Japanese Chicken Wings

These wings may not be the healthiest thing out there, but they sure are good! A lovely combination of tangy, sweet, buttery and crispy, we really enjoyed these.

Japanese Chicken Wings

3 pounds chicken wings
1 egg
1 C. flour
1 C. butter
3 Tbsp soy sauce
3 Tbsp water
1 C. sugar
1/2 C. white vinegar
3/4 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Dip each wing in egg and coat with flour.
Heat butter in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat. Fry wings until deep brown. Place in a shallow roasting pan.
In a small bowl combine soy sauce, water, sugar, vinegar, garlic powder and salt.
Pour over wings.* Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 45 minutes, basting and turning wings with sauce often.

*I had more than 3 lbs of wings, so I doubled the sauce which wasn't actually necessary. Anyway, when you pour the sauce on the wings, make sure they're not sitting in a pool of sauce or they won't get very crispy. If you have a lot of sauce in the roasting pan, pour most of it back into the bowl and use it for basting.

Recipe slightly adapted from allrecipes.com