@bloodsnake007 Our talk about wings in the MondoCon section sparked my appetite to tell you my new all time favorite wings right now. As you know I'm more the sauce king rather than the wing king, besides the sauce is what makes the wing anyways. I'm an experimenting motherf*cker when it comes to baking a new wing recipe. Believe me when I tell you that there are no bad wings out there (just bad cooks). I consider myself an ace in the hole when it comes to creating a new recipe for wing sauce. Right now I have new favorite that is actually someone else's recipe, once I've had enough of it I'l take it and build off of it and create my own.
I have to give credit to Bren Herrera's recipe for Lemon Pepper & Mango Habanero wings. I know I know, I kicked it back on the intensity but it's all apart of experimenting. When I use any of my Ghost Pepper wing sauces, there really good and very very hot but all that heat takes away from the flavor. When your there trying out your new recipe you want to have a certain level of heat while still maintaining the hotness to be able to balance heat for flavor is very difficult. Right now Bren Herrera's recipe does just that.
Mind you I don't have any pictures of my own for the moment but here are a couple from Bren's site.
View attachment 190447 View attachment 190448
Here's the recipe, you should really try this out.
HOMEMADE LEMON PEPPER CHICKEN WINGS
Ingredients:
1 lb. chicken wings, legs and thighs
2 cups mango-habanero sauce (recipe follows)
canola oil for frying
2 lemons
salt and pepper to taste (add more pepper for a spicier wing)
Method:
Rinse and pat dry chicken pieces. Season with salt, pepper and juice from fresh-squeezed lemons. Cover and let marinate for 30 minutes. In deep fryer or large skillet, heat oil and cook chicken for 10 minutes or until gold brown all around and somewhat crispy. Place paper towel on large plate and transfer chicken to plate allowing excess oil to be absorbed. Transfer chicken to large glass dish or large bowl. Pour mango-habanero sauce over chicken and cover all pieces. Use a wooden spoon to blend will if needed.
Mango-Habanero Sauce
Ingredients:
3 tbsp. peanut oil
2 small Spanish onions, finely chopped
6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
6 ripe mangoes, peeled, pitted and roughly chopped
3/4 cup brown sugar
3 habanero chiles, minced
2 tbsp. grated ginger
3 cups apple vinegar
Method:
Heat oil in medium saucepan on medium high. Add mangoes, habaneros, onion and garlic and cook down until onion is transparent. Reduce heat to medium and stir in sugar, vinegar and ginger. Add salt to taste. Reduce heat to low and cook sauce for 30 minutes. Remove from heat and add sauce to blender or food processor. Pulse for a few minutes until sauce has thinned out.