Herbed Grilled Chicken Wings
Chicken wings rubbed with crushed garlic, olive oil and thyme and roasted for the best part of an hour, turned halfway. Five ingredients and no sauce.
Servings: 5
Calories: 265kcal
Ingredients
- 1 kilo chicken wings half a kilo works for a smaller batch
- 1 head garlic, crushed crushed to a paste in a mortar
- 1 tablespoon dried thyme other dried herbs work alongside it: see the notes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Salt and pepper, to taste salt goes on later, just before the oven
Instructions
- Cut the wings at the joints so the pieces are smaller, or leave them whole if you prefer.
- Put the wings in an ovenproof dish or on a baking tray. Add the tablespoon of olive oil, the crushed garlic, the pepper and the thyme, and rub everything into the skin.
- Heat the oven to 200°C (400°F), with heat above and below.
- Season with salt and put the dish in the oven for about 30 minutes.
- Take the dish out, turn the wings over and put them back for another 25 minutes, until golden and crisp.
- Serve hot.
Notes
The recipe announces a list of dried herbs and then names only thyme, so thyme is what the quantities describe. Oregano, rosemary and parsley are the usual companions in Colombian cooking and a tablespoon of a mixed dried blend works in its place. Salt goes on just before the oven rather than earlier: applied ahead it draws moisture to the surface, and wet skin does not crisp. Turning the wings halfway is what gets both sides brown, and it is the difference between roasted wings and wings that are pale underneath.
Nutrition
Calories: 265kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 83mg | Sodium: 544mg | Potassium: 172mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 180IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg