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Fennel Grilled Chicken Wings
I first saw these fennel grilled chicken wings served in a tapas bar called Urtau in Arties, Spain just down the mountain from the Pyrenean ski resort of Baqueira. It's the premier resort in Spain and the skiing's good but don't go there for the atmosphere....it's dire.
That said DO visit Spain for the food and if ever you happen to be in the area, do check out the bar Urtau in Arties because it is really well worth it. Just check out this array of tapas!
My wife picked a couple of the fennel grilled chicken wings off the bar and let her taste buds break out the individual flavours, the aniseed immediately came to the fore.
The next day I was straight down to the supermarket to buy the necessary ingredients and try and repeat it on my grill. I’m not sure whether it was supreme skill or the lucky guess work of a hapless amateur BBQ chef but I think I got it pretty much bob on first time round.
Ingredients:-
12 chicken wings
2 tablespoons fennel seeds
2 tablespoons dried thyme
1 tablespoon salt
Olive oil
Method:-
Pop the fennel seeds into a pestle and mortar with the salt and gently grind the seeds up (you can easily skip this step if you don’t have a pestle and mortar) and then mix in the dried thyme.
Lay the wings out on a tray and rub in a small amount of olive oil as this will help the rub to stick then sprinkle on the rub and work it into the wings.
Get your grill nice and hot and grill for about 20 minutes turning regularly and just breathe in that aroma!
There's no time like the present so serve immediately. Finger food doesn't get any better than this.