Grilled Chicken Wings
September 24, 2008 by admin
Everyone loves chicken wings, and most of us probably come close to eating our weight of them during football season. Problem is, most chicken wings are fried and we all know some doctors frown upon eating fried foods too often (yeah I know, weird). Here’s the good news, you cn grill just about anything, including wings! Grilled chicken wings are not only delicious, but they are easier to cook and are much better for you than fried wings! Delicious because they combine that grilled and smokey taste with your favorite wing sauce taste. Easier to prepare because you don’t have to deal with the splattering and disposal of all of that oil. Health(ier) because they are grilled and not fried. Hungry yet? Good, let’s take a look at how to do it…
Ingredients
Chicken Wings (thawed if frozen)
Kosher Salt
Fresh Ground Pepper
Wing Sauce (Crystal or Budweiser are our favorites, look for them near the Ketchup)
Step 1 - Preheat the grill to medium-high heat.
Step 2 - Season the chicken wings on all sides with Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper.
Cooking Chicken Wings
Step 3 - Arrange the wings on the grill. At the same time, place the wing sauce into a pot and put over low heat. As we talked about previously in our grilled baby back ribs recipe, we don’t want to put the sauce on before grilling because it will burn. Bring the sauce to a light simmer while you are grilling your chicken wings and then turn off the heat, we’ll coat the wings with it while they are hot.
Step 4 - Continue to turn the chicken wings every few minutes until the meat is not pink in the center. This will usually take about 16 - 18 minutes total. Keep the grill closed as much as you can to speed up the cooking. You can be pretty sure they are done when they have a nice brown or charred layer like this (some charring is fine, the sauce will take care of it).
Grilling Chicken Wings
Step 5 - Toss the chicken wings in the sauce immediately after removing from the grill while they are nice and hot. Leave them in the sauce for a few minutes to soak in the goodness.
Step 6 - Serve and enjoy!
Grilled Chicken Wings
There you have it, easy and delicious grilled chicken wings! So next time you have a hunger for wings, throw them on the grill instead. The clean up is much easier and you won’t feel quite as guilty. Make sure you leave a few out of the sauce for some of the lightweights at the football party…
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