Top Secret Honey-Lime Chicken Wing Sauce !

My best friend and I are culinary students and came up with this recipe while we were in culinary school. It really goes with everything... Chicken... French Fries... Honesty, I would put this s**t on everything... : ) I was to point out that most of these ingredients can be added to taste. The sauce is AMAZING and now the only wing sauce I use.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 4-6
• Yields: 2-4 cups

Ingredients

• 8 -12  ounces  hot sauce
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 2  tablespoons fresh cilantro (or more to taste)
• 3  garlic cloves (I usually like 4)
• 3  fresh limes
• 1  tablespoon lime zest
• 1⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 3  tablespoons honey
•  salt and pepper
•  red pepper flakes or  cayenne pepper

Directions

1. in a sauce pan saute garlic, cilantro, and half cup of butter until soft, then add bottle of hot sauce.(i use a hot sauce that also doubles as a buffalo wing sauce because i like the extra vinegar, my fave is Franks) - juice three limes using at least a tablespoon of lime zest, and the juice with pulp. add brown sugar, honey, salt and pepper(s) - (s&p to taste).
2. simmer on stove until you get a deep red color, then pour over chicken wings or dip chicken fingers. THIS IS DELICIOUS ! The real secret of this recipe is getting that clear-red result after the simmer.
3. *butter correction made*.