How To Make Deep-Fried Pig Wings
Switch up your usual game-day snacks with these crispy pig wings. Bone-in pork shanks are deep-fried and slathered with a sweet and spicy sauce.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 12pork shanks,bone-in, trimmed
- 67.6ozroot beer,(1 bottle)
- 1½cupsapple butter,prepared
- ¼cuphot sauce
- 6cupsvegetable oil,for frying
Instructions
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Cover the pork shanks with water in a large pot over medium heat, then bring to a boil.
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Reduce the heat to low, cover the pot, and gently simmer pork shanks for about 2 hours until tender. Skim the foam that forms on the surface of the water as pork cooks, then pour in more water as needed.
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Drain the pork shanks and allow to cool for about 15 minutes. Remove surface moisture with paper towels.
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Pour the root beer into a saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for about 20 minutes until reduced to 4 cups.
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Stir the apple butter and hot sauce into root beer, then reduce the heat to low and simmer to keep warm, stirring occasionally.
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Heat vegetable oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F.
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Gently lower pork shanks into the hot oil, 2 or 3 at a time, and deep-fry for about 3 minutes per batch until meat is crisp and brown. Drain on a plate lined with paper towels.
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Serve pork shanks slathered with hot apple butter sauce, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 1348.72kcal
- Fat:Â 126.84g
- Saturated Fat:Â 12.41g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.86g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 87.20g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 20.76g
- Carbohydrates:Â 31.98g
- Fiber:Â 0.54g
- Sugar:Â 29.43g
- Protein:Â 23.26g
- Cholesterol:Â 73.71mg
- Sodium:Â 208.77mg
- Calcium:Â 34.36mg
- Potassium:Â 456.96mg
- Iron:Â 1.14mg
- Vitamin A: 3.07µg
- Vitamin C:Â 4.43mg
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