Sticky Thai Peanut Chicken Wings
These insanely delicious Thai Peanut Chicken Wings are oven baked until super crispy and then coated in an easy to make sweet and spicy Thai peanut sauce. They're the perfect appetizer recipe for any game day party!
It's Tuesday. The Super Bowl is this Sunday. It's time for chicken wings!
But we're not digging into any ordinary wings here today. Oh no, we're not. Today is all about the Best Wings EVER, or otherwise known as Sticky Thai Peanut Chicken Wings.
These beauties are oven baked until totally crispy – think fried crispy without all the mess of deep frying. Then, they're tossed in a Thai-inspired sweet peanut sauce and popped back in the oven for a few minutes until they are caramelized and golden.
Expect some serious finger-licking to happen; there's no chance you or any of your guests will let even a tiny speck of the sauce to go to waste. ← At least that's what it looked like in our not so glamorous house.
You know that feeling when you make a recipe that you are certain will be amazing, only to have it turn out rather blah? That's what originally happened with these Thai Peanut Chicken Wings. Only back then I was calling them Crock Pot Thai Chicken Wings.
Lessons learned:
- Cooking chicken wings in a crock pot for more than 2 hours does not make for tender wings, it makes for fall apart in a big ugly mess wings.
- Chicken wings that are cooked in a crock pot do NOT become crisp after they are broiled for a while. Don't even bother.
- Making a sauce with rice vinegar + soy + some sort of sweetener like most Thai chicken wing recipes online makes teriyaki chicken wings. Tasty, but not Thai.
I went back to the drawing board (err, my kitchen) and started from scratch.
These Thai Peanut Chicken Wings are glazed with Thai chili sauce (for the sweetness), peanut butter, red curry paste, and a touch of soy and fish sauce.
It gives the wings a distinctive Thai flavor that you definitely won't be confusing with teriyaki.
Also, try these mango habanero chicken wings!
If you make these Sticky Thai Peanut Chicken Wings make sure you snap a pic and tag #theendlessmeal on Instagram so I can like and comment on your photos. I love seeing TEM recipes you create!
Sticky Thai Peanut Chicken Wings
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Ingredients
- 3 lbs. chicken wings
- ½ tablespoon neutral flavored oil
- ⅓ cup Thai sweet chili sauce
- 3 tablespoons all-natural peanut butter
- ½ tablespoon each: soy sauce, fish sauce, and Thai red curry paste
- ¼ cup water
- Optional toppings: chopped peanuts, sliced red chilis, lime, cilantro
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place the chicken wings in a large bowl and toss with the oil. Lay on the parchment lined baking sheet in a single layer. Bake for 1 hour for full wings (like in the pictures) or 40 minutes for trimmed wings and drummettes.3 lbs. chicken wings, ½ tablespoon neutral flavored oil
- While the wings are baking, prepare the glaze. Add the Thai sweet chili sauce, peanut butter, soy sauce, fish sauce, Thai red curry paste and the water to a small pan over medium-high heat. Once it starts to bubble, whisk to combine then set aside.⅓ cup Thai sweet chili sauce, 3 tablespoons all-natural peanut butter, ½ tablespoon each: soy sauce, fish sauce, and Thai red curry paste, ¼ cup water
- When the wings are crispy, remove them from the oven and set your oven to broil. Place half of the wings in a large bowl and pour half of the sauce over top. Toss gently then return the wings to the baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining wings. Spoon any remaining sauce from the bowl over the wings then broil them for 2-3 minutes, or until the sauce is bubbly.
- Serve with any or all of the optional toppings.Optional toppings: chopped peanuts, sliced red chilis, lime, cilantro
This recipe is part of our Healthy Super Bowl Recipes series.
Kristen,
I finally broke down and made these tonight for dinner.
They are fantastic!
I ate them as the main course and gorged myself.
Thank you for another great recipe.
I’m so happy you liked the recipe! Hooray!
Forget the broiler or grill for doing chicken wings – do yourself a *huge* favour and get a Philips Airfryer (or do some googling) – it is probably the best thing I’ve ever bought for my kitchen. Basically it’s a deep fryer that only uses circulated air to fry the food – you therefore only have to add a tiny bit of oil (like just a light spray or a teaspoon for chips/wedges etc) and everything (everything!) comes out brilliantly. It does the best chips, wedges, chicken wings, crumbed fish, cakes (yes, amazing cakes!) and in fact, anything that could be deep-friend (and plenty that doesn’t). You can even airfry steak and meat on the special grill adapter and it comes out beautifully and evenly cooked. The best thing is any excess oil (or fat (from chicken skin etc) is caught at the bottom of the unit so you don’t have it remaining on your food. It’s just so brilliant for crispy chicken wings I thought I’d share it with you. And if you already have one you’ll know exactly how good it is 🙂
(And no, I have nothing to do with Philips – just a very happy user of my Airfryer.)
I just checked it out and it does sound awesome! I’ve put one on my wish list. 🙂
I agree – I have the older model T-Fal air fryer (10 years old) and it makes the best chicken wings, fries, etc. I made the honey garlic wings last week – the best!
Jealous! I would love an air fryer! One day I’ll have to treat myself. 🙂
Oh My! I cannot wait to make these. They sound so good and basic ingredients I have on hand.
Thank you for this !
I’m so excited for you to make these! Wish I could come over and help you eat them lol. They are so good!
Chicken waaaangs are my all-time fav, and there’s just an endless array of glaze to choose from. Thai’s the best!
They totally are, aren’t they?!! I could easily make a meal out of them and a pint of beer. So good!