Boneless Stuffed Chicken Wings

Name: Boneless Stuffed Chicken Wings
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Four servings
Ingredients: 16 large, meaty chicken wings, about 3 1/2 pounds; 1 tablespoon butter; 1/2 cup finely chopped onions; 1/4 pound sausage meat, preferably Italian sausage with fennel seeds; 1 teaspoon ground sage; Salt to taste, if desired; Freshly ground pepper to taste; 3/4 cup cooked rice; 2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley; 1 egg yolk; 4 to 5 tablespoons melted butter, plus butter for greasing a baking sheet

By Craig Claiborne and Pierre Franey

Total Time: 40 minutes
Rating: 4(11)
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Ingredients

Yield:Four servings

16large, meaty chicken wings, about 3½ pounds
1tablespoon butter
½cup finely chopped onions
¼pound sausage meat, preferably Italian sausage with fennel seeds
1teaspoon ground sage
Salt to taste, if desired
Freshly ground pepper to taste
¾cup cooked rice
2tablespoons finely chopped parsley
1egg yolk
4 to 5tablespoons melted butter, plus butter for greasing a baking sheet

Ingredient Substitution Guide

Preparation

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
Step 2
Cut off the main wing bones of each chicken. Reserve the second wing joints and wing tips for another use.
Step 3
Start boning each main wing bone from the top, cutting and pushing the meat and skin down to the small end portion as though you were partly removing a glove. Chop off the bone near the top. Reshape the meat and skin as it was before.
Step 4
Heat the one tablespoon of butter in a saucepan and add the onions. Cook, stirring, until the onions are wilted. Add the sausage and sage and cook, stirring, until the sausage has completely lost its raw look.
Step 5
Remove the saucepan from the heat and add the salt, pepper, rice, parsley and egg yolk. Stir well to blend.
Step 6
Use a small spoon and carefully stuff each boned chicken-wing part, adding the filling at the open end. Fold over the flap to enclose. Arrange the pieces flap side down on a buttered rimmed baking sheet.
Step 7
Brush the tops of each piece with melted butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place in the oven and bake 15 minutes.