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Double-Fried Chicken Wings

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Sauced fried chicken wings topped with sliced scallions and piled in a melamine bowl with a Chinese pattern.
Photo by Bao Minh Nguyen

I know I’m the stupid one out there, but when I finally realized that flavored chicken wings were just fried wings that were tossed in a sauce of your choice, I was BLOWN AWAY! I don’t know how I thought wings were flavored before, but I’m also a man-child and learning about anything new blows…my…MIND!

Note

In my humble opinion, bigger wings are not always better. Less-meaty wings make the best-tasting wings.

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