Description
A gorgeous fusion between tangy citrus and zingy chipotle, these double-fried air fryer wings are my new favourite quick and delicious snack.
Ingredients
- 2 cloves garlic
- 8 whole wings, 16 winglets
- 1 tsp each salt and sugar
- 1 Tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp chipotle spice or paste
- 1 clementine, zested (reserve half for frying the chicken, and the other half for the dusting mix) and juiced
- 4 Tbsp/40g cornflour
Dusting spice mix
- 1/2 tsp white pepper
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/2 lime, zested
- reserved 1/2 clementine zest
- 1/2 tsp dried chipotle spice
Instructions
- Make the marinade. Grate two cloves of garlic into a bowl. Add 1 teaspoon each of salt, sugar and chipotle spice or paste as well as the oil. Zest the clementine, setting aside half of the zest for the dusting spice mix.
- Add the zest and all of the juice to the marinade and stir to combine. Toss with the wings and leave to marinade as long as possible, minimum 20 minutes.
- Remove the wings from the marinade and toss with cornflour until well coated.
- Place the wings into the air fryer at 175 degrees C on air fry for 10 minutes. Turn, and cook for a further 5 minutes at 205 degrees C.
- While the wings are cooking, make the dusting spice mix. Add the zest of half a lime, the reserved clementine zest, a teaspoon of chipotle spice, gochugaru or chilli flakes.
- Toss the wings with the spice mix and serve.
- Prep Time: 20 Minutes
- Cook Time: 15 Minutes
- Category: Sides
- Method: Air Fryer
- Cuisine: Mexican-inspired
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 500.02kcal
- Sugar: 6.25g
- Sodium: 975.36mg
- Fat: 29.17g
- Saturated Fat: 8.08g
- Unsaturated Fat: 17.86g
- Trans Fat: 0.13g
- Carbohydrates: 16.72g
- Fiber: 0.95g
- Protein: 40.36g
- Cholesterol: 248.83mg