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Asian Chili Lime Wings - Crispy oven baked wings covered in a delicious savoury, spicy and tart chili lime sauce!
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Asian Chili Lime Chicken Wings

Crispy baked chicken wings glazed with a sticky asian chili lime sauce that'll have you licking your fingers! These wings are perfect for game day appetizers or for a light dinner, it's easy to scale the recipe up or down depending on how much you need!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Course: Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine: American, asian
Keyword: appetizer, chicken, chili, finger food, lime, soy sauce, sticky, wings
Servings: 1 serving
Cost: $10

Equipment

  • Wire rack
  • baking sheet

Ingredients

Chicken Wings:

  • 1 lb chicken wings
  • 2 tbsp corn starch
  • 1 tsp salt and pepper
  • canola or vegetable spray oil

Sauce:

  • 3 tbsp thai sweet chili sauce
  • 2 tbsp mirin
  • 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp garlic, minced
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil

For Garnish:

  • 1 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped
  • 1 stalk green onion, chopped
  • 1 tsp sesame seeds

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400°F. Cover a baking sheet with foil and place wire rack on top, lightly spray with cooking oil and set aside
  • Dry the chicken wings with paper towel as best you can. Toss wings in a large bowl with the cornstarch, sale and pepper until each chicken wing has a light coating.
    Crispy baked chicken wings - the secret to crispy oven baked chicken wings is a good coating of cornstarch
  • Place chicken wings on the wire rack and spray with cooking oil and bake in over for 45 minutes. Flipping at around the 30 minute mark.
    Crispy oven baked chicken wings - the best way to get crispy chicken wings without deep frying!
  • In a small saucepan, whisk together all the sauce ingredients until well combined. Give the sauce a taste and adjust to your tastes (See note 1)
  • Heat sauce over medium heat and simmer until sauce has reduced by half and can coat a spoon, approx. 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally so the sauce doesn't burn.
    Asian Chili Lime Wing Sauce - delicious savoury, spicy and tart sauce to glaze your crispy wings for finger lickin goodness!
  • Remove wings from oven and let cool slightly. Then toss the wings in the sauce until evenly coated. Serve immediately with some cilantro, green onions and sesame seeds sprinkled on top.
    Asian Chili Lime Wings - Crispy oven baked wings covered in a delicious savoury, spicy and tart chili lime sauce!

Notes

  1.  Every brand of soy sauce and fish sauce has a slightly different saltiness level and flavour so I find you usually need to adjust the sweetness or tart level to balance it out. So just add more mirin for sweet or more vinegar or lime juice for tart.