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Sweet and Sticky Chicken Wings

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This is one of my most-requested recipes, and it couldn’t possibly be any easier to make. They make the perfect appetizer, and they even travel well for potlucks. Best of all, these chicken wings crisp up in the oven. Once they’re done cooking, toss them in a three-ingredient sauce, and you’re all set.

Ingredients:
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried granulated garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 2 pounds chicken wings
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons Franks Red Hot Sauce
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 2 tablespoons melted hot pepper jelly
  1. Preheat the oven to 500F degrees. Line a large baking sheet with foil and spray with vegetable oil. In a bowl, mix the flour, salt, dried garlic, onion powder, and smoked paprika. Add the chicken and toss to coat. Spread the chicken on the baking sheet in a single layer and roast the chicken for 45 minutes, turning once (at around the 25 minute mark), until browned and crispy.
  2. In a large bowl, mix the hot sauce, butter, and hot pepper jelly. Toss the chicken with the hot sauce mixture and serve.
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happy new year

i’m back in california. even the incessant rain can’t dampen my contentment from being back in the bay area.

now for what we’ve all been waiting for – pictures from the trip. we shall go in order:

bye bye oakland.

bye bye bay area.

hello virginia.

near mount vernon.

in alexandria, virginia, which struck me as being similar to corte madera, but more touristy.

my cousin aryana.

you can’t tell by the picture, but this stick of “butter” at the smithsonian in washington, dc, is about the size of a dining room table.

poetic calligraphy from the persian empire’s savafid dynasty at the smithsonian. i was suprised to see that the art and poetry from india’s mughal dynasty was also in farsi.

Quranic calligraphy from the savafid dynasty in tabriz.

from iran’s sassanian dynasty.

those sassanian eyerainians sure knew how to get down.

at the smithsonian.

i made chinese food for dinner one evening.

aryana enjoying her amish lunch in amish country.

there’s lots of barns in amish country, pennsylvania.

a view of dc from the masonic lodge in alexandria.

duckies in maryland.

my sister and i were entralled by ducks walking on the frozen lake.

priceless.

aryana having a blast at the “lake” (psst – its really a faux lake built near an upscale mall).

chelo kabab at moby dick – the dc area’s favorite iranian restaurant chain.

want more pictures? my sister has some up too.

khordani:

sobhaaneh: dates

nahaar: chelo kabaab; chicken chow mein and crab

shaam: penne pasta with marinara and green salad; okra sambal and nonya daging rendang

snack: chocolate truffles; japanese rice crackers

beverage: iranian tea; peppermint mocha frappuccino; ginger ale; lukewarm airplane “tea”; funky monkey; irish breakfast tea

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hello again.

so i’m back. blame my absence on a semester and a half’s worth of term papers, exams and stacks of books, not to mention a hundred page paper i penned on iranian foreign policy. last semester was like international relations boot camp. it paid off though.

i travelled to dc in april for the national model arab league conference, and i walked away with an outstanding delegate award at the west coast model arab league. i met some amazing people in dc and had a great time out on the town. i flew to maryland in june with the family, and spent a few days in new york city and dc as well. now i’m savoring the summertime before i begin grad school in the fall at sfsu, commuting back and forth from santa rosa to san francisco for work, and looking for a place to get back in the city by the fall.

i don’t like summarizing seven months into two neat paragraphs.