Honey Soy Stir Fry Chicken Winglets

[judydawn]

Thanks for that question Meagan (& your answer Zan) as I also am a fat remover. If I left it on for more flavour, I would certainly remove it before eating them but DH would think all his Christmases had come at once finding some chicken skin on his plate and I would find it hard to stop him eating it - so much easier to serve it up without and then not having to nag him into removing it himself.

[I Love Bimby!]

For ease I usually just remove the skin before I eat it.  I can't stand eating the chicken skin but I had wondered if the meat would fall off without the skin on 

[Meagan]

Some little bits of meat fell off but generally the pieces stayed whole. It was a pain in the rear to get the skin off prior to marinating but I imagine the skin would probably come off easier after cooking.

[CreamPuff63]

can't remember if this has been mentioned before, but haven't got time to read back 4 pages...after marinating the chicken I drained off all marinade and cooked as per the recipe. There is juice in there as a result of the cooking process and to make a nice thick sauce about 5 mins towards the end of cooking time I paused it and added a really heaped tablespoon of cornflour pre-mixed with a bit of water into the TM with the pieces, and then topped up the liquid with some of the drained marinade as to how much sauce I wanted. Made a yummy thick sauce to pour over the chicken and steamed veges. 5/5

[I Love Bimby!]

Good thinking CP! Usually I either drain the marinade for a crispier finish or just pour it all in and pour the sauce over at the end. 

[pippa]

Hmmmm maybe I am not enough of a TMX convert yet, but I was wondering why you would bother making the marinade in the thermomix at all.  I did and it seemed like a lot of work and washing up when I could have mixed it all with a spoon in a small bowl and just tiped it over the wings to marinate.  When I put the wings into the TM bowl and set it for 1 minute, they just went round and round without mixing in the marinade.  Will cook them tomorrow and I am sure they will be delicious, but I will skip the TM making the marinade next time I think.

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

I just used a bowl and spoon for those parts last time I made them. 

[pippa]

And my next question - why do you put the Varoma on top?  What does that do to the chicken?

[pippa]

And my final question - I cooked to the recipe and I now have 1.2kg raw chicken wings cooking on my stove top, vegetables steaming in the microwave and a black bottomed TMX!!!  What have I done wrong??

[judydawn]

And my next question - why do you put the Varoma on top?  What does that do to the chicken?

 I can answer this one pippa - the vegies go in the varoma and cook whilst the chicken is cooking below.

[pippa]

thanks judydawn, but at the end of the 30 minutes, I had raw chicken AND raw vegetables...........

[judydawn]

Mmm, help someone.

[Cornish Cream]

I know Zan makes these often, maybe she can help?Or Chelsea?

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

Sorry I am really baffled.  The temp must have been on for the bottom to blacken. Hmmm.  Zan?? 

[pippa]

Sorry I am really baffled.  The temp must have been on for the bottom to blacken. Hmmm.  Zan?? 

Is the temperature supposed to be somewhere else?  Only the bottom was hot and there was certainly no steam of any sort to cook vegetables.