BBQ chicken wings are a favorite dish for many, and they work well both when cooked over an open fire and in the oven. The secret of the special popularity of this dish lies in the correct marinade. For barbecue chicken wings, original mixtures with a multifaceted taste are usually prepared, combining both fiery spiciness and sweet and sour, oriental notes. In addition, marinating will allow you to achieve an appetizing crust during frying, while the meat will remain juicy.
For a large company
An excellent recipe for a summer country picnic with family or friends. BBQ chicken wings in tomato sauce.
Required ingredients:
- 2 kg chicken wings;
- vegetable oil;
- ginger root;
- garlic clove;
- two onions;
- a glass of pureed tomatoes or high-quality ketchup;
- half a glass of chicken broth;
- 60 ml good soy sauce;
- 60 ml wine vinegar (white);
- 60 ml honey;
- Tabasco sauce;
- salt;
- a pinch of freshly ground black pepper.
Cooking technique:
- Preparing to grill these amazing wings should begin 5-6 hours before grilling. First you need to cook some chicken broth. Grind a few (2-3) centimeters of ginger root, garlic clove and onion. Mix broth, ketchup or pureed tomatoes, honey, soy sauce, onion and garlic, and ginger in a deep container. Add wine vinegar and Tabasco sauce on the tip of a knife. Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Next, pour the marinade sauce over the wings and put them in the refrigerator for 5 hours.
- After marinating is complete, remove the wings and dry with napkins. Just before frying, add salt and pepper.
- Apply some vegetable oil to the grill and place the prepared wings on it.
- Grill on a grill with moderately hot coals for about 20 minutes. During the frying process, constantly turn the wings, greasing them each time with the remaining marinade.
Before serving, pour all the remaining marinade into a metal bowl and heat to a boil over a fire. Use as a sauce
Spicy wings with fruit sauce
Grilled chicken wings in a fragrant honey-soy marinade with a shiny and incredibly tasty crust.
Required ingredients:
- 1.5 kg wings;
- ginger root;
- two cloves of garlic;
- Sesame oil;
- wine vinegar (white);
- vegetable oil;
- a little ground black pepper and salt;
- soy sauce.
To prepare the sauce you will need:
- ripe large mango;
- green chili pepper;
- sugar;
- 1 tablespoon each cornstarch and lime juice;
- a teaspoon of good tomato paste;
- salt.
Cooking technique:
- Prepare the marinade for the wings. Grind 2-3 cm of fresh ginger root and a couple of cloves of garlic. Pour in two tablespoons of soy sauce, add one tablespoon each of honey, sesame oil, and half a glass of wine vinegar (white). To stir thoroughly. Season generously with freshly ground black pepper and submerge wings in marinade. Set aside for 20 minutes.
- For the sauce, peel and pit the mango. Cut the fruit pulp into small cubes. At the same time, dilute corn starch in the same amount of cool water. Remove the seeds and membranes from the hot pepper pod and cut into smaller pieces. Add a little water to the pepper, salt and sugar. Add lime juice and tomato paste here.
- Boil the mixture in a saucepan or saucepan, pour in the diluted cornstarch. Cook over low heat until thickened, stirring occasionally. Add most of the mango cubes (reserve about one tablespoon). Blend the fruit sauce in a blender until smooth. Add the rest of the cubes.
- Remove marinade from chicken wings, season with freshly ground black pepper and salt. Then place on metal skewers or place on a grill grate, previously greased with a small amount of vegetable oil.
- Fry the wings, turning occasionally, for no more than 20 minutes. As they cook, sprinkle them with marinade from time to time.
Serve the finished grilled wings on slightly warmed plates. Drizzle with mango sauce when serving
In BBQ sauce
A classic American recipe for hearty and delicious BBQ chicken.
Required ingredients:
- a dozen chicken wings;
- lemon zest;
- coarse salt;
- dry garlic powder;
- freshly ground black pepper.
To prepare the sauce you will need:
- a glass of ketchup;
- half a glass of Coca-Cola or other non-alcoholic soda;
- 2 tablespoons of quality olive oil;
- bulb;
- garlic clove;
- lemon juice;
- mustard beans.
Cooking technique:
- The first step is to prepare the sauce. To do this, heat the olive oil in a small saucepan. Finely chop the onion, crush the garlic using a press, add to the oil. Fry, stirring constantly over low heat, until the onions and garlic acquire a golden hue. Then send the rest of the ingredients there. Bring the sauce to a boil and reduce heat to low. Cook for about a quarter of an hour, stirring until thickened.
