BELLIZEAN CHICKEN WINGS - with Mango/Rum Salsa & Melon Salad

BELIZEAN COCONUT JERK CHICKEN WINGS
3 pounds chicken wings
12 spring (green) onions
1/2 c. soy sauce
2 Tbsp. jerk seasoning
1/2 c. coconut milk
1/2 c. dark rum
dry coconut flakes
1/2 c. flour
2 beaten eggs
Salt & pepper
1/3 c. honey
1/4 c. coconut oil (to mix with honey for brushing wings)

Cut the wings in 3 pieces, do not use the tips.  Remove bone without disfiguring the shape of the wing.  Chop spring onions and mix with soy sauce, jerk seasoning, coconut milk, and rum.  Marinate wings for at least 30 minutes but overnight would be even better.  Drain and dry the wings, dust them with flour, bathe them in the beaten eggs.  Coat the wings with a mixture of coconut flakes, salt and pepper.  Bake for 10 minutes in a 350 degree oven, drizzle with a mixture of honey and coconut oil while baking.

MANGO RUM SALSA
2 ounces honey
2 Tbsp. lime juice
1 fresh banana
1 ounce dark aged rum
1 fresh mango
30 green peppercorns
1/2 medium onion, chopped
jalapeno to taste
Salt to taste

Mix hone, lime juice, banana, rum, and mango pieces in a kitchen blender.  Blend until you get a smooth thick sauce.  Transfer to a mixing bowl, and add the green peppercorns, onion, jalapeno pepper and salt.

MELON SALAD
2 Chocho's (a Caribbean tropical fruit, which tastes similar to a cucumber-pear)
4 ounces honeydew melon
2 Tbsp. olive oil
2 Tbsp. white wine
1/2 Tbsp. mustard
2 Tbsp. chopped parsley
1/2 medium red onion, diced
Salt and pepper to taste

Peel the cho chos, cut into strips and cook in water and salt for 10 minutes.  Chill the cho chos in a cool water bath.  Cut the melon in strips.  Blend the olive oil, white wine, mustard, parsley, and onion.  Mis with the fruits and veggies.  Salt and pepper to taste.

Makes enough to serve for a group of 5.

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For those of you who don't know what Chocho's are. 

It is a Caribbean tropical fruit that is native to Belize, Mexico, Caribbean and Central America.  The people of Belize, love Choco's. 

There are a few varieties; however they all have pear or slightly oval shape. It carries a thin green skin fused with its flesh.

A Chocho can be used either as a fruit or a vegetable.  Although this fruit has a bland taste, it is often eaten raw in salads and salsas, with lemon juice. When it is cooked, it has a taste like a cross between potato and cucumber.

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