Baked Chicken Recipes

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Well boy and girls, the big day is just about here!  If you are having a Super Bowl party, baked chicken recipes can be your friend, since you an be doing lots of other things while the oven does all the work.  No doubt about it – America has gone crazy for chicken wings.  I remember when I was in college, our local grocer used to sell these for 19 cents a pound!  Not so any more, but they are always readily available.  I’ve shared with you Betty White’s sort of Teriyaki wings and my favorite Buffalo wings.  These Super Bowl wings are one of those baked chicken recipes that really go over big with people who don’t care of the heat of the Buffalo wings.

Be sure to start this recipe the day before the Super Bowl, since marinating the wings overnight adds such great depth of flavor.  Also, you want to be sure to use a nice thick jam – not jelly.  You don’t want these to be runny.  You want a nice glaze that sticks to the wings.  I prefer apricot jam, but pineapple works well, too.  Or use the combination – pineapple-apricot preserves.

Have ready 3 pounds of wings that you have cut into sections – discarding the tips or freezing for stock.  In a large zip bag place a good cup of whatever flavor jam you chose, 1/4 cup vegetable oil, a one inch piece of peeled fresh ginger, a teaspoon of garlic powder, and half a cup each of packed brown sugar, soy sauce, frozen orange juice concentrate and 1/3 cup of dry sherry.  Mix this all together very well and drop in your wings.  Squeeze the wings around to make sure they are coated with the marinade and refrigerate overnight.

An hour before your guests arrive, place the wings on a baking pan.  Lining with foil will make clean up a lot easier.  Now place your wings on the pan and pour about a cup of the marinade over then all and bake at 350 degrees for an hour.  At the end of this baked chicken recipe, I like to sprinkle the wings with toasted sesame seeds just before serving.

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