3 lbs chicken wings, a mixture of wingettes and drummettes
1 ¼ cups tempura flour
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1 cup cold water
Vegetable oil for frying
Sesame seeds (optional)
Sweet Garlic Sauce:
4 cloves garlic, grated or minced
6 tbsp soy sauce
6 tbsp sugar
⅔ cup Mirin
Instructions
In a large mixing bowl, dust chicken wings evenly with ¼ cup tempura flour. Season with salt and pepper.
In another large mixing bowl, whisk together 1 cup tempura flour and 1 cup cold water.
Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium high heat.
Coat dusted wings with tempura batter and carefully drop into the hot oil. Working in batches, fry wings 8-10 minutes, turning a few times using a tong. Drain on paper towel lined plate.
In a small sauce pan, add all ingredients for sweet garlic sauce. Let boil for few seconds. Remove sauce from heat.
In a large mixing bowl, toss fried chicken wings evenly with sauce. Transfer wings to a serving plate. Drizzle the leftover sauce in mixing bowl over the chicken wings. Garnish with sesame seeds, if using.