These are Filipino chicken wings. Lechoen Manok is usually done for a whole roasted chicken but I came up with my own spin for Chicken wings. I cooked them in an air fryer, but you could bake them in the oven or grill them also.
Ingredients
- 12 chicken wings
- 1 Cup of Regular Sprite (NOT Diet)
- 5 cloves of garlic smashed
- 4 Tablespoons of brown sugar
- 4 green onions chopped or 1/2 yellow onion diced
- Juice from 1/2 regular sized lemon
- 1″ piece of ginger sliced across the grain
- 6 tablespoons of soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon of fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon of course ground black pepper
Directions
Put chicken wings into a ziploc bag. Mix all the other ingredients in a bowl and add to ziploc bag with chicken wings and let marinade for at least 4 hours. Remove wings from marinade and pat dry.
For Air Fryer: Put into Air Fryer and set temp for 390 degrees Fahrenheit and cook for about 20 mins (optionally basting w/marinade after 10 mins for extra flavor) or until they are as crispy and tender as you like.
For Oven: Put into oven on a rimmed cookie sheet with a cooling rack on it to put the wings on. Put the cookie sheet with the wings on the rack in the oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit and cook for 20 mins, then drain the oil from the cookie sheet and put the wings on the rack back on the cookie sheet and put back in the oven with the temp at 350 degrees for 10 mins after basting with marinade or until they are done to your liking.
For Grill: Grill Chicken wings as you would any piece of chicken, but remember since they are small they will be done sooner. Also you may see the drums take longer than the flats because there is more bone in them.