Spicy Lacquered Chicken Wings

Name: Spicy Lacquered Chicken Wings
Ingredients: 3 lbs. meaty chicken wings, tips removed; Salt; 3 tablespoons soy sauce; 3 tablespoons rice wine or sherry; 3 tablespoons brown sugar; 1 tablespoon grated ginger; 6 garlic cloves, minced; ½ teaspoon five-spice powder; ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper; ½ teaspoon grated orange zest; 1 small cucumber, diced (about 1 cup); 6 scallions, slivered; 3 small hot red chiles, very thinly sliced (or hot green chiles), optional; 2 tablespoons crushed roasted peanuts; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 1 handful cilantro leaves; 2 navel oranges, sliced

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Here is a remarkably sophisticated though dead simple take on classic dude food: chicken wings that work just as well in front of a football game on the television as at a Chinese New Year party....