Marinated chicken wings
Serves: 6
Prep time: 40 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Philippa Langley
Marinated chicken wings
Recipe by Tony Kitous
Tony Kitous says: 'When I was growing up in my home town of Tizi Ouzou, my siblings and I would always fight over the best bits of the chicken. As the eldest, I often managed to win, so the wings are very special to me. This recipe uses lots of oil, lemon juice and garlic, and the flavours are so powerful and moreish, I make it again and again.’
Serves: 6
Prep time: 40 minsTotal time: 
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
264Kcal
Fat
18gr
Saturates
4gr
Carbs
0gr
Sugars
0gr
Fibre
0gr
Protein
26gr
Salt
1.9gr
Tony Kitous
Arriving in London from Algeria in 1988, Tony has revolutionised Middle Eastern food and made it accessible to the masses with his Comptoir Libanais restaurants
See more of Tony Kitous’s recipes
Tony Kitous
Arriving in London from Algeria in 1988, Tony has revolutionised Middle Eastern food and made it accessible to the masses with his Comptoir Libanais restaurants
See more of Tony Kitous’s recipes
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 4 tbsp cider vinegar
- 2 tsp fine sea salt
- juice of 3 large lemons
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled and squashed
- ¼-½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground cardamom
- 1 x 31g pack coriander
- 1kg chicken wings, cut into smaller joints
Step by step
- Put the oil, vinegar, salt, lemon juice, garlic, cinnamon and cardamom into a large, sealable container. Stir them together. Take half the coriander and chop it – not too finely, but not too coarsely either. Add this to the container, along with the chicken wings, and use a large spoon to mix everything together so that the wings are covered in the marinade.
- Cover the box and put in the fridge to marinate for at least 4 hours or, even better, overnight.
- Take the wings out of the fridge about half an hour before you’re going to cook them.
- Heat 2 large frying pans over a medium heat until medium hot. Lift the chicken wings out of the marinade and scrape any garlic back into the marinade – it’ll be used to flavour the sauce later. Preheat the oven to 100°C, fan 80°C, gas 1⁄4.
- Divide half the wings between the 2 pans and fry for 8-10 minutes until sticky and golden on one side, then turn them over and cook the other side for the same length of time. You may need to prop them up on the side of the pan to ensure the flesh cooks through – check as you cook them. Put them on an ovenproof plate and keep warm in the oven. Once half are done, cook the other half and transfer to the oven, too.
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Pour the marinade into one of the frying pans, add 3-4 tablespoons of water and bring to a simmer. Cook for 1-2 minutes, scraping the base of the pan to lift the sticky juices and mix into the sauce. Add any juices from the rested chicken wings to the pan and stir them in. Chop the remaining coriander and stir that in, too. Serve with lemon wedges.
Recipe adapted from Feasts From The Middle East by Tony Kitous (HQ, £20).
