Good Bite Says: A sweet, exotic appetizer that only tastes complicated. So, give the blue cheese dressing and celery sticks a rest, and take a turn from Buffalo to the Far East. They taste as good as they look!

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup honey
• 3 Tbsp hoisin sauce
• 4 cloves garlic, finely minced
• 2 tsp grated fresh ginger (about 2" long piece of ginger)
• 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 24 whole chicken wings
• Sesame seeds, for garnish (optional)
• Cilantro, chopped, for garnish (optional)

Directions

Step 1
In small sauce pan, whisk soy sauce, honey, hoisin sauce, garlic, ginger, cinnamon, and pepper. Simmer 5 minutes over medium-low heat. Remove from heat and let cool. Once cool, pour in large Ziploc bag. Add chicken wings to bag and massage until coated evenly. Remove as much air from bag as possible. Seal and refrigerate, marinating 1 hour to overnight.

Step 2
Preheat oven to 375°F. Arrange chicken wings in single layer on baking sheet. Bake for 35 minutes, or until slightly crispy.

Step 3
Remove baking sheet from oven and arrange wings on plate with tongs. Garnish with sesame seeds and cilantro, if desired.

Notes

To grill the wings instead of baking, combine all the ingredients of Step 1 in a Ziploc bag, but don't cook them. Let them marinate, then heat one side of grill to medium heat and the other to high. Remove the chicken from the bag and pour the sauce in a small sauce pan. Bring the sauce to a boil, then simmer over medium-low heat until sauce thickens. Grill the chicken on medium heat for 5 to 7 minutes per side. Move wings to high heat and baste frequently with sauce, turning the wings a few times, until the skin is crispy.

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