Yesterday's cook: wings! (lots of pics)

Rezen73

Yesterday, I had a "simple" cook - a lamb patty melt and some wings two ways - asian & hot.

Of course, with me, even "simple" cooks can take hours... and it did!

Started off with 24 whole chicken wings, which I separated. Then I decided to give Alton Brown's steam-first method a go, and steamed them (3 batches, 10 minutes each):



While the wings were steaming, I prepared the two rubs.

Raws for the asian rub: (star anise, ginger, garlic, fennel seeds, cinnamon, szechuan peppercorns, celery seed, and a couple of whole cloves... and of course salt & pepper):



Raws for the hot rub: (brown sugar, parsley, marjoram, celery seed, onion powder, dave's insanity spice rub (habanero flakes), red pepper flakes, ancho powder, chipotle powder, cayenne, hungarian paprika, spanish paprika, garlic, salt & pepper):



What better way to enjoy hot wings on a nice summer day than with the King of beers?



For the asian wings, I used some leftover tare sauce from last week's yakitori cook. For the hot wings... I busted out the Dave's Ghost Pepper sauce, tabasco garlic sauce, dave's insanity spice habanero flakes, and pure capsaicum extract. mmmm



To cook the wings, I stabilized the egg at 400 indirect, platesetter legs up with the CI grate.



Asian wings on. Cooked about 15-17 minutes per side, sauced with the tare, then back on to finish for a few more minutes.



Flip & zoom! Ready for the tare sauce.



All done! Garnished with some sesame seeds, scallions, and cilantro.



You have a date with DEATH! The "hot" wings on the egg. I think the lump was a bit jealous as to how hot these wings were



While the hot wings were on the egg, I prepared the lava sauce. Tabasco Garlic Sauce, Dave's Insanity Ghost Pepper Sauce, Capsaicum Extract, Dave's Insanity Spice Flakes, and Butter. Those dark red globules of pain floating around? The capsaicum extract.



Went back outside to turn the hot wings, and noticed this over the fence.



Hot wings turned, almost ready to be sauced.



Wings ready to go back on the grill.



Mmmmm looking good!



All done!



Removed the platesetter and brought the egg up to around 600F dome before putting on the CI skillet to cook some lamb patty melts. For the lamb burgers, I actually cut in some pork sausage and mint.



Zea loves when I cook!



Plated. Lamb patty melt, 5 asian wings, and 5 hot wings. I have to say the hot wings were the absolute hottest wings I've EVER had. My mouth literally felt like I stuck a piece of lit lump in it and chewed on it for 20 minutes.

Grillin & Chillin

The heat wave must have felt COOL compared to your wings! Nice detailed cook and photos!

Focker

Everything looks tasty.
Good pictorial.

I'd try a few of the lava wings as long as there's a twelve pack of Bud on standby. :woohoo:

What did you think about Alton's method?

cookn biker

Wow, nice cook Rez! I could have fainted just smelling the hot concoction you put together. :ohmy:

Rezen73

Focker wrote:

I'd try a few of the lava wings as long as there's a twelve pack of Bud on standby. :woohoo:

What did you think about Alton's method?

hah, many buds were consumed yesterday

As for Alton's method... I couldn't really tell a difference in terms of how crispy the skin was... e.g. it wasn't any more or less crispy than cooking them strictly on the egg. However, that being said, I did find that there wasn't any burning chicken fat either which sometimes happens when you cook chicken skin-on, which is a good thing.

Will I do it again? Maybe, but not if I'm cooking 50 wings again... unless I can find a way to steam them all in one go.

RaleighGuy

Great cook! I love the Penzey's paprika. We have a Penzey's retail store here, and I go in there just to buy the different types of paprika.

Focker

Thanks for your input Rez.

Fletch 'n Teggxas

Looks delicious! Love how those hot wings look

Rolling Egg

Impressed. Very nice looking wings. I would have loved to hit those death wings. How did the steam bath do? Never heard of it before. Kinda confuses me. I would think it would make the skin more rubbery?

TheHandleGuy

Dang. Really nice pics of the blazing event! I like my wings hot, but really! Great post. Thanks.

Griffin

Looks like a really great meal. I'd try one or two of the hot wings, but they do look kind of scary.