip based on what’s on sale or fresh. After that, the fun part is to find a way to cook it. This time, I was looking for another idea to make chicken wings.
Inspiring Recipe
What I found was Adobo Wings from Salu Salo Recipes, a blog primarily with Filipino recipes.
First Try
Since I enjoy adobo dishes, e.g., pork ribs adobo and chicken adobo, I was excited to try another variation of a protein using vinegar, soy sauce, bay leaves, garlic, and pepper!
Ingredients to Use
Starting with 3.05 pounds of chicken wings, I proportionately increased the other ingredients, where it made sense, as follows:
- 1/2 cup of vinegar
- 1/2 cup of soy sauce
- 5 cloves of garlic
- 2 bay leaves
- 3/4 teaspoon of pepper
- 3/4 cup of water
For the garlic and bay leaves, I rounded them up to a whole piece for each of them.
Also, since the soy sauce didn’t have a measurement in the recipe originally, I browsed some online recipes and deduced that it should’ve been based on a cup.
Steps to Prepare
I loved how simple the instructions in the recipe were and only tweaked the first and third steps.
For Step 1, I combined the ingredients for the marinade in a measuring cup before pouring everything into the plastic bag, because the cup was more stable to work with. With the wings added to the bag, I marinated them for 26 hours and 40 minutes.
For Step 3, I used a broiler pan, lining both pieces with foil. Also, instead of spraying the slotted portion of the pan with cooking spray or brushing it with vegetable oil, I used a spoon to spread oil across it.
Time to Eat
After the chicken wings were done baking for 45 minutes, I was ready to taste them!
Recipe Rating
Below were the results of the recipe after the first try:
| Number of Ingredients | Effort (Low🤏, Medium🤏🤏, High🤏🤏🤏) | Cost per Serving (<$2💰, $2-5💰💰, >$5💰💰💰) | Taste (Not for me🤔, Trying Again🙂, Eating Regularly😋) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7️⃣* | 🤏 | 💰 | 🙂 |
These adobo wings were nicely seasoned and the meat was soft as well.
Second Try
For the second batch of wings, I wanted to see if I could re-create the results.
Ingredients to Use
With 2 2/3 pounds of chicken wings, a little less than before, I decreased the majority of the remaining ingredients accordingly, as follows:
- 7 tablespoons + 1/8 teaspoon of vinegar
- 7 tablespoons + 1/8 teaspoon of soy sauce
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 2 bay leaves
- 2/3 teaspoon of pepper
- 5 ounces + 2 teaspoons of water
Again with the bay leaves, I rounded the amount up to the next whole piece.
Steps to Prepare
The only difference in the process between this and the first time was that I marinated the wings for about 1/3 of the time. Since I was busy most of the day when I was supposed to marinate the second batch, I didn’t get to them until late that night. As a result, they were marinated for a total of 8 hours and 40 minutes.
Time to Eat
Though I didn’t expect much of a change for the second plate of adobo wings, I still couldn’t wait to try them.
Recipe Rating
Below are the results of the recipe from the second attempt:
| Number of Ingredients | Effort (Low🤏, Medium🤏🤏, High🤏🤏🤏) | Cost per Serving (<$2💰, $2-5💰💰, >$5💰💰💰) | Taste (Not for me🤔, Trying Again🙂, Eating Regularly😋) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7️⃣* | 🤏 | 💰 | 🙂 |
Though the chicken wings were marinated for less time, it didn’t impact the flavor or texture of the meat. They came out seasoned and soft as before!
There’s no need to improve this recipe. However, to enhance the eating experience, I can do the following next time:
Continuous Improvement
- Buy a rack so I have another surface to bake more of these adobo wings!
By following this simple recipe to make adobo wings, I learned something new as follows:
Lesson for Dumber Self
- A slotted metal pan placed over another solid pan is called a broiler pan.
What will you do now?
Next Step for You
- Try the recipe, Adobo Wings, from a blog called Salu Salo Recipes?
- Learn more about broiler pans from an article on the DelightedCooking’s website, What is a Broiler Pan?
- Read another post on this site? (Go to the menu at the top of the page.)