Name: Chicken hot wings with blue cheese slaw and healthier fries
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 400g potatoes, peeled and cut into skinny fries; 500g chicken wings, halved at the joint and tips removed; 50g butter, melted; 2–3 tbsp hot pepper sauce; ½ tbsp paprika; ¼ tsp celery salt; olive oil; (such as dolcelatte) 50g blue cheese, crumbled; 100ml half-fat soured cream; 1 tbsp mayonnaise; ¼ small white cabbage, shredded; ½ small red onion, thinly sliced

A blue bowl filled with chicken wings and golden fries

400g potatoes
peeled and cut into skinny fries
500g chicken wings
halved at the joint and tips removed
50g butter
melted
2–3 tbsp hot pepper sauce
½ tbsp paprika
¼ tsp celery salt
olive oil

BLUE CHEESE SLAW

(such as dolcelatte) 50g blue cheese
crumbled
100ml half-fat soured cream
1 tbsp mayonnaise
¼ small white cabbage
shredded
½ small red onion
thinly sliced

Method

step 1
Put the fries into a bowl of cold salted water and leave for 30 minutes.
step 2
Toss the chicken wings with the butter, hot sauce, paprika and celery salt, and leave to marinate for 30 minutes.
step 3
To make the slaw, mash the blue cheese, soured cream and mayo. Toss with the cabbage and red onion, season and leave to sit until you need it.
step 4
Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Drain the potatoes and dry really well on kitchen paper. Toss with a good splash of olive oil and spread on a non-stick baking tray in a single layer. Put in the top half of the oven and cook for 50–55 minutes, giving them a stir occasionally. Season them when cooked. Put the wings on a separate baking tray, sit below the fries and cook for 40–45 minutes until crisp and golden.
step 5
Toss the slaw again, then serve with the wings and fries.