Best Ever BBQ Chicken Wings

Submitted by Kittencalrecipezazz

"These wings are delicious, adjust cayenne or chili flakes to suit heat level"

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 28 wings (approx)

ingredients

• 3 tablespoons oil
• 1 small onion, minced
• 2 -3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 teaspoons grated peeled fresh ginger
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt (I use seasoned salt)
• 1⁄8 teaspoon cayenne pepper (or to taste or use crushed red pepper flakes)
• 3 tablespoons vinegar, perferably apple cider
• 2⁄3 cup ketchup
• 1⁄2 cup apricot preserves
• 3 1⁄2 lbs chicken wings

directions

1. Set oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a saucepan add first 6 ingredients; cook stirring occasionally until onion is softened, about 3 minutes.
3. Add vinegar, cook 1 minute.
4. Stir in ketchup and preserves; bring to a light boil then reduce heat to low; simmer until mixture is thickened and reduced to 1 cup (about 20 minutes).
5. Meanwhile line broiler pan with foil then coat with cooking spray.
6. Reserve 1/4 cup sauce.
7. In a large bowl toss wings with remaining sauce, then place wings in pan.
8. Bake 30 minutes on lowest rack brushing occasionally with reserved sauce.
9. Remove broiler rack from lowest position, then set oven rack for broiler position.
10. Set oven heat to broiler.
11. Broil wings for 2 minutes or until browned.

Reviews

[evewitch]

These turned out well, and were a change from a traditional hot wing. I really appreciated that they did not have to be marinated. The cooking time or temperature seemed to be a bit off, because I had to bake them for 55 min. before broiling. I accidentally added extra vinegar because the vinegar from the other wing recipe I was making somehow got dumped in this sauce instead of where it belonged. Whoops! (Someday I might actually be a good cook.) It didn't hurt it too much, but I certainly wouldn't do it on purpose. I used the 3 cloves of garlic of course. I think next time I will take better care to make my onions smaller, and experiment a bit with the oven temperature.

 

[JuJuBeJen]

My DS thought they were so good, he was sneaking his brothers :) Now that's good! We will make these again because we all enjoyed them! DH rescued the last 3 wings before going into the refrigerator, and saved me from having to bag them up. I let them get nice and crisp, keeping them in the oven a little longer than stated time, cause we like them best that way. Great wings! Thanks for sharing!

 

[William Uncle Bill]

Hi KITTENCAL; Oh WOW, WOW, WOW. This did not quite blow my mind off, but came so close to it. I certainly found it difficult to stop eating the wings as they were very, very good. I decide to add 2 tablespoons of Tabasco Sauce and 1 tablespoon of Chili powder, as I wanted something a little on the Firey side. Will be making another batch today.....can't stop!!! Thanks for posting this recipe. "Uncle Bill"

 

[najwa]

I made this yesterday and it is excellent .. Everyone loved it! I also used it on some sliced chicken breasts .. I didn't add the jam because I didn't want the wings to be sweet, and I think I will use tomato sauce next time, because my husband thought they were still too sweet .. thanks for sharing!

 

[Zewbiedoo]

I made these last night for a Monday night football gathering and doubled the recipe. Smelled good while baking! However, we found them wanting a bit more kick, so we added additional seasonings and put them on the grill a few minutes to boost the flavor and crisp them up a little. Thanks for sharing!