Fennel Grilled Chicken Wings

I first saw this served in a tapas bar called Urtau in Arties, Spain just down the mountain from the Pyrenean ski resort of Baqueira. My wife picked a couple of 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.

Grill for about 20 minutes turning regularly and serve immediately.

Related Pages:-

More Tasty Chicken Recipes
Spanish Tapas Recipes
Barbecue Rubs

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