Sticky Chicken Wings

My son is away at college.  His favorite restaurant is Buffalo Wild Wings.  When home on summer break he asked me if I could make some chicken wings like theirs - fried but with sauce.   So here is the creation we came up with.  These are deep fried, and tossed in a sauce made with pepper jelly, vinegar and soy sauce.  If you are adverse to deep frying you could bake them (1 hour 350) , and then toss in sauce.  As an alternative, try Syberg's Hot Wing sauce found in the grocery store.  Either way, these are killer.

Sticky Chicken Wings

By Peggy Fonke

 

3- 5 lbs of chicken wings -  sectioned with tips removed

2 cups flour

3 TBL corn starch or backing powder

Salt and pepper

2 TBL sugar

 

½ cup milk

 

 

Tossing sauce

(these amounts are approximate – go according to your taste)

½ cup pecan pepper jelly or other pepper jelly

2 TBL soy sauce

2 TBL vinegar

 

Blend dry ingredients in a bowl. 

rinse wing pieces and set on paper towel.

Dip wing pieces  in milk and toss in flour mixture until coated.

Deep frying

In deep fryer or dutch oven, heat oil (either vegetable or peanut oil)   to 325 degrees or until small test particle (such as a French fry floats)  

Place 1 batch  (6-8 wings) into deep fryer.  Fry for  6-8 minutes per batch.  Pieces are cooked when they float.  Remove from fryer and place in a paper-towel lined pan.  Let rest in 200 oven until all wings are cooked.

Meanwhile, in a small skillet cook tossing sauce ingredients stirring frequently until mixture isreduced by 1/4th.  Sauce should be sticky and thick.

 

When wings are cooked and just before serving, pour wings in a large bowl.   Pour sauce over wings and toss until well coated.  Use sauce sparingly so as not  to drown the wings.

Alternate sauce is Syberg's Hot Wing Sauce

 

Barbecue Chicken Flat bread Pizza

Don't throw out that left over chicken!  Use it in this awesome little appetizer.

Barbecue Chicken Flat bread Pizza

By Peggy Fonke

2 small 10” flour tortillas

Smoky premium BBQ sauce such as Sweet Baby Ray’s

2-3 pieces of bacon

1 medium onion - sliced

2 TBL vinegar

2TBL soy sauce

2TBL brown sugar

1 boneless chicken breast

Shredded white cheese such as Monterey jack or fontina.  Blue cheese or gorgonzola is also  a nice addition.

Olive oil 

Preparing the Ingredients:

Crust

In a large skillet, heat 1-2 TBL olive oil

Brown tortillas one at a  time on both sides.

Set aside on a cookie sheet.

Caramelized onions

Thin-Slice onions

Saute in skillet with 1 TBL olive oil  for 5 minutes:  Then add

2 TBL vinegar

2 TBL soy sauce

2 TBL brown sugar

Continue to cook until onions are soft and sticky.  Set aside

Bacon

Cut bacon into 1” pieces.

Cook in skillet until crispy

Drain on paper towel.  Save grease for chicken.

Chicken breasts

Use a left over chicken breast, or if starting from scratch, saute in skillet until cooked through and juices are clear.

Cool and dice chicken.  Set aside.

Assembly:

On each browned tortilla, layer:

A thin layer of BBQ sauce, chicken, bacon, caramelized onions and cheese

Bake at 400 for 15-20 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.  YUM!