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Honey, I must grill wings

Having not cooked wings in over a month, I realised I had better get into gear and get back to winging it. I’ve still been eating wings at least once a week, but just haven’t made the time to cook.
I really liked this batch of wings and here is why:

Ingredients:

wings, mayonnaise, dijon mustard, sugar, soy sauce, honey, chilli,

Here are a few pics of the cooking progress:

Here are my ratings for this dish:
Texture & Tenderness: ★★★★★
Appearance: ★★★★☆
Flavor & Aroma: ★★★★½
Overall Rating is: ★★★★☆
(for more details on the rating system please see the ratings table at the top of the page)

Wang Tango Wings

Great recipe, I’ve mentioned I’ve started becoming a fan of recipes that have a good Ketchup balance and this one had just that
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Ingredients:

veg oil
wings
garlic
onion
honey
sugar
ketchup
Worcestershire sauce
tomato paste
chili
black raisins
ground allspice
onion powder

Step 1: Heat your oven to 190C
Step 2: heat the oil onions and garlic in a medium pan
Step 3: add the remaining ingredients and reduce for about 3-5 minutes
Step 4: transfer sauce to a blender and puree until smooth
Step 5: Cover the wings in your puree and cool in the over until ready (app. 30-40 minutes)

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Here are my ratings for this dish:
Texture & Tenderness: ★★★★☆
Appearance: ★★★★☆
Flavor & Aroma: ★★★★☆
Overall Rating is: ★★★★☆
(for more details on the rating system please see the ratings table at the top of the page)

Cricket Final Wings

After a long and great cricket season my cricket team Bones Bolters win the league at last :-)

For celebrations we did what any group of blokes would do and that was to eat great food with some cold beer.
Don’t forget to scroll to the bottom for the tasting video and cricket action shots.

Thanks to Edgo and Misty for their wing support and taking on the tasting for the evening.

Border Patrol Ingredients and Rating

veg oil,sugar, wings,lemon juice, lime juice, chilli, paprika, Franks Hot Sauce, onion powder, garlic powder, Fresh Coriander,

Texture & Tenderness: ★★★★☆
Appearance: ★★★★☆
Flavor & Aroma: ★★★★☆
Overall Rating is: ★★★★☆

Made in Japan Wings Ingredients and Rating

wings, sake, rice wine vinegar, mirin, dijon mustard, veg oil, shallots, red onion, garlic, honey sugar

Texture & Tenderness: ★★★★☆
Appearance: ★★★★☆
Flavor & Aroma: ★★★★☆
Overall Rating is: ★★★★☆
(for more details on the rating system please see the ratings table at the top of the page)

Wings Fra “Diablo”

Interesting recipe and great idea I just felt there was too much tomato in this one, I’m probably going to try it again as I think it has amazing potential.

Ingredients:

Olive Oil
veg oil
wings
garlic
red wine
lemon juice
Fresh Basil
dried oregano
chilli
tomato puree
sugar

Step 1: In a Large skillet over a medium heat brown the wings for 10-12min
Step 2: Add the garlic, and brown further for 2mins
Step 3: Then add Wine, juice and cook for 1min
Step 4: Finally add all the remaining ingredients and cook until reduced for 10mins
Step 5: Serve on a platter

Here are my ratings for this dish:
Texture & Tenderness: ★★★☆☆
Appearance: ★★★☆☆
Flavor & Aroma: ★★★☆☆
Overall Rating is: ★★★☆☆
(for more details on the rating system please see the ratings table at the top of the page)

Grilled Mint Chicken Wings

Be prepared for these wings they take 4 hours to marinade but trust me when I say it’s worth it.
I also have 15 guests that backed this, even though some of them got more chilli than they hoped for :-)

Here is my brother taking these wings for a test run:

He seemed to be struggling with the heat…

Ingredients:

yogurt
garlic
fresh mint
ground cumin
chilli
sugar
salt
ground pepper
onion powder
cayenne pepper
wings

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Step 1: Mix everything in a large mixing bowl.
Step 2: Add the wings and refrigerate for 4 hours
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Step 3: Remove the wings from the marinade and cook over the bbq for 20-25mins
Step 4: Served best with friends ;-)

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Here are my ratings for this dish:
Texture & Tenderness: ★★★★☆
Appearance: ★★★★☆
Flavor & Aroma: ★★★★☆
Overall Rating is: ★★★★☆
(for more details on the rating system please see the ratings table at the top of the page)

Sierra’s Grandma’s Secret Wings

Here is another great recipe that has also come in first at the National Buffalo Wing Festival. This time it was in the Creative category.

