bee sting chicken wings
OMG, Y'all if you like wings and you need something other than the everyday wing. Ya gotta' give this one a shot! My daughter Misty and I came up with this recipe last summer for something different for a field party we throw every year and let me just say there was nada left for friends or family to take home! Oh so garlicky, honey-sweet, and spicy! I make up a big batch of this sauce and use it on bone-in wings, boneless wings as a glaze for baked or BBQ'ed chicken and as a glaze for pork as well. And send bottles home with all 3 of my kids! This recipe is really all about the wing sauce!
Blue Ribbon Recipe
The star of this chicken wings recipe really is the sauce. It has just the perfect amount of spice, with a hint of garlic flavor and a lovely sweet honey taste. The breading is fantastic too. It gives the wings a nice crunchy texture. These will be great for game day.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds chicken wings or boneless breast, cleaned and prepared
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 cups flour (does not matter if all-purpose or self-rising)
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons pepper
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
- 1 teaspoon chipotle pepper powder (optional)
- - oil for frying
- BEE STING SAUCE
- 1 stick butter
- 1 1/2 cups Franks Red Hot or whatever hot sauce you use
- 1/2 cup honey (more if you want it sweeter)
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 3 tablespoons garlic puree or super fine minced garlic (yes Tbsp I said it is garlicky, less if you want less)
- 2 teaspoons mustard powder (or 1 tsp yellow mustard)
How To Make bee sting chicken wings
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Step 1The best thing about this recipe for the sauce is it is that you can tweak the amounts until you get it the way you like it best! And, baste for the chicken and chops on the grill!
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Step 2Clean and prepare chicken place in bowl and pour buttermilk over it. Set aside. -
Step 3In a separate bowl or gallon size Ziploc bag, mix flour and all dry ingredients together. Set aside.
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Step 4In a sauce pan melt the butter. When the butter has melted, add all other ingredients and bring to a low boil. Reduce heat to low and let simmer while you make your chicken.
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Step 5Heat enough oil in a deep skillet, pan or deep fryer (whatever you use to fry in). Get heat up to 350-375 degrees.
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Step 6While oil is heating up add all the chicken to the flour mix, shaking buttermilk off as you add it to the dry mix.
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Step 7Fry chicken wings until done (bone-in wings take around 15 mins. and so does the chicken breast) Bumping heat up and down as needed to fry the chicken until done.
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Step 8Remove chicken to a paper towel covered plate or rack to drain. When all chicken is done and drained place chicken into a large bowl and slowly pour sauce over and toss to coat. You might not need all the sauce to coat I pour half over chicken and toss then serve it with the sauce on the side to dip in :)
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Step 9ENJOY! Happy Cooking!!
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