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Chipotle Lime Hot Wings

Deep-fried chicken wingettes tossed in chipotle hot sauce, butter, lime juice, garlic, and seasoned with salt and pepper.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Chipotle Lime Hot Wings

Time12 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare and fry

  1. Heat oil to 350°F.

  2. Sprinkle wingettes with kosher salt and black pepper.

  3. Fry wingettes in batches for 12 minutes.

  4. Drain on a cooling rack.

Sauce and serve

  1. Combine remaining ingredients in a bowl large enough to toss wingettes.

  2. Add wingettes and toss to coat, then serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

415Calories
32 gProtein
29 gFat
8 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Lime + clovetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together909 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Lime + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,411 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Chicken wingettes
Fat under the skin renders during deep frying, and the skin turns crisp.
Smoky chipotle hot sauce
Supplies the heat and smoky flavor of the coating.
Butter
Melted butter carries fat and flavor, helping the sauce coat the wings evenly.
Lime juice
Adds acidity that brightens the rich, spicy sauce.
Garlic
Adds sharp aromatic flavor to the sauce.

The step that matters

Fry in batches. Crowding the pan drops the oil temperature, so the wings soak up oil and turn greasy instead of crisp. Frying in small batches keeps the oil hot enough to crisp the skin, and draining on a rack stops steam from softening it.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pepper, sauce, butter, lime, garlic):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, pepper, sauce, butter, lime, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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