lemonade kissed chicken wings

La Crosse, WI
Updated on Mar 2, 2011

Lemonade Kissed Chicken Wings!!! A really flavorful chicken! ZESTY !!!

prep time 20 Min
cook time 1 Hr 15 Min
method Deep Fry
yield 25 - 36 wings

Ingredients

  • CHICKEN
  • 5 pounds chicken wings (about 25 to 36)
  • LEMONADE SAUCE
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2/3 cup honey
  • - finely grated lemon zest from one lemon
  • 2/3 cup lemon juice
  • FLOUR COATING
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons lemon pepper
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • OIL FOR FRYING
  • 3 cups cooking oil

How To Make lemonade kissed chicken wings

  • Step 1
    Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  • Step 2
    Wash and pat dry the chicken. Tuck the wings, leave them as is, or cut the sections apart (your choice). Set aside until needed.
  • Step 3
    Put Lemonade Sauce ingredients in a sauce pan. Stir together over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside until needed.
  • Step 4
    Heat the cooking oil in a deep pan over Medium-high heat to fry the chicken / coating.
  • Step 5
    Mix together the Flour Coating ingredients in a large bowl or a large zipper plastic food bag. Put 5 - 7 pieces of chicken in the food bag. Zipper the bag closed, shake the chicken and flour mixture together to coat the chicken completely.
  • Step 6
    Fry about 8 pieces of chicken at a time for about 8 minutes, until golden brown. Remove from oil and let drain on paper towels a couple of minutes. Start a new batch to be fried. Continue this process until all the chicken is fried. Put the drained fried chicken on a large baking sheet. Drizzled the pan of fried chicken with the Lemonade Sauce.
  • Step 7
    Bake in 400 degree oven for about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven, turn the chicken over and return pan to the oven and bake 10 minutes longer.
  • Step 8
    **** Serve on a big platter as appetizer or serve on individual plates with a vegetable and rice.

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Category: Chicken
Ingredient: Chicken
Method: Deep Fry
Culture: American

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