Pomegranate Sriracha And Mint Chicken Wings Recipes

POMEGRANATE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Stir pomegranate juice, brown sugar, vinegar, and garlic together in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture is reduced to 3/4 cup, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and discard garlic, then stir in lime juice and let cool 5 minutes. Set aside 6 tablespoons pomegranate syrup.
• Poke several holes in lime with a fork and insert into chicken cavity along with onion, 1/2 teaspoon salt, bay leaf, pepper, and rosemary. Tie legs together with kitchen string, sprinkle skin with remaining 3/4 teaspoon salt, then transfer chicken, breast side up, to a roasting pan.
• Roast chicken, basting with pomegranate syrup every 20 minutes, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest parts of all pieces registers 165 degrees F, about 1 hour total. Let chicken rest 10 minutes before carving. Serve drizzled with reserved pomegranate syrup.

SRIRACHA CHICKEN WINGS

Steps:

• Brine: Combine brine ingredients in a medium bowl. Place chicken wings in another bowl. Pour brine over wings and mix with your hands. Cover bowl with plastic wrap, and store in the refrigerator 24 hours.
• Wings: Place a colander over a larger bowl. Drain the brined wings, reserving the brine in the bowl beneath (discard, or boil 10 minutes and save for future wing brining). Remove chicken wings to a baking sheet fitted with a metal rack. Set aside to bring to room temperature, 30 minutes.
• Fill a heavy-bottomed pot halfway with grapeseed oil and heat to 325 degrees F. Meanwhile, in a bowl, mix together rice and tapioca flours. Dredge wings in the flour. Fry in small batches until golden brown, 8-10 minutes (depending on wing size, it could take a little more or less time to cook). Shake off excess oil and remove cooked wings to a sheet rack.
• Assembly: Arrange wings on a serving platter with a side of sriracha sauce for dipping. (To make traditional buffalo wings, combine 1 cup sriracha with 3 tablespoons melted butter. Toss with wings and serve.)

POMEGRANATE AND MINT COCKTAIL

Steps:

• In a large pitcher, combine the pomegranate juice, vodka and lemon juice. Tear the mint into small pieces and add to the pitcher. Stir to combine. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• For each serving, fill a highball glass halfway with ice. Fill three-fourths with the cocktail, then top the glass with soda water. Garnish with a few pomegranate seeds and serve immediately.