- The second stage is adding flavor to the wings. Mix seasonings: two teaspoons each of ground paprika, sea salt, grate the zest of one lemon, add half a teaspoon each of dry garlic and freshly crushed black pepper. Rub the mixture thoroughly onto the wings on each side. Set aside for half an hour at normal room conditions.
- Immediately before frying, place the wings on skewers pre-soaked in cool water. Do this in such a way that the skewer pierces the wing in all three parts. Spread the wings over the skewers.
- Fry the wings over medium-hot coals for at least 20 minutes until fully cooked. Turn constantly during the process. Brush with sauce from time to time.
Serve cooked wings with BBQ sauce
If you have an acute shortage of time or in case of an incurable lack of imagination, you can get good barbecue wings by marinating them in a mixture of Maggi seasonings. However, it is better to leave this option as a backup and still try to reproduce one of the proposed classic recipes.
BBQ wings are a spectacular and delicious way to cook chicken wings in the oven that everyone should try. This fuss-free and easy-to-prepare dish captivates with its appearance, taste, and ease of preparation.
Judge for yourself, all you need to do is dip the wings in a mixture of flour and spices and put them in the oven. Then, when the wings are browned, look into the kitchen for another 3-4 minutes, brush the wings with sauce and put them in the oven for a few more minutes so that the sauce caramelizes, bubbles and appetizingly envelops the wings with the aroma and taste of honey and spices. Simple and delicious! Just what you need for a cozy evening with your family or intimate gatherings with friends. Try it!
To cook BBQ wings in the oven, prepare the ingredients according to the list.
Wash and dry the chicken wings.
In a separate container, combine wheat flour and spices: salt, paprika, chili pepper, ground black pepper, dried garlic, onion and parsley. Mix everything well.
Alternately dip the chicken wings into the flour and spice mixture on both sides.
And place on a greased baking rack. Place a baking tray under the wire rack into which the juice released during baking will drain.
If desired, drizzle the wings with a little vegetable oil.
Place the prepared wings in an oven preheated to 220 degrees and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
Then flip the wings and bake for another 20 minutes on the other side.
Meanwhile, prepare the sauce. Mix barbecue sauce and honey in a 2:1 ratio. You can use homemade sauce or store-bought ready-made sauce.
Dip the browned wings into the sauce on both sides and place in the oven for another 5-10 minutes at a temperature of 180-200 degrees, so that the sauce is slightly caramelized and tightly envelops the wings.
BBQ wings are ready. Bon appetit!
Meat is tasty and healthy, especially tasty if you know how to cook it correctly. Chicken wings and legs with various delicious sauces and breadings are almost the best food for spending time together at home with friends, for example, watching the World Cup finals, a good movie or for Halo legs, for example.
Basically, dude, when you've got valuable time with friends on the line, go to the nearest supermarket and buy some wings. And we will tell you how to bring them to a tasty state.
1. Wings in honey BBQ sauce
For Americans, the Super Bowl is a tradition, and a very natural one at that. And this method of preparing wings is traditional for Super Bowl wings. So, you will need, besides, of course, wings:
- 200 ml ketchup;
- 200 ml white vinegar;
- 100 ml molasses (can be replaced with brown sugar);
- 100 ml liquid honey;
- 1 teaspoon liquid smoke (to add a smoky flavor, but absolutely not necessary if you have a grill or barbecue);
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper;;
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic;
- 1/4 spoon of onion powder;
- 1/4 teaspoon of the famous Tabasco sauce.
Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan, bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes until mixture thickens. Stir occasionally. Remove from the heat, cool and coat the chicken legs and wings thoroughly, place them on a baking sheet, and place the baking sheet in the oven preheated to 160 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
2. Chicken baked with honey and pistachios
A very original recipe for delicious chicken with pistachios. For the sauce, serving 4-6 people (16 wings or legs), you will need:
- 1 packet of sweet paprika;
- 50 grams of coarse sea salt;
- 2 teaspoons granulated garlic;
- 2 teaspoons ground pepper;
- 2 tablespoons ground ginger;
- 2 tablespoons of onion powder;
- 2 tablespoons rosemary;
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter;
- 1 clove of minced garlic;
- 1 cup chopped and well-roasted pistachios;
- 200 ml honey;
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt to pistachio sauce.
