Hot Honey Garlic Wings

Why You’ll Love Hot Honey Garlic Wings

This recipe for delicious wings is packed full of flavor. In the end, you’ll have wings with a nice savory smokiness coated in your favorite BBQ seasoning. 

We fry the juicy wings to get a crispy outside, then toss your crispy chicken wings with the sweet but definitely spicy honey garlic wing sauce. Make sure to be cautious of frying over the fire. 

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Hot Honey Garlic Wings Ingredients

These crispy honey garlic chicken wings require thirty minutes of prep time and one hour of cook time to serve four people.

To make these homemade chicken wings, you’ll need 2 lbs of whole chicken wings, your favorite BBQ seasoning, yellow mustard, frying oil, and chopped green onions.

For the hot honey garlic sauce recipe, you’ll need butter, hot sauce, local honey, minced garlic, and sesame seeds. 

For more hot honey, check out my Grilled Lobster with Hot Honey Butter, Honey Chicken Asado and Honey Garlic Pork Belly Burnt Ends.

Feel free to have your favorite dipping sauce on the side to reach your perfect balance of flavor– ranch could work really well combined with the spicy sauce in this recipe!

How to Make Spicy Honey Garlic Chicken Wings

To begin this honey garlic chicken wings recipe, slather two pounds of chicken wings in yellow mustard in a large mixing bowl, then add your favorite bbq seasoning. Mix thoroughly and then place wings on the side until ready to use.

Preheat your smoker to 250F for indirect cooking. You can also toss in some hickory wood chunks for added smoke flavor if desired.

Add your chicken wings to the smoker and cook for about 1.5-2 hours, checking with an instant-read thermometer until their internal temperature reaches 165F. 

As the wings are close to done, preheat a grill, fire pit or stovetop for direct cooking. Add a dutch oven to it and *carefully* add your frying oil (leaving at least 2-3” of space from the oil and the top of the skillet). Heat up the frying oil to medium heat (325-350F.)

Once the wings are done, pull them off. For best results, let them rest for 2-3 minutes. Then, carefully add your wings to the hot oil and cook for 2 minutes until they reach crispy perfection. Flip and stir occasionally. 

As wings are frying, gently heat up a small saucepan with some oil and brown your minced garlic. Then add all the other sauce ingredients and bring to a simmer. Once the sticky sauce is simmering, pull off and let cool slightly.

Pull crispy wings out of frying oil, then pat dry with a paper towel and add to a large bowl. Cover the wings in sticky honey garlic sauce and toss thoroughly. 

Garnish seasoned wings with scallions and more honey and then set them out for serving. Store any leftover hot honey chicken wings in an airtight container. 

Enjoy!

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