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It is time to get your home ready for summer and keep the grill fired up by making these Grilled Honey Chipotle Wings. Sweet with a little heat!

Honey Chipotle Wings

Course Appetizer, Wings
Cuisine American
Keyword CHICKEN WINGS, Grilling, HOT WINGS, WINGS
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 6
Author Quinn Caudill

Ingredients

  • 2.5 lbs bag chicken wings
  • 1 tbsp. baking powder
  • 1 tbsp. ancho chili powder
  • 1 tbsp. kosher salt

For the sauce:

  • 3 chipotles in adobo
  • 1 tbsp. of the adobo sauce
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 2 tbsp. fresh lime juice
  • 2 tbsp. soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro for garnish
  • Red Pepper Flakes (optional)

Instructions

  1. Combine chicken wings with next 3 ingredients in a Ziplock bag. Shake to coat wings with dry rub. Allow to chill for a few hours or overnight.

  2. In a food processor, add chipotle peppers, adobo sauce, honey, lemon juice and soy source. Pulse until smooth; set aside 1/3 cup sauce for serving.

  3. Heat grill to medium heat. Place wings on grill and cook for 20 minutes, turning once.

  4. Brush wings with Honey Chipotle glaze and place on grill topper over low heat. Continue turning and basting wings until crisp and cooked through; about 20 minutes. 

  5. Transfer hot wings to the large bowl and toss with remaining sauce until wings are well coated.

  6. Serve immediately with chopped cilantro and red pepper flakes. Enjoy!!

Recipe Notes

-First published by Quinn Caudill for DadWhats4Dinner.com ©2017 Updated ©2019

-Recipe can easily be doubled or tripled.