Make hosting holiday parties and festive meals a snap by using a crock-pot slow cooker. On busy holidays like Christmas and New Year's Eve, it's just like having an extra set of hands in the kitchen, and there's no easier way to prepare favorite party finger foods like chicken wings.
While Buffalo chicken wings are always great party food, these Chinese and Thai flavored chicken wing recipes are a new taste sensation you won't want to miss. Family and holiday visitors who are trying to improve their eating habits will thank you too, because these two recipes are healthy enough to be included even in diabetic diets. Just check out the nutrition information provided along with each recipe below!
Thai Chicken Wings with Peanut Sauce Crock-pot Recipe
- Prep time: 25 minutes
- Cook time: 5 - 6 hours on LOW, or 2½ - 3 hours on HIGH
- Yield:12 servings
- Calories per serving:101 calories
- Fat per serving: 6 grams total, 1 gram saturated fat
Ingredients
- 12 Chicken Wing Drummettes (about 2 ½ - 3 pounds)
- ¼ cup Water
- 1 tablespoon Lime Juice
- ¼ teaspoon ground Ginger
- Peanut Sauce (see recipe below)
Cooking Directions
- Place chicken wings in the crock pot along with the water, ginger and lime juice.
- Cover slow cooker and cook on LOW for 5 - 6 hours, or on HIGH 2 ½ - 3 hours.
- Drain chicken wings and prepare peanut sauce.
- Return wings to slow cooker with half of the peanut sauce. Stir to coat well.
- Serve warm with the remaining sauce on the side.
Thai Peanut Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup Creamy Peanut Butter
- ½ cup Water
- 2 tablespoons low sodium Soy Sauce
- 2 Garlic cloves, minced
- ½ teaspoon Ground Ginger
- ¼ teaspoon Crushed Red Pepper
Cooking Directions
- Whisk together and stirring constantly, heat all ingredients over medium-low heat in a small sauce pan until mixture is smooth and heated through.
Each serving of Thai Chicken Wings in Peanut Sauces also provides 3 grams carbohydrate (1g fiber), 15 mg cholesterol, 159 mg sodium and 9 grams protein. Exchanges: 1.5 lean meat, 1 fat.
Chicken Wings Appetizer with Chinese Five Spice Recipe
- Prep time: 20 minutes
- Cook time: 20 minutes
- Total time: 3 - 4 hours on LOW, or 1½ - 2 hours on HIGH
- Yield: 32 Chicken wing pieces
- Calories per serving: 32 calories
- Fat per serving: 1 gram, 0 grams saturated fat
Ingredients
- 16 Chicken Wings, jointed (about 3 pounds)
- 3/4 cup Plum Sauce*
- 1 tablespoon Butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon Chinese Five Spice
- Green Onions, sliced (optional)
(*) - Plum sauce can be found in most supermarkets in the Asian foods section, in food stores that specialize in Asian foods, and is available from many retailers online.
Cooking Directions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Arrange wing pieces in a foil lined baking tray and bake 20 minutes. Drain.
- Combine chicken wings, plum sauce, butter and five-spice in a 3½ or 4 quart slow cooker. Stir to coat well.
- Cover and cook on low for 3 - 4 hours, or on high for 1½ - 2 hours.
- Serve immediately.
Each serving of Five Spice Chicken Wings provides 3 grams carbohydrate (0 grams fiber), 3 grams protein, 45 mg sodium and 9 mg cholesterol. Exchanges: 0.5 lean meat.
These delicious chicken wing appetizer recipes were adapted from, and nutrition information provided by, the 2012 edition of Diabetic Slow Cooker, a publication of Good Housekeeping. Use them to enjoy your party guests while your crock-pot slow cooker does all the work!
Maria Blanco - Writer/Editor, Certified Family Herbalist, Naturopath, Holistic Nutritional Consultant
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