(serves 3-4 persons)

Visit Chinatown in Bangkok and you will discover this gourmet dish on the menus of many excellent restaurants. Lobo makes it easy for you, and if you wish, Lobo recommends a dash of liquor or red wine for extra sensational taste.

• Clean the chicken wings or the chicken and leave to dry.
• Heat oil in skillet. Fry chicken until cooked and brown on both sides. Remove and leave to rest.
• Dissolve contents of Red Chicken Sauce Mix packet in ½ cup (120 ml) of water. Set on the stove. When it is beginning to boil, put fried chicken in.
• Stir to dredge chicken in the sauce. Lower heat and simmer for 30 minutes or until chicken is tender and the sauce dries a bit. You can add a small amount of liquor or red wine to enrich the aroma. Remove and serve.

• The chicken wings may still have some hair on. Clean and remove the hair and do not forget to cut away the pointy end of the wings, too.
• Vegetable lovers may choose to add sliced tomato, bell pepper and chopped onion into the skillet when stirring.