Food - Honey Sriracha Wings

This is a very very simple to-go recipe, and it is definitely a crowd pleaser. One of my sisters loves comparing my cooking to our mums but if you have a great cook like our mum, it is very hard to beat her, but with this recipe, I won a little bit of my sisters heart :)

Food is definitely the key to a lot of peoples hearts, especially mine!  With simple recipes like this, you will definitely be on your way to melting some hearts out there. So keynotes about this recipe - 1, its sweet.... 2, its a bit spicy, and 3.. It is DELICIOUS!.. that is all.

slightly adapted from The Woks of Life

2 pounds of chicken wings

salt, black pepper and red pepper flakes

Spray olive oil

2 tbsp butter

1/4 cup Sriracha 

2 tbsp honey (and more if needed)

more red pepper flakes

Preheat oven to 350/400 degrees

Make sure your wings/drumettes are thawed, once thawed, combine wings with salt, pepper and red pepper flakes/

Line a pan with foil or parchment paper, if you use foil, make sure to spray the foil so the chicken doesn't get stuck on it/

Spray the chicken with olive oil, making sure every bit of the chicken is oiled/

Bake for about 45-50 mins, checking to make sure they are well done/

Once the chicken is well cooked, melt butter in a wok , add red pepper flakes, and let the flavor merge with the butter/

After a minute, add the Sriracha and honey and stir all the ingredients together until the mixture becomes bubbly (not burnt bubbly)

Take the wings from the oven, well done (don't forget) and toss the wings into the sauce, and coat until all the wings have this delicious sauce on them//

I had a little bit of fun using the wok to toss the chicken

Serve with fries, rice( that's right) or eat it as a snack! 

so GOOD and SIMPLE! 

Enjoy, Dee! 

Food - Quick Lunch; Bacon-Lettuce-Kimchi Sandwich (BLK)

My taste buds are strictly Nigerian. I believe our taste buds are developed by the food that is heavily cooked or are available in the areas that we live in. I lived in Nigeria for most of my childhood and teenage years but as I came to America, I started to explore different types of cuisine outside of the normal rice, plantains, and beans that I had been exposed to all my life.

One of the types of cuisine I started to eat was Korean! I think I can link this to my excessive watching of Korean Dramas, I mean have you watched any ?! They are soo addictive! I digress, So as Jollof Rice is to Nigerians, Kimchi is to Koreans. It's a food staple and has hit American grocery stores with a bang! I've noticed that they are now selling it everywhere! From your local Whole Foods, to your local sandwich shops.

 I remember the first time I tried Kimchi, I was taken aback by the smell, but then I tasted it and it was AMAZING! I promise you!!It was crunchy, sour, sweet, spicy and everything else!  I've been buying mine from the local Whole Foods, and they have it in different spice levels. I usually opt for Hot or Medium.
Today, we will be making a Bacon-Lettuce-Kimchi Sandwich (BSK) see what I did there ? and it is everything you've ever dreamed of ! I promise you!! plus... its super fast! My brother came visiting this summer, and he was a bit skeptical but now he is a devout believer!

Croissant (your preference of bread)

Mayonnaise

Lettuce
Onions

2 slices of Bacon

Kimchi (I usually buy from Whole Foods in the fresh produce aisle)

Cook bacon according to instructions

Toast, split, and put Mayo on croissant 

Dice onions

Assemble as you like 

Eat up! 

So how does it taste?! 

p.s I've also made this with spinach instead of lettuce, and without mayo and it still delicious! 

Enjoy, Dee!