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Salt Pepper Wings – Takeout style

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Preparing

The first two steps are optional but I really feel it makes a huge difference.

Step 1: is to wash the chicken wings, soak them in salted cold water for 5-10 mins then rinse off and dry them.

Step 2: Next up is a Top Notch Food tip for extra crispy skin. That is salt them lightly all over and place them in the fridge uncovered. The best results would be wire rack and have space between each wing, so that the cold air can flow round them and dry them out better. I would do this for minimum 4 hours but as per the mandate for recipes “over night” is best.

These steps can be skipped if you want but they make a difference. I sometimes skip it and instead sit them in a brine and then dry off an hour or so before frying.

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Salt Pepper Mix (Chinese takeaway)

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There are a few ways to make this and each takeaway/takeout shop and restaurant will have slightly different ingredients. But not by much and I will tell you a few ways the takeaways do it before telling you my way. This is called a few things: Salt Pepper, Salt Chilli, Salt Chilli Pepper, and Spice Mix to name a few. Click here for our version.

The first is the most simplest and consists of few ingredients that most house holds can get hold of or already have available.

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