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Hickory Maple Glazed Wings

A recipe for chicken wings coated in hickory smoke powder, maple syrup, and cornmeal, then deep fried and glazed.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Hickory Maple Glazed Wings

Time12 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Season chicken with salt and pepper.

  2. Dip chicken in maple syrup, then dredge in cornmeal.

Fry and glaze

  1. Heat oil to 350°F, add chicken pieces, and deep fry for 12 minutes. Drain on a cooling rack.

  2. Combine 6 tbsp maple syrup with remaining ingredients. Add wings and toss to coat. Serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

366Calories
32 gProtein
18 gFat
21 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Smokenot in our table0

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.

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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 + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

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

  3. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

  4. Garlic + lemontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,893 recipes

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

  5. Chicken + lemontop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,092 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken wings
Provide the main protein; the cornmeal coating crisps around the meat during frying.
Cornmeal
Forms a crisp, browned coating that holds onto the glaze.
Maple syrup
Adds sweetness and a sticky glaze that browns and clings to the wings.
Smoky chipotle hot sauce
Adds heat, acidity and smoky flavour to the glaze.
Garlic
Adds aroma and savoury flavour to the glaze.

The step that matters

Toss the wings in the glaze while they are hot. Hot wings have a dry, porous crust that absorbs and holds the sauce. Cooled or greasy wings let the glaze slide off and turn the coating soggy.

Swap the lemon

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

  1. Limefits about as well
  2. Avocadofits about as well
  3. Lemonthe original
  4. Pumpkinfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, pepper, maple syrup, sauce, 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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