If you’re a fan of spicy food, these baked habanero chicken wings are for you. Plain barbeque sauce is combined with a generous amount of habanero hot sauce. Just how much is up to you. We add brown sugar to the sauce for a little sweetness, plus we garnish the spicy wings with chopped pineapple to balance out the spicy kick even more.
Two things about these wings, they’re messy and they’re delicious. Serve them with lots of napkins and grab some while you can. Can’t get enough chicken wings? Try these sweet & sticky chicken wings, or these amazing baked buffalo wings. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 2-3 pounds Chicken Wings, whole, or drums and flats separated (about 12 whole wings, or 24 wing pieces)
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Black Pepper
- Cooking Spray
- 1 cup Plain Barbeque Sauce, use your favorite brand
- 2 tablespoon Brown Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Habanero Hot Sauce, or to taste (use a vinegar based habanero pepper sauce)
- Chopped Pineapple, for garnish if desired
- Parsley, for garnish if desired
You will also need
- 2 large baking sheets
- 1 cooling rack
- 1 pastry brush
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375°F
Add the salt, garlic powder and black pepper to a small bowl, stir to combine. Season the chicken wings with the prepared seasoning mix.
Spray a large baking sheet lightly with cooking spray. Place the chicken wings, skin side up, in a single layer on the baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes.
Remove the wings from the oven. Line a clean baking sheet with a cooling rack; spray the cooling rack lightly with cooking spray. Arrange the chicken wings, in a single layer, on the cooling rack, skin side up. The cooling rack will elevate the wings and allow air to circulate around them. Bake for 15 minutes.
Make the habanero barbeque sauce
Add the barbeque sauce, brown sugar and habanero sauce to a small saucepan. Heat the sauce over medium heat, stirring frequently to avoid sticking. Let the sauce come to a gentle simmer and cook for a few minutes, until the sugar melts, the ingredients are incorporated and it thickens up a little. Lower the heat to low and keep the sauce warm until ready to use, stirring occasionally.
Add about ¾ of the sauce to a bowl.
Sauce the wings
Remove the wings from the oven. Turn the wings so the paler side is up. Brush them with a generous amount of the habanero barbeque sauce and bake for 5 minutes.
Turn each wing so the skin side is up and brush them with the sauce. Bake another 5 minutes or so. Remove them from the oven, don’t turn, leave them skin side up. Brush the wings again and bake them another 5 minutes.
Arrange the habanero chicken wings on a platter; serve the reserved sauce on the side and sprinkle a little bit of chopped pineapple on top.
Makes 12 whole wings or 24 wing pieces
Habanero Chicken Wings
Ingredients
- 2-3 lbs. Chicken Wings whole, or drums and flats separated (about 12 whole wings, or 24 wing pieces)
- 1 tsp. Kosher Salt or to taste
- 1 tsp. Garlic Powder
- ¼ tsp. Black Pepper
- Cooking Spray
- 1 cup Plain Barbeque Sauce use your favorite brand
- 2 tbsp. Brown Sugar
- 1 tbsp. Habanero Hot Sauce or to taste (use a vinegar based habanero pepper sauce)
- Chopped Pineapple for garnish if desired
- Parsley for garnish if desired
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F
- Add the salt, garlic powder and black pepper to a small bowl, stir to combine. Season the chicken wings with the prepared seasoning mix.
- Spray a large baking sheet lightly with cooking spray. Place the chicken wings, skin side up, in a single layer on the baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes.
- Remove the wings from the oven. Line a clean baking sheet with a cooling rack; spray the cooling rack lightly with cooking spray. Arrange the chicken wings, in a single layer, on the cooling rack, skin side up. Bake for 15 minutes.
- White the wings cook make the habanero barbeque sauce. Add the barbeque sauce, brown sugar and habanero sauce to a small saucepan. Heat the sauce over medium heat, stirring frequently to avoid sticking. Let the sauce come to a gentle simmer and cook for a few minutes, until the sugar melts, the ingredients are incorporated and it thickens up a little. Lower the heat to low and keep the sauce warm until ready to use, stirring occasionally.
- Add about ¾ of the sauce to a bowl.
- Remove the wings from the oven. Turn the wings so the paler side is up. Brush them with a generous amount of the habanero barbeque sauce and bake for 5 minutes.
- Turn each wing so the skin side is up and brush them with the sauce. Bake another 5 minutes or so. Remove them from the oven, don’t turn, leave them skin side up. Brush the wings again and bake them another 5 minutes.
- Arrange the habanero chicken wings on a platter; serve the reserved sauce on the side and sprinkle a little bit of chopped pineapple on top.
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