Description
These crispy rice paper wings wrap chicken wings in water-softened rice paper before frying, so they fry up with a shatteringly crunchy, no-flour shell and a bold Korean BBQ rub.
Ingredients
Scale
- 10 party wings
- 1 tsp vegetable oil (for tossing)
- 1 tbsp Korean BBQ rub
- 5 sheets rice paper (cut in half)
- Water (for dipping the rice paper)
- Vegetable oil (for frying)
- Equipment
- large mixing bowl
- kitchen scissors
- small pot
- kitchen thermometer
- tongs or a spider strainer
Instructions
- Season the wings. Pat the wings dry, then toss them in a large bowl with the 1 tsp vegetable oil. Add the Korean BBQ rub and toss again until evenly coated.
- Cut the rice paper. Cut each of the 5 rice paper sheets in half with kitchen scissors so you have 10 half-sheets.
- Wrap each wing. Fill a bowl with water. Dip one half-sheet in the water and, once it softens and turns pliable, wrap it snugly around a wing. Set it aside and repeat with the rest.
- Heat the oil. Pour vegetable oil into a small pot to about 2 inches deep and heat it to 350F using a kitchen thermometer.
- Fry in batches. Fry two wings at a time until golden brown and crispy, about 3 to 5 minutes. The rice paper puffs up while frying and settles back against the wing; if any part sticks up above the oil, flip it after a minute or two.
- Drain and serve. Drain on a rack or paper towels, then serve hot.
Notes
- Dip the rice paper just until pliable; oversoaking makes it tear and bunch when you wrap.
- Wrap each wing snugly so there are no loose flaps to poke above the oil.
- Hold the oil steady at 350F: too cool turns the shell greasy, too hot browns it before the chicken cooks.
- Fry only two wings at a time so the oil temperature stays up.
- Best eaten fresh; re-crisp leftovers in the air fryer or a hot oven, never the microwave.
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 20
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: Korean
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 wings
- Calories: 230 kcal
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 260mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 8g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 16g
- Cholesterol: 70mg