Quick & Easy Asian Lemon Wings

Quick & Easy Asian Lemon Wings

Sweet Crispy Asian Lemon Wings. Crispy chicken wings marinated in a delicious garlic ginger soy sauce and tossed in a zesty sweet lemon juice. An easy appetizer or main dish! My crispy Asian chicken wings take just over 30 minutes. I share how to air fry or deep fry in the instructions below.

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 16

Total Time 36

Course Appetizer, Main Course, Snack

Cuisine Chinese

Servings

Calories per serving 284 kcal

Ingredients

1.15 lb chicken wings about 22 wings
¾ cup corn starch or potato starch/tapioca starch (add another ¼ cup if needed)
2-3 tablespoon vegetable oil or any neutral oil

Wing Marinade:

2 tablespoon regular soy sauce
2 teaspoon chicken bouillon powder aka chicken stock powder
½ teaspoon ginger powder
1 ½ teaspoon garlic powder

Sweet Lemon Sauce:

1.5 tablespoon white granulated sugar or sub with honey or brown sugar
3 tablespoon lemon juice
½ teaspoon Salt

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, marinate wings with the Marinade ingredients as listed above for 10 minutes at room temperature.
In a small bowl, mix lemon juice, sugar and salt in a small bowl. To help dissolve the sugar, feel free to microwave for 30 seconds. Set aside.
In a medium bowl or a large Ziplock bag, add cornstarch or potato starch. Coat marinated wings shaking off excess starch and transfer the coated wings to a large baking sheet pan lined with parchment paper, so they don't stick. Note: Do not simply dump the starch into the bowl of wings with the wet marinade or wings will not be crispy.
Air Frying Method: Lightly spray air fryer basket with vegetable oil or any neutral oil. Place wings to air fryer basket in a single layer giving each piece enough space. Depending on the size of your air fryer, you may need to air fry in batches.
Air fry wings at 400 degrees F for 8 minutes on one side. Once wings have cooked then remove basket from air fryer, flip wings over. Lightly spray with oil. Air fry for another 8 minutes at same temperature.
Repeat this process for remaining wings but reduce the air frying time to 6-7 minutes per side until golden brown because the air fryer will get hotter with each batch. The internal temperature of cooked wings is 165 F with a meat thermometer or until juices run clear.
Deep Frying Method: Heat 2 cups neutral oil over 350 degrees F or medium heat in a large pot or pan. Once the hot has reached 350 F, carefully lower the coated wings one at a time. You may need to deep fry in two batches in order not to over crowd the oil as this leads to less crispy wings.
Fry for 8 minutes in total, flipping over halfway. Remove and transfer wings to a wire rack or a baking sheet lined with paper towel for excess oil to drip off.
Transfer hot wings to a large mixing bowl. Pour sweet lemon sauce overtop and give it a gently toss. Garnish with green onions (optional). Enjoy!

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