These are beautiful tasty and moreish and I highly recommend making them…

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The ingredients are as follows:

wings
veg oil
Butter
sugar
Ketchup
garlic
onion powder
white pepper
salt
chilli
dried oregano
beer
Franks Hot Sauce

Step 1: Heat the oil to 190C, and cook the wings for 10-12min until crispy
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Step 2: Melt the butter and sugar over a medium heated stove
Step 3: Add the remainder of the ingredients and bring to a boil, then simmer for 2-3mins.
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Step 4: Don’t be shy and pour all the sauce over the crispy wings…

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Here are my ratings for this dish:
Texture & Tenderness: ★★★★★
Appearance: ★★★★☆
Flavor & Aroma: ★★★★☆
Overall Rating is: ★★★★★
(for more details on the rating system please see the ratings table at the top of the page)

Where’s my John Wayne Wings

Ok so I lied the Spicy Chicken wings weren’t the last in the old house, these were, I guess I just needed more wings ?

Ingredients

Wings
veg oil
onion
garlic
sugar
apple cider vinegar
Worcestershire Sauce
mustard
chile powder
onion powder
garlic powder
jalapeno chile
Ketchup

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Step 1: Preheat the oven to 190-200C
Step 2: In a large skillet brown the wings over a medium heat on the stove top.
Step 3: Remove the wings from the skillet and place aside
Step 4: Add onion, garlic to the skillet and brown for 3minutes
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Step 5: Stir in the ketchup, sugar, vinegar, Worcestershire, mustard and spices and cook for about 10mins
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Step 6: Add the wings to the mixture above and stir well
Step 7: Place the wings in to the oven and bake for 10mins until the sauce thickens.

Finger licking good…

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Here are my ratings for this dish:
Texture & Tenderness: ★★★★☆
Appearance: ★★★★☆
Flavor & Aroma: ★★★★☆
Overall Rating is: ★★★★☆
(for more details on the rating system please see the ratings table at the top of the page)

Christmas Special

Christmas day was really special for me last year, I had loved ones all around me, and despite the rain we still cooked loads of chicken wings.
I prepared 5 recipes all of which were very different and all of which everyone loved.
Here is a video of all the tastings.

So know that you know how they taste here are some pictures and ratings for all the wings:
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Sunshine State Wings
Texture & Tenderness: ★★★★☆
Appearance: ★★★½☆
Flavor & Aroma: ★★★★☆
Overall Rating is: ★★★☆☆

Buffalo Bull Rider Wings
Texture & Tenderness: ★★★★☆
Appearance: ★★★★☆
Flavor & Aroma: ★★★★☆
Overall Rating is: ★★★★☆

Rummy Dummy Wings
Texture & Tenderness: ★★★★☆
Appearance: ★★★½☆
Flavor & Aroma: ★★★½☆
Overall Rating is: ★★★★☆

Gringo Wings
Texture & Tenderness: ★★★½☆
Appearance: ★★★★☆
Flavor & Aroma: ★★★★½
Overall Rating is: ★★★★☆

Siam Wings
Texture & Tenderness: ★★★½☆
Appearance: ★★★★☆
Flavor & Aroma: ★★★★½
Overall Rating is: ★★★★☆
(for more details on the rating system please see the ratings table at the top of the page)

Devil Island Chicken Wings

When I started making these wings I knew Michelle would love them. They had two of her favourite wings ingredients; tomato and spice.

Needless to say I really liked these too and as a result, I’m starting to fall in love with oven baked wings.

The ingredients for this dish are:
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wings
olive oil
onion
garlic
jalapeno pepper
fresh ginger
chilli
paprika
cayenne pepper
red wine vinegar
Ketchup
hot sauce
dijon mustard

Step 1: Preheat oven to 190C

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Step 2:
In a saucepan over a medium heat saute onion, garlic, jalapeno for about 3min
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Step 3:
add vinegar, ketchup, sugar, hot sauce and mustard and simmer for 5min
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Step 4:
Remove from heat and cool for 10mins
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Step 5:
Place wings in the sauce and cover completely
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Step 6:
Place wings cover in sauce in the oven for 25-35min until cooked through

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Here are my ratings for this dish:
Texture & Tenderness: ★★★½☆
Appearance: ★★★½☆
Flavor & Aroma: ★★★★½
Overall Rating is: ★★★★☆
(for more details on the rating system please see the ratings table at the top of the page)

Mama Kin’s Baked Wings

This was a lovely recipe, I like the sauce that is created at the end it has a beautiful balance of saltyness and mustard. the sesame seed oil really cuts through with the nutty hints.

This is a must try recipe and another healthy option

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chilli
cornstarch
cream sherry
dijon mustard
Franks Hot Sauce
fresh ginger
garlic
sesame seed oil
soy sauce
sugar
water
wings

Step 1: mix the soy, sherry, water, sugar, garlic, ginger and chilli in a bowl
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Step 2: Place the wings in the bowl and marinade for at least 1 hour
Step 3: Place the wings in the oven at 190C
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Step 4: While the wings are cooking mix the mustard, cornstarch, Franks and Sesame oil in a bowl
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Step 5: Once the wings are cool, combine the remaining marinade and juices with the above mixture
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Step 6: Coat the wings with your lovely new sauce

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My ratings for this dish:
Texture & Tenderness: ★★★★☆
Appearance: ★★★½☆
Flavor & Aroma: ★★★★☆
Overall Rating is: ★★★★☆
(for more details on the rating system please see the ratings table at the top of the page)