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honey hot chicken wings on a plate with blue cheese dressing, fries with ketchup

The Ultimate Honey Hot Wings

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Naked fried wings coated in a sweet, spicy, sticky sauce
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Keyword crispy, homemade, honey, hot, Sauce
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients

For the Chicken

  • 2 lbs chicken wings sections
  • 3-4 tsp tsp PanAfrica! Fryday Seasoning
  • 1-2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1-2 tsp onion powder
  • 1-2 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  • kosher salt to taste
  • olive or canola oil

For the Sauce

  • 1/2 stick of unsalted butter
  • 6 tbsp hot sauce We like Lousiana Hot Sauce
  • 2 tbsp of honey
  • 1-2 tsp PanAfrica! Fryday seasoning or Cajun Seasoning

Instructions

Instructions:

  • Start with clean chicken in a bowl and dry chicken well with a paper towel.
  • Season chicken to your liking with all the spices listed above, including PanAfrica! Fryday Seasoning.
  • Let the chicken marinate at room temperature and add canola oil to a pan on medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the chicken (naked, no breading) to the oil and fry on both sides until crispy.
  • While the chicken is frying make the sauce.
  • To a pot, add all sauce ingredients and whisk well on medium heat. Taste sauce and adjust flavors to your preferred taste.
  • For spicier sauce, add more hot sauce and PanAfrica! Seasoning.
  • For sweeter sauce, add a tbsp of honey at a time until the sauce reaches your desired level of sweetness.
  • Bring the sauce to soft boil and whisk periodically until the sauce is thickens and coats the back of a spoon.
  • Drain the fried wings on a wire rack and add to a bowl with sauce and toss until completely coated. Serve with blue cheese or ranch dip and Enjoy!