The wings can be steamed in a water bath for 10 minutes, or not. Then combine butter, garlic, pistachios, and honey in a separate bowl and boil for five minutes, add all the above products into it and boil for another five minutes. Cool it down. Coat the chicken with the resulting sauce and leave in the refrigerator for three hours. Place the wings on a sheet of parchment or baking paper that has been previously spread on a baking pan. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Bake the wings for 20 minutes
3. Chicken wings wrapped in bacon
All you need to make this dish is 20 slices of bacon per ten wings. And a little pepper.
First, soak 20 toothpicks in warm water for an hour. Trim the wings a little so that they can be easily folded and tied with a slice of bacon in a spiral, starting from the top. Secure the slices well on all sides with toothpicks, don’t get carried away: two are enough. Sprinkle pepper on top. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees, place the resulting wings on a wire rack and bake for twenty minutes, then turn the wings over and bake again for the same amount.
4. Chicken wings in Coca-Cola
Strange recipe, we haven’t tried it, but try it and tell us in the comments. For four servings you will need:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil (some people recommend using canola oil, but we honestly don't know where to get it);
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce;
- 2 tablespoons of sherry (you can replace it with rice wine);
- 200 ml Coca-Cola (not diet, not flavored);
- green onions;
- a pinch of black pepper.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Make a sauce from the above ingredients, whisk it well. Use a deep frying pan with a thick bottom, melt the butter on it and fry the wings until golden brown, pour the sauce over them and simmer for another five minutes, until the crust begins to resemble caramel. Remove from heat, cool slightly, sprinkle pepper on top, spread baking paper over the pan, place the wings on it and bake for another 25 minutes. Sprinkle green onions on top.
5. Chicken wings with gummies
Damn, I thought the weirdest recipe would be chicken wings in Coca-Cola, but no, the weirdest, in my opinion, is chicken wings... with jelly beans. With orange marmalades. To prepare this dish you need:
- 2 tablespoons flour;
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder;
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika;
- 1 spoon of coarse salt;
- a little Tabasco sauce;
- several orange marmalades without sprinkling with sugar;
- 200 grams of butter.
Dry the chicken with a paper towel. Mix flour, 1 teaspoon paprika, 1 spoon coarse salt and garlic powder, roll the chicken pieces in the mixture. Place the pieces evenly on a baking sheet, place in an oven preheated to 160 degrees, and start preparing the sauce yourself. Combine butter, Tabasco sauce and gummies in one bowl, melt until smooth. At the twentieth minute of the wings being in the oven, pour this sauce over them. Keep cooking them further.
A great option for a picnic is crispy chicken wings cooked on the grill or in the oven.
Barbecue wings, the recipe for which is very simple, are often a decoration for picnics and even outdoor buffets.
In cooking, there are many options for preparing this dish: the wings can have a spicy, sweet or salty flavor, but regardless of taste, everyone likes this dish. It is versatile and is often even baked for children. The taste of chicken wings depends 95% on the marinade. As a rule, many recipes are based on marinating and baking.
To properly marinate chicken wings, you must follow certain rules:
- If you decide to marinate the chicken at room temperature, remember that the wings will only need one hour to absorb all the flavors.
- If marinating in the refrigerator, this may take 2-4 hours.
- Do not use too much vegetable oil for the marinade.
- The ideal combination of acid and oil is 1:1.
- It is better to take fresh herbs and vegetables, and if this is not possible, then thoroughly crush the dry spices in order to release the aroma.
- You cannot dry the wings after marinade or rinse them.
- After marinating, the wings can be cooked either on the grill or in the oven.
- The ideal container for marinating is glass or a commercially available special plastic bag.
Before buying wings, decide exactly how you will prepare them. The recipes are different and require different ingredients.
When choosing chicken wings in a store, pay close attention to their appearance and smell. Fresh wings should be pale pink in color. Cooks accept a bluish skin tint.
Kefir marinade for wings
Kefir marinade is very good for preparing wings. It makes the meat soft and tender.
For this marinade you will need:
- 0.5 l of kefir;
- 2 tablespoons honey;
- 0.5 teaspoon of salt.
Mix all the ingredients and let the honey dissolve in the kefir. Then pour this marinade over the wings and let it sit for 2 hours in the refrigerator.
Soy marinade for wings
Meat marinated in soy turns out incredibly spicy and tasty.
in the sauce.
For the marinade you need to take:
- 50 g soy sauce (per 1 kg of wings);
- 1 teaspoon curry seasoning;
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
Mix all the ingredients and rub the sauce on the wings. Let it brew for one hour in a warm place.
How to cook wings with BBQ sauce?
