This is a recipe that L. clamors for every few weeks and I oblige as much as I can, though I am a bit bored of it. This recipe has been through many delicious incarnations since I made it first, but this is the version that I now make pretty much every single time. I either make wings or a mixture of wings and drumsticks.
2 lbs chicken wings/wings and drumsticks combo
2 Tbsps vegetable or olive oil
1/3 cup miso
2 tsps hot sauce
2 tsps Worcestershire sauce
2 tsps soy sauce
Preheat oven to 400.
Toss the chicken pieces in the olive oil. Place in a single layer on a foil lined baking tray. Place in oven and bake for 30 minutes, turning the pieces over at the half way mark.
While the chicken is cooking, heat the other ingredients in a saucepan over low heat. Whisk to incorporate the melting miso into the liquids. You will end up with a thick, glossy, smooth sauce. Decant the sauce into a large bowl and set aside.
Once the chicken has cooked, remove from the oven and turn your oven to the broiler setting.
Place the pieces of chicken in the bowl with the sauce and toss well so that all of the chicken is coated with the miso glaze. Do not dump the chicken in the bowl but remove the pieces from the baking tray one by one with a pair of tongs. You do not want to dilute the glaze with any of the rendered fat and chicken juices left on the foil lined baking tray.
Pour off all of these juices before placing the glaze-coated chicken back on the foil. There will be just enough rendered fat left to keep the pieces from sticking.
Broil for 2 to 3 minutes on each side until the pieces are appetizingly charred and both crispy and sticky.
There you go. A look at what would probably be L.'s choice for last meal on earth were he asked the question.