Hanoi-inspired fried chicken wings

Chicken second courses

This recipe was inspired by the grilled, glazed chicken feet we ate on the streets in Hanoi. We recreated this dish at home using chicken wings and, per my mom's suggestion, a glaze of fish sauce, sugar, chiles, garlic and ginger. We also adapted a few techniques from a recipe for Viet-style chicken in Mark Bittman's The Best Recipes in the World, in which he marinates chicken in soy sauce and cooks --thereby thickening -- the glaze. From all these sources, we came up with our own adaptation. We've tried grilling, pan frying, oven frying and deep frying and, though deep frying is a pain (sometimes literally!), it ensures each bite is juicy and crisp. All the flavors work together to create a dish with intense, but hopefully balanced, Vietnamese flavors. - halfasiangirl