Asian Wings

I made some delicious wings tonight!  Personally, I hate to deep fry anything, because it makes the entire house smell like grease.  But, Chuck doesn't like them as well when I bake and broil them.  So, I deep fried the chicken wings in peanut oil, until they were nice and crispy.

It was the sauce that really made the recipe, though.  Here's what I did.  In a small saucepan, I melted half of a stick of butter.  Then, I added 1/2 to 3/4 cup of artificial honey (use regular honey, if you can have sugar.  Chuck can't), about 1/2 a bottle of Sriracha hotsauce, 1 tbsp of sesame oil, 1/4 cup of soy sauce, 1/4 cup of lime juice, 1 tsp of extract of orange, and 1/2 cup of creamy peanut butter (I use the all natural kind).  Then to your taste, use:  garlic, crushed red pepper, ginger, and Chinese Five Spice. 

Then, simply cover the wings in the sauce.  So good!!!  I made 20 wings, and still had plenty of sauce left over.  I'm thinking it would be delicious over some ramen noodles (just the noodles, no liquid).  Or, for a vegan-friendly meal, leave the butter out of the recipe, and substitute with peanut oil.  Then, make sure the noodles are vegan.

Pinterest -- My New Cookbook

     Are you obsessed with Pinterest?  Because I am totally obsessed with Pinterest.  I've been cooking like a wild woman lately, all from the inspiration I get on Pinterest.  They have every recipe you can think of, and I am so excited to try new things all the time!

     I never follow the recipes exactly, because I like to make every recipe my own.  But, I've had a lot of hits with the family lately:  taco pasta, pepperoni pizza dip, citrus garlic pork loin, sugar-free peanut butter blondies...the list goes on and on.  I'm not comfortable with sharing the recipes, since the inspiration from each of them was taken from some other cook.

     So, if you're looking at that chicken sitting on your counter defrosting, and you have absolutely no idea what to do with it, go to Pinterest and type Chicken Recipes into the search bar.  It's so much fun!