Big Game Hot Wings

I have made these wings for my husband's Super Bowl party for the last 10 years. This sauce can be prepared ahead of time and freezes well. Recipe can be tweaked to suit your taste for heat and sweetness.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 2 hr
• Total Time: 2 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 170 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 1 ½ teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
• ½ cup distilled white vinegar
• 1 cup white sugar, or to taste
• ⅔ cup prepared yellow mustard
• 7 tablespoons hot pepper sauce (such as Frank's RedHot®), or to taste
• 3 ¾ tablespoons ketchup
• 1 orange, peel and pith removed, chopped
• 2 pounds chicken wings and drummettes

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Bring water, vinegar, sugar, hot pepper sauce, and crushed red pepper flakes to a boil in a heavy saucepan over medium heat.

Step 3

Whisk yellow mustard and ketchup into the sauce.

Step 4

Stir in the orange. Bring sauce back to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until thickened, 2 to 4 hours.

Step 5

Arrange the chicken wings in a large baking dish.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until the wings are browned and no longer pink inside, 30 to 45 minutes.

Step 7

Stir the baked wings into the sauce to serve.