Not all BBQ wings need to be pre-marinated. It all depends on taste preferences. You can bake the wings directly in the marinade, and it turns out incredibly tasty. And there are gourmets who marinate, and after baking, serve the dish with an original sauce. You don’t have to marinate chicken wings or combine two techniques at once - the choice is yours.
What is a classic BBQ wings recipe?
Ingredients:
- chicken wings - 1.5 kg (they need to be divided into two parts along the line of the joints);
- tomato sauce - 1 glass;
- softened butter - half a glass;
- 0.5 teaspoon of cayenne and the same amount of red hot ground pepper.
Cooking method
Grill the wings for a few minutes on both sides to form a crust. Separately, melt the butter and add tomato sauce (you can use ketchup) and all types of pepper.
Place the half-cooked meat in a container, pour in the sauce and close. Let it sit for 2 hours and then bake in the oven until done. Chicken wings prepared this way turn out very tasty and tender.
This is a homemade version of cooking wings in the oven. Gourmets should better familiarize themselves with the barbecue sauce recipe in detail, because the quality and taste of the dish depend on it. By the way, for Americans, barbecue sauce is a must-have attribute on the dinner table.
It is prepared in large quantities and is also served with fish and even cheese in batter.
Ingredients for the sauce:
- 0.5 kg of prepared tomato paste;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- 1 onion;
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce;
- 2 tablespoons olive oil;
- 3 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar (grape cider vinegar can be used);
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar;
- 1 teaspoon mustard powder;
- 0.5 teaspoon cayenne pepper;
- salt;
- a pinch of black pepper;
- 1 tablespoon honey.
Fry finely chopped onions and garlic in olive oil. As soon as the onions begin to yellow, add tomato paste and vinegar to the pan. Mix everything well.
Separately, pour mustard powder with sugar and honey into half a glass of boiling water. As soon as the tomato paste begins to boil, add this mixture to it. Then the dish is seasoned with Worcestershire sauce, salt, cayenne and black pepper are added. Mix everything and cook over low heat for 10 minutes. Before use, you need to let it brew for at least an hour.
If you prefer your wings spicy, add more black pepper or cayenne pepper.
You can simplify the preparation of meat and not fry it on the grill or grill, but immediately place it on a baking sheet and put it in the oven for 10 minutes. There, the wings are cooked at +180° C until half cooked, they are taken out and brushed with barbecue sauce, and then put back in the oven until cooked.
Chicken wings with ginger or yogurt
BBQ chicken wings are oven-baked or grilled. And there are many variations on the barbecue theme. But among them there are recipes that deserve special attention. For example, spicy chicken wings will please all your guests.
For preparation you will need:
- 1 kg of wings;
- 30 g ground ginger;
- orange;
- 20 g soy sauce.
Cooking method
Take 1 kg of chicken wings, wash them under running cold water and dry them thoroughly with paper towels. For the marinade, squeeze the juice out of the orange, mix it with ginger and soy sauce. Coat the wings with this mixture and marinate for an hour.
The meat must be baked in the oven. To do this, cover a baking sheet with parchment or foil, grease it with odorless vegetable oil and carefully lay out the wings. Bake for 30-40 minutes until golden brown at a temperature of +200° C.
Another original and incredibly tasty recipe is wings with yogurt. For this dish you will need:
- 1 kg of wings;
- yogurt without fillers;
- bunch of basil;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 1 teaspoon salt;
- 1 teaspoon cumin.
Wash the chicken meat thoroughly and dry it with a paper towel. We cut each wing into two parts at the joint. Sprinkle them with cumin and mix well.
Prepare the marinade: grind the garlic and basil in a blender, add yogurt. Pour this mixture over the wings and mix. Let it sit for just 15 minutes and put it in the oven to bake.
First line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Cooking time - 30 minutes (at a temperature of +180° C). This version of the dish does not require a golden crust. These wings can be considered dietary, but they are no less tasty. Yogurt makes the chicken tender and gives it a hint of piquancy from the basil. Be sure to try it, you won't regret it.
Chicken wings are an ideal product for culinary experiments. You can bake them at least every day. Moreover, each time with different sauces and marinades, and this dish will always have a new incredible taste. Of course, barbecue wings are rightfully considered the most spicy and aromatic. It's really hard to compete with the combination of chicken and tomato paste.
But culinary experts are constantly experimenting; they have already come up with dozens of recipes for so-called barbecue wings, that is, those that are cooked over a fire. Experiment, as a result, you will be rewarded with the amazing taste of your dishes, and will also delight your loved ones and guests.
