Baked Korean Chicken Wings Recipe

chicken wings (cleaned and tips removed)

reduced-sodium soy sauce

light brown sugar (packed)

plus 1/4 cup water (divided)

soju or sake

gochujang

mild honey

rice wine vinegar

plus 2 tablespoons minced garlic

grated fresh ginger root

scallions (trimmed off the root end, thinly sliced)

ripe pear (peeled, cored and grated on the finest side of a box grater)

freshly ground black pepper

Korean chili pepper powder or crushed red pepper flakes

Clear Jel or other canning starch