Sweet Blackberry Asian Chicken Wings

Ingredients:

1 Tablespoon Chinese 5-Spice or other Asian spice blend
1/3 cup hoisin sauce
1/4 cup blackberry and black currant preserve 
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
2 1/2 pounds chicken wings
Toasted Sesame Seeds

Directions

Preheat oven to 400ºF.

Rinse wings and pat dry. Transfer to a large bowl and toss with vegetable oil and spice blend until well coated. Place wings on baking racks in a single layer 

Bake, rotating half-way through, until fully cooked, 30 minutes. Remove wings from oven and transfer to a large bowl.

Stir together hoisin and blackberry jam in a small saucepot over medium-low heat until warm. (You can add more or less of hoisin sauce or jam to taste)

Drizzle wings with sauce, tossing until well coated, sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds and enjoy!!

Mario and I have made these two times now. The first time we made them I was in a rush, starving and had no idea how to photograph wings.... So Mario told me that we could make them again so we did and we had fun putting this photo shoot together :)