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Sweet & Sour Chicken Wings are great for a party or Simchat Torah post hakafot oneg. Sweet & Sour Chicken Wings would also be awesome during the football season for your huge football parties. They’re the perfect sticky finger food for the guys (and gals) who are glued to the TV for the season. You could stir fry all the ingredients in a large wok or skillet in the late morning and let it simmer until game time. Your guests and family will not only be super-fans of football but you as well!!

How Sweet & Sour Chicken Wings became a thing

Name: Sweet & Sour Chicken Wings
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Gluten Free
Ingredients: 5 pounds chicken wings, cleaned; 2 cups finely diced white onions (fine dice blade on the Hindy Chopper); 6 cloves crushed garlic, or 6 frozen cubes; 2 tablespoons canola oil; 30 ounces tomato sauce; 40 ounces (1 jar) sweet and sour sauce (duck sauce); 1/2 teaspoon white pepper

Sweet & Sour Chicken wings began a lifetime ago, here in hometown West Roger’s Park Chicago, as a favorite on Simchat Torah along with Spaghetti with Meat. This recipe was originally published on October 28, 2012, and was later published in my book “Shabbos Under Pressure – Cooking with Pressure = Pressure Free Cooking” adapted as an Instant Pot/Electric Pressure Cooker recipe. While the times have changed my love for this recipe and the memories it elicits are still warm in my heart. Here’s the story.

Bnei Akiva helped shape who I am today

Growing up in West Roger’s Park Chicago I felt I was really blessed to have the Bnei Akiva Lishkah* two blocks away. The Lishkah building was the gathering place for Zionistic, Modern Orthodox grade school kids, teenagers and young adults. It was the hub of everything fun, interesting, and “cool” going on for Jewish Modern Orthodox kids in the region. Every Shabbat morning there was a Minyan at the Lishkah with beautiful singing, but somehow we managed to daven* fast enough that the services never seemed too long and we always finished before the traditional shuls! I have always said the Bnei Akiva here in Chicago really helped to shape who I am today. I have a great love for the State of Israel, and a strong connection to my Judaism.

Bnei Akiva & Simchat Torah & Sweet & Sour Chicken Wings

Every Simchat Torah there would be energetic (and that does not even begin to describe it) dancing in the Beit Knesset* on the second floor of the Lishkah. You could actually feel the floor vibrating from the dancing! The girls/women danced in the women’s section too, and we were seriously afraid that the entire second floor would collapse!

After the hakafot* there was always an organized oneg* at a nearby house where the teenagers would gather in a safe but fun environment – often at my house! We’d empty out the basement to make space for the crowd, and the foods of choice were Spaghetti with Meat and Sweet & Sour Chicken Wings. Considering the volume of people, we made a lot of food, and it was all nearly gone by the time everyone left.

Sadly the Lishkah left West Rogers Park (where we still live) before my kids were born and moved to Skokie. We really feel its loss as our kids are growing up. We, however, have continued the custom of Spaghetti with Meat and Sweet & Sour Chicken Wings on Simchat Torah in our house. Some traditions are just too good to give up.

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And Then Sweet & Sour Chicken Wings Came Back

Recently (2012!) I bought a few wedeal.com (similar to groupon) vouchers for Garden Fresh Market in Northbrook (a suburb of Chicago) where they have a lot of kosher foods and even a kosher pizza shop in the store. When I got there they had the most gorgeous looking chicken wings I had ever seen. I know that to some of you that might sound incredibly ridiculous – gorgeous chicken wings? Gorgeous? Really? YES!

I have often bought chicken wings that looked like they were about to fly away as soon as they came out of the package – ugh! It meant a lot of time cleaning the darn feathers off of the wings for a few moments of chicken wing nirvana. The Garden Fresh ones were clean and beautiful!!! I know that you know that when things are really crazy you need all the help you can get, and I was not going to buy chicken wings that needed lots of prep time – voucher or no voucher. Before Shabbat I pulled out my huge wok, sautéed some delicious white onions and garlic in a little canola oil then tossed in the wings, tomato sauce, duck sauce, and white pepper. I let the wings cook for a long time until the sauce had really cooked down and was thick and gooey. YUM!!! They were a huge success (as always).

Sweet & Sour Chicken Wings are great for Football Season Too!!!

It occurred to me that these wings would also be awesome for the current football season for your huge football parties – the perfect sticky finger food for the guys (and gals) who are glued to the TV for the season. You could stir fry all the ingredients in a large wok or skillet in the late morning and let it simmer until game time. Your guests and family will not only be super-fans of football but you as well!!

Mike Ditka you got that right!!! GO CHICAGO BEARS!!!

