Miles Away

The SuperBowl. One of our countries greatest holidays ( and if you don’t think it is a holiday, you’re sadly mistaken). A celebration of football, competition, beer and to me most importantly…. chicken wings.

I love chicken wings (who does’nt), and the SuperBowl is such a great excuse to heat a hell of a lot of them. This year for the SuperBowl Jill and I are heading to party at a friend of ours, and we’re bringing along some homemade wings, these homemade wings;

Homemade wings

To the left are some of the best buffalo dragon wings (dragon, because eating one will make you breath fire) , and to the right are our honey Bee-bq wings. Here are a few key points about these wings.

1. They are baked not fried (jill and I are doing weight watchers)
2. The buffalo are super hot, the honey super sweet
3. You’ll end up eating the whole tray.

They are so good that after trying one of each, its taken me all my will power not to eat all of them (which I’ll probably end up doing at the party).

So that you can enjoy these wings for your own SuperBowl party (or any time) I thought I’d provide our recipes.

Note: Cooking is an art, so exact measurements are for amateurs (except for baking where measurement is key). So the measurements provided are approximations and not exact.

Dragon Wings.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs chicken wings
• 1 1/2 cups fanks red hot sauce
• 8 Tblsp chilli powder
• 1/4 cup chilli sauce
• 2 cups bread crumbs
• 1 package dry buffalo seasoning

Directions

1. Take your chicken wings and separate the wing from the leg (double your wings!) and optionaly remove the skin. Place them all in a bowl.
2. Take 1 cup Frank Red Hot sauce, 4 Tblsp chilli powder, 1/8 cup of chilli suace, combine and pour over the chicken. Be sure to mix up the chicken so it is all coated. Then place some plastic wrap over the top of the bowl and let it sit in the fridge (best if its overnight, but an hour will do, itwill tenderize the chicken, and absorb the flavors)
3. Combine the rest of the hot sauce, chilli powder and chilli sauce in a bowl, cover and place in the fridge
4. (the next day). In a bowl combine the breadcrumbs and the package of buffalo seasoning.
5. Remove the chicken from the fridge and one peice at a time, remove from the bowl cover in the breadcrumb mixture and place on a cookie sheet (covered in tin foil of course to make cleanup easy).
6. Place the chicken in a 350 degree oven for 25 minutes (turn the chicken over 1/2 way throu).
7. Remove the extra bowl of sauce from the fridge and place in the microwave for 15 seconds.
8. When the chicken is fully cooked, take the sauce and drizzle it over the wings (or altrenativly dunk each wing into the sauce)
9. Place on a platter, or plate and serve with plenty of blue cheese, celery and milk.

Honey Bee-bq Wings

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs chicken wings
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 Tblsp BBQ sauce
• 1 package dry Honey BBQ seasoning
• 2 cups breadcrumbs

Directions

1. Take your chicken wings and searate the wings from the leg (double your wings!) and optionally remove the skin. Place them all in a bowl.
2. Take 1/4 cup honey, the water and Honey BBQ seasoning combine and then pour over chicken. Be sure to mix up the the chicken so it is all coated. Place some plastic wrap over the top of the bowl and let it sit in the fridge (overnight is best but an hour will do, it will tenderize the chicken, and absorb the flavors)
3. Combine the rest of the honey and the BBQ sauce in a bowl, cover and place in the fridge along with the chicken.
4. Remove the chicken from the fridge and one peice at a time, remove from the bowl cover in breadcrumbs and place on a cookie sheet (covered in foil of course to make cleanup easy).
5. Place the chicken in a 350 degree oven of 25 minutes (turn the chicken over 1/2 way throu)
6. Remove the bowl of suace from the fridge, and place in the microwave for 30seconds.
7. When the chicken if fully cooked, take the sauce and drizzle it over the wings (or alternativly dunk each wing into the sauce).
8. Place n a platter, or plate and serve.

There you go, two recipes that’ll allow you to make some of the best chicken wings you ever had. When I return from the party tonight, I’ll provide some of the responses I got from people who tried the wings.