CHICKEN WINGS WITH SRIRACHA DIPPING SAUCE

Sriracha is a Thai chili sauce with a distinctively sweet and spicy flavour. If it’s not to your taste, you can use a different style of hot sauce with these barbecued wings.

Yield: Makes 40.

CHICKEN WINGS WITH SRIRACHA DIPPING SAUCE

Ingredients

  • ​1/4 cup finely chopped onion
  • 2 tbsp packed dark brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 1 tbsp canola oil
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 tsp grated lime peel
  • 4 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 3 lb (1.5 kg) chicken wing drumettes
  • Sriracha Dipping Sauce* (recipe below)

Directions

  1. ​To prepare marinade, combine onions, brown sugar, lime juice, oil, fish sauce, lime peel and garlic in a heavy zip-lock plastic bag. Add chicken and squeeze bag to coat chicken with marinade. Seal bag and place on a plate. Refrigerate, turning bag occasionally, for at least 2 hours or up to 24 hours.
  2. Preheat natural gas barbecue for 10 - 15 minutes.
  3. Remove chicken from marinade; discard marinade. Place chicken on a grill topper or directly on barbecue grid. Grill chicken over low heat on natural gas barbecue, turning occasionally, until chicken is cooked through, about 30 - 35 minutes. Serve with Sriracha Dipping Sauce.
Nutritional analysis per wing:

 

36 calories, 1.1 g fat, 6 g protein, 0.2 g carbohydrate, 0 g fibre, 31 mg sodium

 

*Ingredient not included in nutritional analysis.

SRIRACHA DIPPING SAUCE

Ingredients

  • ​1/2 cup ketchup
  • 2 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 1 tbsp Sriracha hot chili sauce
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 2 tsp grated fresh ginger

Yield: Makes 3/4 cup.

Directions

  1. Combine all ingredients until blended. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to 24 hours.