And life goes on…

Although we miss the Lishkah a lot, we have tried to instill the values that the Lishkah represented into our own children. We have tried to make our home into a Lishkah of sorts, where kids come and go and always feel welcome, continuously instilling the values that were learned in the Lishkah and serving great food, like Sweet & Sour Chicken Wings, too!

Glossary

Lishkah: Literally translated as office. The Bnei Akiva Lishkah in West Rogers Park was an old two story building that was thehub of Jewish youth activity in the neighborhood.

Daven: Pray

Beit Knesset: Synagogue

Hakafot: On the holiday of Simchat Torah we celebrate the completion of a whole year of reading the entire Torah. We celebrate by doing “hakafot” – dancing and singing around the synagogue seven times with all the Torah’s in the synagogue.

Oneg: A gathering where people hang out on Shabbat or a Holiday.

Here’s the recipe for Sweet & Sour Chicken Wings

This recipe was originally published on October 28, 2012, and was later published in my book “Shabbos Under Pressure – Cooking with Pressure = Pressure Free Cooking” as a pressure cooker recipe. The original recipe calls for 5 pounds of chicken wings. Feel free to halve the recipe if that makes too many wings. It’s such a favorite in our family, I’m leaving the recipe as is. Enjoy!

Sweet & Sour Chicken Wings

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Author: Sharon Matten - Kosher Everyday
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Yield: 5 pounds of wings 1x
Category: Appetizer
Method: Cooking
Cuisine: Gluten Free
Diet: Kosher

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Description

These wings are great for a party, Simchat Torah post hakafot oneg, or these wings would also be awesome for the current football season for your huge football parties – the perfect sticky finger food for the guys (and gals) who are glued to the TV for the season. You could stir fry all the ingredients in a large wok or skillet in the late morning and let it simmer until game time. Your guests and family will not only be super-fans of football but you as well!!

Ingredients

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5 pounds chicken wings, cleaned
2 cups finely diced white onions (fine dice blade on the Hindy Chopper)
6 cloves crushed garlic, or 6 frozen cubes
2 tablespoons canola oil
30 ounces tomato sauce
40 ounces (1 jar) sweet and sour sauce (duck sauce)
1/2 teaspoon white pepper

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Instructions

In a large wok or skillet, heat the canola oil.
Sauté the garlic and onions until soft.
Add the chicken wings, tomato sauce, sweet and sour sauce and white pepper.
Heat on medium-high until hot and bubbling, stirring constantly.
Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered for at least 1 ½ hours until the sauce has reduced considerably and is very thick.
Serve hot with crusty bread and lots of napkins!

Notes

Feel free to halve this recipe. It makes a lot of wings, although I guarantee they’ll be a huge hit and you won’t regret making the whole recipe!

If you have issues with onions, you can use 2 cups of green onions or 2 tablespoons of asafoetida. If you don’t have either, feel free to leave the onions out, but it will effect the flavor of the wings.

If you have a garlic issue, please feel free to substitute garlic oil for the canola oil, and leave out the garlic cloves.

Make sure to check out how to make this recipe in an Instant Pot or other Electric Pressure Cooker in my book “Shabbos Under Pressure – Cooking with Pressure = Pressure Free Cooking“!

Nutrition

Serving Size:
Calories: 309
Sugar: 32.1 g
Sodium: 548.5 mg
Fat: 5.3 g
Saturated Fat: 0.7 g
Carbohydrates: 64.4 g
Fiber: 2.5 g
Protein: 4.1 g
Cholesterol: 11.8 mg

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Comments

Mirishosh says

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Absolutely fantastic! If you like spicy wings, just wait a day or two, and they get better and better. Thanks for sharing, Sharon.

- Missy says
  
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  In the cotelicampd world we live in, it’s good to find simple solutions.
  
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I like the sauce but not the wings Could you do it with another part of the chicken without the skin or with tofu
Thanks

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  Thanks for your question Eileen! I always say that “You are the Executive Chef in your kitchen”. You totally could make this recipe using another part of the chicken without the skin or with tofu. If you use tofu, I strongly recommend using a high protein, extra firm tofu. Trader Joe’s has a great one that I love. It holds it’s shape in recipes like this one. Please let me know how yours turns out! All the best, Sharon

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How Sweet & Sour Chicken Wings became a thing

Bnei Akiva helped shape who I am today

Bnei Akiva & Simchat Torah & Sweet & Sour Chicken Wings

And Then Sweet & Sour Chicken Wings Came Back

Sweet & Sour Chicken Wings are great for Football Season Too!!!

And life goes on…

Here’s the recipe for Sweet & Sour Chicken Wings

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