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I’m gonna be straight-up. I thought these baked coconut mango wings were delicious. I loved them. I’m not usually a big baked wings fan, but they were packed with island-inspired flavor with golden-brown lightly crunchy skin and moist, tender meat. It was the dipping sauce that threw me. Maybe it’s because 99% of the time I dip my wings in blue cheese or ranch salad dressing. I’m not sure, but I wasn’t a fan. I’d make these wings again, but I’d use the sauce as additional marinade instead. You might feel differently, but it’s my job to be up-front and honest.
The gorgeous color on these baked coconut mango wings comes from the annatto in the Sazon seasoning. It’s the same stuff that’s used to color other foods, like making cheddar cheese orange. Yeah, it’s really white. Go figure. Why do orange-ish foods taste better? I’m not sure, but they do. And they look better too.
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Baked Coconut Mango Wings
Ingredients
- 3 pounds chicken wings flats and drumettes separated, tips saved to make stock
- 1 tablespoon Sazon Coriander and Annatto Seasoning
- 14 ounce unsweetened coconut milk
- ½ cup mango roughly chopped
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon honey plus 1 teaspoon, divided
- freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Season the wings with the Sazon seasoning on all sides. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Add coconut milk and mango to a blender and puree until smooth.
- Add half of the mixture to a large resealable container or a baking dish. Stir in the cayenne.
- Transfer remaining half of the sauce to a resealable container and refrigerate until ready to use.
- Add wings to dish and turn to coat in the marinade. Cover tightly and refrigerate for 6-12 hours.
- Preheat your oven to 450 F.
- Remove chicken from marinade and transfer to a baking sheet, skin-side up, that is lined with foil or a silpat.
- Season chicken with pepper.
- Bake chicken for 25 minutes or until they reach 165 F internally.
- Turn on your broiler and broil the wings until they get a little more golden brown and to slightly crisp the skin.
- Serve the wings with the reserved coconut/mango sauce for dipping.
Nutrition
Nutritional values are approximate and will not include any store-bought wing sauce or seasoning nutritional values.
