21 February, 2020

Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings aka Crack Chicken

Posted in : Appetizers, Chicken/Poultry, Chinese Cuisine on February 21, 2020 by : Ivy's Kitchen

Tags: chicken wings, chinese food, cold water, cornstarch, crack chicken, garlic, golden chopsticks, ice water, Ivy's Kitchen, ivyskitchen, msg, msg wings, red chili flakes, royal mandarin, salt and pepper chicken wangs, salt and pepper chicken wings, san diego crack chicken, scallions, shaoxing wine, water, wings

I remade my salt and pepper chicken wings video. If you’re from San Diego and have tried Royal Mandarin or Golden Chopstick’s salt and pepper wings, this is my version of their recipe! MSG is the “Salt” and the red chili flakes is the “pepper” factor. You can substitute out the MSG and use salt,
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5 October, 2018

Spicy Chicken Wings (Inspired by Tom Cat’s Bar in San Diego)

Posted in : American Dishes, Appetizers, Chicken/Poultry, Fried Foods on October 5, 2018 by : Ivy's Kitchen

Tags: appetizers, chicken wings, corn starch, crispy chicken wings, crunchy chicken wings, deep fried, deep fry, double fried, finger foods, garlic powder, green onions, Ivy's Kitchen, ivyskitchen, naked chicken wings, pepper, red chili flakes, salt, salt and pepper chicken wings, spicy chicken wings, tom cats bar, tom cats bar spicy chicken wings

If you live in San Diego, north inland county, I am sure you have heard of a dive bar called Tom Cats in Mira Mesa. I was asked by a few to recreate this recipe on Ivys Kitchen, so I took the challenge. The only difference is, I added cornstarch to my chicken wings because
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8 October, 2015

Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings

Posted in : Appetizers, Chicken/Poultry, Chinese Cuisine, Fried Foods on October 8, 2015 by : Ivy's Kitchen

Tags: chicken, chinese cuisine, chinese food, chinese style fried chicken, crack chicken, deep fried, fried chicken, garlic, garlic chicken, Ivy's Kitchen, mandarin food, mandarin style friend chicken, peanut oil, pepper, red chili flakes, royal mandarin, salt, salt and pepper chicken wangs, salt and pepper chicken wings, san diego crack chicken, shaoxing wine, spicy chicken

If you’ve been to San Diego, CA, hopefully you’ve been to Royal Mandarin and had their famous Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings. These wings are addicting. This crunch fried chicken has a wonderful blend of garlic flavor, salty, and spicy. It’s like the Pringles theme, “Once you pop, you can’t stop.” These wings have been nicked
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