Steamed Chicken Wings with Day Needles

Steamed Chicken Wings with Day Needles

Overview

Today I would like to share with you a dish of steamed chicken wings with golden needles, which is very auspicious and suitable for entertaining guests during the New Year.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Wash the chicken wings and set aside. Soak the day lily in warm water in advance. Prepare dry tempeh, light soy sauce, cooking wine and other auxiliary ingredients.

    Steamed Chicken Wings with Day Needles step 1
  2. Cut the green onions into large pieces, pat the ginger into pieces, and finely chop the tempeh (the chopped tempeh will bring out the flavor more easily).

    Steamed Chicken Wings with Day Needles step 2
  3. Cut the chicken wings in half along the seam of the bone. Zerui’s mother likes to make chicken wings. The advantage of cutting it is that firstly, it is easier to absorb the flavor when pickling, and secondly, it cooks faster and takes less time when steaming.

    Steamed Chicken Wings with Day Needles step 3
  4. Put the processed chicken wings into a large bowl, add green onion slices, ginger slices, chopped tempeh, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, cooking wine, white pepper, a little salt, a little sugar, and marinate for 30 minutes to soak in the flavor.

    Steamed Chicken Wings with Day Needles step 4
  5. Add another teaspoon of starch to the marinated chicken wings and mix well again.

    Steamed Chicken Wings with Day Needles step 5
  6. The purpose of adding starch is to lock the moisture in the chicken wings and make the steamed chicken wings more tender and smooth.

    Steamed Chicken Wings with Day Needles step 6
  7. Place the day lily that has been soaked in advance on the bottom of the plate, and then place the marinated chicken wings on top of the day lily.

    Steamed Chicken Wings with Day Needles step 7
  8. Place in a steamer, turn to medium-low heat and steam for 20 minutes.

    Steamed Chicken Wings with Day Needles step 8
  9. Turn off the heat and simmer for two to three minutes before taking it out of the pan and sprinkle with a little chives.

    Steamed Chicken Wings with Day Needles step 9