my take of Chicken wings

Healthy - not necessarily my main thing when cooking,
but often it turns out take way.
I this case, i do not like to fry in oil in a pan.  If i had a small basket fryer, i might think differently, but i do not...
so in this case, i bake my wings:
there is one other thing to note, when i use my dried "chipolte" peppers, they are a blend of smoked peppers,
mostly jalapenos, but there are some habanero peppers and maybe a ghost pepper in the blend, all smoked and dried and blended to a fine grind and very, very dangerous.

Spicy Chicken Wings

ingredients:

·       1 full package of chicken wings

·       2 eggs, beaten

·       1 cup panko bread crumbs

·       1 tablespoon paprika

·       1 teaspoon crushed red pepper, ground fine

·       all the rub spices

·       Dipping sauce components

Chicken wings should be cut into pieces, drumete and wingete for use

the tips should be removed to use for stock another day.

Dry rub ratio:	Hot Honey Barbeque sauce ratio:
·       4 ginger	·       1 honey
·       2 cumin	·       1 Barbeque sauce
·       1 dry chipolte peppers, ground fine	·       1/8 chipolte pepper, ground fine
·       4 raw sugar	·       1/2 fresh cilantro, minced fine
·       1 cayenne pepper	Cooling Blue Cheese butter ratio:
·       1 salt	·       1 Blue or gorgonzola cheese
·       1 smoked salt	·       1 warm butter
·       4 paprika (smoked, hot or regular)	·       1/2 fresh parsley, minced fine

Rub and dipping are mixed well and set aside before use

Wings are coated and left in the refrigerator over night

bring to room temperature, cover with foil and bake at 300 F for 1 hour.

remove and let cool

Mix the bread crumbs and paprika and red pepper

dip each wing in the egg and then coat in bread crumbs

place on a greased cooking rack over a pan to catch any drippings

Bake at 400 F for 30 minutes

Cool and serve with dipping sauce

Super bowl Sunday spread

No i do not like football, yes i love to provide food.
So my spread included my chili, black beans, Jalapeno poppers and chicken wings.
Lets focus on the unusual - the wings, why because they were bake not fried!

I took hints from Bobby Flay (cooking chicken at 300 F) and Alton Brown (who fries his chicken twice a higher temperature the second time).

Chicken wings were rubbed with a dry rub over night.

Spicy Chicken Wings

Dry rub ratio:

·       1 ginger

·       1/2 cumin

·       1/4 dry chipolte peppers

·       1 raw sugar

·       1/4 cayenne pepper

·       1/4 salt

·       1/4 smoked salt

• 1 paprika (smoked, hot or regular)

Wings are coated and left over night

bring to room temp and bake at 300 F for 1 hour, remove and let cool

Coating:

1 cup plain or panko bread crumbs mixed with paprika or crushed red pepper

create an egg wash (scrambled eggs)

dip each wing in the wash and then coat in bread crumbs

place on a greased cooking rack and baked at 400 F for 45 minutes

Cool and serve with dipping sauce.

Dipping sauces:

Honey barbecue: equal potions of warm Honey and your favorite BBQ sauce

Butter Blue cheese:  mix equal portions of warm butter and blue cheese