Kentucky Bourbon Chicken Wings Recipes

Steps:

• For the sauce:
• In a large saucepan, melt the butter. Add the shallot and garlic cloves and saute, about 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the bourbon, brown sugar and the honey to heat through, 1 minute. Next add the ancho pepper, chili sauce, barbecue sauce, and wing sauce and cook, stirring occasionally for 2 minutes. Keep warm until ready to serve.
• For the chicken wings:
• Heat oil in a deep-fryer. As you make the sauce, drop chicken wings, in batches (the amount you drop in at 1 time will depend on the size of your fryer) into the deep-fryer. Fry until golden brown on both sides. Remove the wings from the oil and drain.
• Add the wings to a large mixing bowl and toss in the sauce, coating each wing.
• Serve blue cheese dressing and 1/2 shots of bourbon, on the side, for adults to sip.

Steps:

• In a food processor or blender, combine all of the ingredients except for the chicken and ketchup and puree until smooth.
• Pour the marinade over the chicken, rub it in well, and refrigerate for 3-4 hours, turning the chicken over a couple of times while it's marinating.
• Grill the chicken over hot coals for about 10 minutes on each side; baste with marinade while grilling.
• Or broil chicken with marinade in a casserole dish at 350F for about 40 minutes, turning chicken and basting with pan juices a couple of times while it cooks.
• When the chicken is done remove it from the pan.
• Add ketchup to the remaining marinade and boil down until it is a thick dark sauce to coat the chicken with (about 5 minutes).

Steps:

• Lightly coat large non-stick skillet with cooking spray. Place frozen wings in a single layer in the prepared skillet.
• In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Pour mixture evenly over chicken.
• Cover and cook over medium heat 20 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink inside, turning wings often to prevent from sticking.

Steps:

• Stir the bourbon, brown sugar, ketchup, white vinegar, hot sauce, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, honey, and butter together in a saucepan over medium heat; cook, whisking occasionally, until the mixture begins to bubble. Reduce heat to low and cook at a gentle simmer, whisking occasionally, until the sauce thickens nearly to the consistency of maple syrup or molasses, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.