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Honey BBQ Chicken Wings Recipe

Servings 8
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes

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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