Wings, Three Ways

Wings Recipe

Ingredients:

• 6 pounds of wings fresh or frozen.
• 1/4 cup canola oil

Directions:

1. If frozen, defrost wings first.
2. Cut them in half if they are whole wings.
3. Spread wings evenly on three separate baking trays.
4. Toss wings in canola oil to coat them
5. Preheat oven to 375°F
6. Bake wings for 35-40 minutes.
7. Prep sauces and dips (up to a day ahead of time) – Recipes below.
8. Remove one tray at a time and coat using the first bowl of sauce. Return to oven and bake for an additional 20 minutes.
9. Remove one tray at a time and coat using second bowl of sauce.
10. Place all wings on serving tray(s).
11. Garnish Soy, Honey & Ginger Wings with chopped scallion and toasted sesame seeds.

Sriracha Wings Sauce

Ingredients:

• ½ cup sriracha hot chili sauce
• 3 Tablespoons Orange Blossom Honey
• 1 ½ Tablespoons rice wine vinegar
• ½ stick unsalted butter
• ½ tablespoon kosher salt

Instructions:

1. Melt butter slowly in a medium saucepan
2. Stir in all other ingredients until blended.
3. Heat through, but do not boil.
4. Split evenly into two bowls and set aside.

Soy, Honey & Ginger Wings Sauce

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup soy sauce
• ½ cup Buckwheat Honey
• 1 Tablespoon canola oil
• ½ teaspoon rice vinegar
• 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
• 1 Tablespoon finely chopped or grated fresh ginger
• 1 Tablespoon of water
• 1 Tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
• 1 Scallion, chopped

Instructions:

1. Whisk together honey, soy sauce, canola oil, water, garlic and ginger in a medium saucepan.
2. Bring to a gentle boil, lower the heat and simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring often.
3. When consistency is about as thick as a light maple syrup, it’s ready.
4. Split evenly into two bowls and set aside.
5. Toast sesame seeds and chop scallion. Set aside for garnish.

Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce

Ingredients:

• 2 Tablespoons Basswood Honey
• 2 sticks unsalted butter
• 12 oz. of Louisiana hot sauce (we like Frank’s Red Hot Original Sauce, or Swamp Sauce)
• 2 Tablespoons white wine vinegar
• ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• ½ Teaspoon Worchestershire sauce
• 5 squirts of Tabasco, more if you want to
• Salt to taste

Instructions:

1. Melt butter in medium saucepan.
2. Stir in other ingredients and simmer until heated through.
3. Split evenly into three bowls and set aside: Two bowls will be for coating the wings during baking, the third is for extra dipping sauce.

Blue Cheese Dip

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup sour cream
• ¼ cup mayonnaise
• ¼ cup crumbled blue cheese (make sure it’s extra-strong)
• ½ tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
• ½ clove minced garlic

Instructions:

1. Mix all ingredients together and refrigerate up to 1 day in advance.