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#COOKING: NINJA KITCHEN AIR FRYER | ONTARIO PEACH WINGS WITH SWEET POTATO FRIES AND SRIRACHA-PEACH AIOLI RECIPE
We’re so thrilled to announce our partnership with NINJA KITCHEN to show you how awesome their Air Fryers are!
Why an Air Fryer? I think you’ll agree with me that most of us are turned-off by having to deal with all the splattering grease and mess of deep-frying on your stove-top. Above this, the amount of oil required to deep-fry some of your favourites makes it unfeasible from a health standpoint to cook like that every day. The Ninja Kitchen Air Fryer gives you the freedom to fry with very little oil, yet still get that crispy coating we love so much in deep-frying whenever you want it. Above this, it cooks super-quick and also there’s very little clean-up!
This Pandemic has awoken the inner Chef in me and I am delighted to welcome the Air Fryer into my life, giving me infinite possibilities. It air-fries, re-heats and dehydrates also, in addition to air-frying!
These next few weeks, we’ll all be about peaches as sweet, juicy Ontario Peaches are in-season through early August, but in addition to desserts (check-out our recipe for Peach Cobbler here!) or just eating them whole, peaches can be infused into your cooking to give your dishes a bright, summery splash!
We’ve partnered with Ninja Kitchen to bring Wing Night to you while social-distancing with Ontario Peach Wings with Sweet Potato Fries and Sriracha-Peach Aioli. 🍑
WINGS
2 lbs chicken wings1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp five spice powder
1 1/2 tbsps baking powder
Sea salt and pepper
Drizzle of olive oil
Instructions:
1. Preheat Ninja Air Fryer for 3 minutes at 360°F.2. After cleaning wings, pat dry with paper towels and toss in spices, salt and pepper.
3. Divide wings in two batches, drizzle wings with olive oil and fry each batch on Air Fryer mode for about 14 minutes. At half-way mark, turn wings over carefully once. While, frying, prepare sauce.
SAUCE
2 Ontario peaches, pitted, skinned and cut into 1″ thick slices6 tbsps organic Canadian Maple Syrup
3 tbsps organic raw cane sugar
3 tbsps rice vinegar
3 tbsps Honey Dijon Mustard
2 tbsps ketchup
1 tbsp
1 tbsp Gochujang (Korean Pepper Paste)
Sea salt and pepper
Instructions:
1. In sauce pan, bring peaches to boil in raw sugar and 3 tbsps maple syrup on medium-heat. Reduce to low heat. Cook till flesh is soft and broken. Once cooled, strain liquid through a sieve and reserve liquid.
2. In large bowl, whisk all other ingredients together. Add 5 tbsps of peach reduction into the mix. Reserve remainder of reduction for your Aioli.
3. Once chicken wings are cooked, toss them in sauce till coated and allow to sit for about 4 minutes before transferring to serving platter. Garnish with peach slices and serve with Sweet Potato Fries and Sriracha-Peach Aioli.
SWEET POTATO FRIES WITH SRIRACHA-PEACH AIOLI
1 large sweet potato, skinned and chopped into thin strips2/3 cup Mayonnaise
2 tbsps Sriracha
2-3 tbsps reserved peach reduction (above)
1/2 tsp paprika
Sea salt and pepper
Drizzle of olive oil
Instructions:
1. Soak sweet potato strips in salt water for 10 minutes.2. Pat dry completely with paper towels.
3. Toss strips in olive oil, salt, pepper and paprika.
4. Ensure Air Fryer is preheated for about 3 minutes.
5. Air-fry sweet potato strips at 360°F for about 10 minutes, shaking once at the half-way point.
6. While frying, prepare Sriracha-Peach Aioli but whisking Sriracha, peach reduction and Mayonnaise in small bowl.
7. Serve fries with Aioli.
We’re sure this will be a favourite and we can infuse different seasonal flavours into this sauce as the year progresses! Check back as we’ll be featuring more exciting Ninja Kitchen Air Fryer creations including a juicy Steak & Taters, Hainanese Roast Chicken, Lemon Garlic Butter Salmon and Maple-Bacon Doughnuts! Yes, Doughnuts!
You can find the Ninja Kitchen Air Fryer at retailers like Canadian Tire.
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#COOKING: CHICKEN WINGS TWO WAYS RECIPE
Wings Two Ways. It’s Wing Night! Can’t go out for wings? No worries, we’ve got wings, two ways! One spicy and sweet, the other sweet and tangy.
Option #1, we’re indebted to our friend Elaine Quan (Instagram: @quanner922) for her inspiring recipe which we made a couple tweaks to.
Option #2, you have to use Billy Bones BBQ‘s Carolina Gold BBQ Sauce. My niece Jessica and nephew-in-law Mitch are two of the minds behind this Ribfest fan favourite purveyor of grilled thrills, and I’m grateful to them for introducing me to this mustard-infused, tangy concoction. If you can’t find the sauce, look for a mustard-based BBQ Sauce.
Ingredients:
4 lbs chicken wings
3 egg whites
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons sea salt
Sauce #1:
1/4 cup Gochujang (Korean Pepper Paste)
3 teaspoons organic maple syrup
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon rice vinegar
1 teaspoon fish sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 1 inch cube of ginger, minced
Sauce #2:
1/4 cup Billy Bones Carolina Gold BBQ Sauce
2 teaspoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons organic maple syrup
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon rice vinegar
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 1 inch cube of ginger, minced
Coriander, chopped (garnish)
Instructions:
1. In large bowl, beat egg whites, baking soda and salt until slightly frothy.
2. Toss chicken wings in egg white mixture and coat evenly. Refrigerate overnight uncovered.
3. Preheat oven at 450°F.
4. Place wings on baking sheet and pat dry with paper towel.
5. Bake 15 minutes.
6. Flip wings. Bake 10 minutes.
7. Flip wings. Bake 10 minutes or till juice in wings is just about clear.
8. While on step 7, take two large skillets and on high heat, sear quickly garlic and ginger for about a minute.
9. Combine Sauce #1 in bowl and pour into ginger and garlic in Skillet #1. Bring to a sizzle, let caramelize slightly and reduce to low heat. Do same with Sauce #2 in Skillet #2.
10. Once chicken wings are ready, increase heat on each skillet to medium-high. Divide half of wings into Skillet #1. Divide other half of wings into Skillet #2.
11. Immerse wings till they are coated in sauce.
12. Turn off heat and let wings sit for about 5 minutes.
13. Garnish with chopped coriander and serve.
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