Jalapeno Apple Hot Wings

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• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 444 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ cup honey
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• ⅓ cup lemon juice
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 pinch ground ginger
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• ½ teaspoon ground cumin
• ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®)
• 4 ½ pounds chicken wings, tips discarded
• 2 ¼ teaspoons salt, divided
• ½ (12 fluid ounce) can frozen apple juice concentrate (such as Old Orchard®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.

Step 2

Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute jalapeno peppers, garlic, cumin, and red pepper flakes in hot oil until vegetables are tender and fragrant, about 5 minutes; cool completely.

Step 3

Stir buttermilk and cooled jalapeno mixture together in a large glass or ceramic bowl; add chicken wings and stir to coat wings completely. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 8 hours or overnight. Drain chicken and discard buttermilk mixture.

Step 4

Toss chicken wings with olive oil, 2 teaspoons salt, and black pepper in a large bowl. Spread wings out in an even layer on a baking sheet.

Step 5

Cook chicken in the preheated oven, turning once, until almost cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from oven.

Step 6

Whisk apple juice concentrate, lemon juice, honey, hot pepper sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt together in a large saucepan; bring to a boil and cook until mixture is reduced by half and syrupy, about 20 minutes.

Step 7

Brush 1/4 cup the apple juice sauce on the chicken wings. Return wings to oven and continue cooking for 1 to 2 minutes. Brush wings again with 1/4 cup apple juice sauce, turn wings, and brush wings with another 1/4 cup apple juice sauce. Broil until chicken wings are deep brown, 1 to 2 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Serve with remaining apple juice sauce.