Prepare for your weekend to be made. Right now.
Perhaps you thought you’d do a spot of shopping this weekend, maybe have some drinks with friends, catch up on* The Apprentice* and/or Downton Abbey which we’ve totally just remembered is actually still on. Oops. Anyways, cancel ALL of that, like, now. We’ve got something much better for you to do up our sleeves because the production team behind your favourite show ever Orange Is The New Black has just released a cookbook.
Jenji Kohan, Tara Herrmann, Hartley Voss and Alex Regenery’s new volume (which you can totally get your mitts on now) is packed full of different recipes from the different inmates. Well, not actually from them, but named after them. It’s also got loads of nifty extras like glosseries of prison speak, maps of Litchfield and the full copy of those newsletter Chapman was publishing last season
Because they’re nice, the ladies behind the book gave us two recipes for you to use now so here, without further ado, are the instructions to make Taystee’s Sweet & Hot Chicken Wings and Crazy Eye’s Chocolate and Vanilla Fudge Swirl.
Happy weekend guys.
Taystee’s Sweet & Hot Chicken Wings
Ingredients
Vegetable oil for frying
• 3 tablespoons Rooster Sauce (sriracha sauce)
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 60 ml honey
• 910 g chicken wings, separated at the joint
• 30 g cornstarch
• Salt
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• 2 scallions, white and green parts, thinly sliced
• Sour cream (optional)
Method
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In a large pot, heat 2 inches (5 cm) of oil to 375°F (190°C).
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While the oil is coming up to temperature, make the sauce: In a small saucepan, combine the Rooster Sauce, vinegar, and honey. Place over medium-high heat and bring to a boil; cook, stirring, until reduced in volume and sticky, about 10 minutes.
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Pat the wings dry and put them in a large bowl. Add the cornstarch and toss to evenly coat the wings. Working in batches and using a slotted spoon, add the wings to the oil and fry until crisp and cooked through, about 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from the oil using the slotted spoon, drain on paper towels, and immediately season with salt. Transfer to a large bowl as each batch is finished.
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Pour the sauce over the wings and toss to coat, then add the butter and scallions and toss until the butter is melted. Serve immediately, with sour cream for dipping if you like.
** Crazy Eyes’s Chocolate and Vanilla Fudge Swirl (Swirrl, Swirrl)**
***Ingredients
***Butter for the pan
180 ml evaporated milk
350g sugar
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
150g mini marshmallows
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
250g semisweet or milk chocolate chips
55 g chopped pecans or walnuts
More chocolate chips or mini marshmallows for topping
Method
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Line a 9-inch (23-cm) baking pan with foil so that it extends up the sides and over the edges of the pan. Grease the foil with butter.
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In a large saucepan, whisk together the evaporated milk, sugar, and salt. Bring to a boil over medium high heat and boil, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes, or until the mixture becomes a little sticky and starts to pull away from the sides of the pan. Remove from the heat, let cool for 2 minutes, then add the marshmallows and stir for 2 to 3 minutes, until the marshmallows melt. Stir in the vanilla, then quickly stir in the chocolate chips and nuts until the chocolate chips are melted but not completely incorporated (so you can still see some of the white) with some swirly streaks of black on white remaining. Immediately pour the mixture into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a spatula or your hands.
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Press some chips into the top of the fudge. Refrigerate until set, about 2 hours. Remove from the refrigerator, pull by the foil overhang to remove the fudge from the pan, and place the fudge on a cutting board. Cut into 36 squares. Store in a container at room temperature if you like your fudge soft; refrigerate if you like a firmer fudge.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.