Grilled Chicken Wings

Tips for grilling Chicken Wings:baking dish that will hold all of the wings or use two
Chicken wings have a quite a bit of fat on them, whichbaking dishes.
tends to cause a lot of flare-ups on the grill. So weBake the wings for 1/2 hour or more. After 1/2 hour
have learned that pre-cooking the wings in the oventhey should be a pale white in color and they will have
for half an hour or more releases a large portion ofshrunk in size a bit.
the fat and speeds up cooking time on the grill.Be careful when taking them out of the oven. You will
Another advantage to pre-cooking is that you aren'thave a good amount of liquid in the baking dish and
wasting as much charcoal or gas since it takes lessyou don't want it to spill on you.
time to cook them.Preheat your grill. If you are using charcoal, then start
The second tip we have for cooking chicken wings onyour charcoal before you bake the wings so it will be
the grill is to apply the sauce during the last 15-20ready around the same time the wings are.
minutes of cooking. If you add it sooner than that yourCarry the wings out to the grill and using some tongs,
sauce will most likely just slide off the wings or if youplace them on the grill.
are using a sugar based sauce the sugar will start toI keep our gas grill on a medium low heat and close
burn and they will char and turn black.the lid.
Wait until the wings have turned a golden brown. ThenTurn the wings over with tongs as you go along and
you can start to add your sauce.be prepared for flare ups from the chicken fat.
Ingredients:Once the grilled chicken wings have turned a golden
1. A large package of chicken wings or whatever yourbrown, start adding the sauce and continue turning and
grill will hold.basting.
2. Your favorite hot sauce, barbeque sauce orIf you are using barbecue sauce then be careful the
marinade.sugars don't start to burn and turn your wings black.
3. Tongs for turning the wings.They should be nice and gooey when you take them
Preparation:off the grill.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees FIf you are using hot sauce then there is less chance of
You can leave your wings whole or cut them in halfthem burning, since most hot sauce doesn't contain
by getting your knife in between the socket thatsugar. Take them off the grill when they look just right
connects the leg and wing. Place the wings into ato you.