Elephant & Castle chicken wings? Read first post!

Kimia wrote: »

Also - what are the reasons for boiling the Franks/butter? Does it get rid of some of the sharpness? I normally don't do it - just heat it up.

Yeah, I think it gets rid of some of the vinegar, though acetic acid has a higher boiling point than water, I still think it goes off as the fat itself is hotter.

There is a chinese buffet in bloomfields shopping centre, they did wings and I reckon it is franks they used. It is all you can eat for €10 so needless to say I had a disgraceful amount. Good ribs too. All the rest is not so good though, noodles were OK, but thats just filler food

Be the hokey! Thats a lot of Franks!

Ultimate Wing recipe

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2055944043

Pot wrote:

Link is down

Haha who'd have guessed it. The "ultimate" recipe is a mix of franks and butter!!

I'm Franked

Made 3 kilos of wings today and everybody loved them, they were gone in no time. I made them slightly less hot than original - I wasn't bothering with dips (blue cheese or otherwise) to cool them down with. Here's what I did (big thanks to vibe666 as I used several of your tips)

Wash wings, dry them, discard tips and split in half. Roll them in batter of one cup of plain flour and 3 large tablespoons of corn flour and 2 large tablespoons of paprika powder and salt and pepper. Leave in fridge for 2 hours. Deep fry them in small batches at 180 degrees C for 15 minutes (I tried 12 minutes too, but 15 is better). In a wok I simmered 110g of Franks Red Hot Sauce and 70g of clairified butter (ghee - I bought in the Asian wholesale shop) for about 5 minutes stirring regularly. This is good for a batch of 24 wings. Stir them through the sauce in the wok for a minute or two and serve!

as unkel says, yes it's possible, but it's not entirely safe.

i use a wok sometimes if i'm doing large batches of wings or fried chicken for a party, but I wouldn't recommend using any kind of pan on a hob if you can avoid it as it really isn't safe and for the sake of 20 quid, your life is worth investing in a fryer and there's plenty of stuff you can cook in it aside from wings like chips, prawn crackers, hash browns, sausages and many more.

also NEVER use a pan+oil on a gas hob, you are basically playing russian roulette. whatever about an electric hob being unsafe, a gas hob and hot oil is 10 times as bad and should never ever be used to heat oil. remember, you can (theoretically) heat decent oil to several times the temperature of water before it boils and not even realise it, but anything you put in it with water content (chips, chicken or whatever) will instantly have the water boiled out of it into the hot oil and oil & water are not good friends as i'm sure you know.

i know i'm going on about it, but don't underestimate how dangerous it can be. just buy a fryer. the cheapest fryer in the world is going to be many times safer than a pot of hot oil.

Got franks hot sauce original in super-valu mullingar today!
Made the sauce for the first time and worked out pretty good heres the recipe I used-
for about 1.5 kilos of wings:
-half a cup of franks sauce
-half a cup of melted butter
-a knob of philidelphia
-a 15ml tablespoon of white vinegar
mixed it all together, oven cooked the wings(with oil brushed on them)
when wings were cooked I put them in the pot with the sauce,covered with a plate and shook! Took em out and were perfect. Might try frying them next but its a great place to start.

This guy is prob the best around, You'll love all his recipes . You can thank me later . You can do the second recipe too

http://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2010/04/original-buffalo-chicken-wing-sauce.html

http://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2008/05/clifton-springs-chicken-wings-oven.html

I thought the same but try it , the E&C wings are a bit acidic but it's not as bad as you might think

We had lunch in the Harbourmaster today. No celery and the dip is garlic mayonnaise with blue cheese, but the wings are not too bad at all and I'd definitely order them again:



The best place I've had wings out in still in TriBeCa - sorry if I sound like a broken record - but even better are the ones you make at home using the suggestions in this thread!

vibe666 wrote: »

looks like they didn't bother to get all the feathers off the wings there.

The funny thing is that I didn't notice that at all at the time! I only saw that when I was uploading the photo. :pac:

dinnybyrne wrote: »

Got franks hot sauce original in super-valu mullingar today!
Made the sauce for the first time and worked out pretty good heres the recipe I used-
for about 1.5 kilos of wings:
-half a cup of franks sauce
-half a cup of melted butter
-a knob of philidelphia
-a 15ml tablespoon of white vinegar
mixed it all together, oven cooked the wings(with oil brushed on them)
when wings were cooked I put them in the pot with the sauce,covered with a plate and shook! Took em out and were perfect. Might try frying them next but its a great place to start.

Googled this earlier, thanks for all the suggestions!! Got 1.5kg of drumsticks, went franks sauce shopping and then combined some of the stuff from here...

covered the drumsticks in oil then rolled them in flour, salt, pepper, herbs, jamaican jerk and put them on an oven tray, 30 mins one side, then 20 on the other, they were perfect, skin was crispy and chicken cooked lovely, after i turned them half way i started on the sauce, put butter and herb philadelphia light in a pan, melted slowly, then added loads of frank's sauce, it got nice and lumpy, then threw it into a lunch box and chucked it around and served with blue cheese dip and celery, sensational!

Little Alex wrote: »

The funny thing is that I didn't notice that at all at the time! I only saw that when I was uploading the photo. :pac:

sounds like you just horsed them into you then.

best count your fingers and make sure they're still all there just in case! :pac:

i had them in the thirsty bull (tyrellstown) on friday night and they were pretty good. i'd had them there before and they weren't great, but i think they might have a new chef there now as they were much better. they also do the (apparently) spiciest wings in dublin according to 98fm and their website.

I think E&C hasn't moved with the times, no deals, no early bird, a whopping €4 for a glass of orange juice... That's celtic tiger stuff, I won't be dropping in again. And, the chicken wings are not as epic as they used to be.