Honey BBQ Chicken Wings Recipe
These Honey BBQ Chicken Wings are smoky, crispy, sweet, and sticky. The wings are seasoned with a homemade dry rub, wrapped in bacon, smoked over hickory wood, then deep-fried until crispy.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs Chicken wings (flats and drums)
- 1 lb Thin cut bacon
- Toothpicks
Chicken Dry Rub
- 1 tbsp Kosher salt
- 1 tbsp Black pepper
- 2 tsp Garlic powder
- 2 tsp Onion powder
- 1 tsp Smoked paprika
- 1 tsp Chili powder
Honey BBQ Sauce
- 1 cup Ketchup
- ¼ cup Apple cider vinegar
- ¼ cup Honey
- ¼ cup Brown sugar
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tsp Kosher salt
- 2 tsp Onion powder
- 2 tsp Garlic powder
- 2 tsp Smoked paprika
- 2 tsp Red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp Black pepper
Instructions
- Star off by preparing the chicken wings and seasoning them generously. Once seasoned, wrap with half a strip of thin cut bacon and secure in place with a toothpick.
- Fire up the smoker at 250 degrees F, add hickory wood chunks and place the chicken wings on the smoker. Smoke for 40-45 minutes and then begin making the honey bbq sauce.
- In a medium saucepan, add all of the ingredients for the honey bbq sauce: ketchup, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, honey, Worcestershire sauce, kosher salt, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, red pepper flakes and black pepper. Whisk them for about 6-8 minutes and then cool to room temperature.
- Set up the frying station with lard and heat it up to 375 degrees F. Once the chicken wings are smoked to 155 degrees F internally, remove them and fry them in the lard for 3-4 minutes. Fry in batches of 6 and place in a medium/large mixing bowl. Sauce the chicken with the honey BBQ sauce and plate.
- Serve and enjoy with family and friends.
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Nutrition
Calories: 481kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 19gFat: 33gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 85mgSodium: 2218mgPotassium: 419mgFiber: 1gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 866IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 41mgIron: 2mg
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