Tequila Lime Chipotle Wings

NecessaryIndulg

We eat wings once a week so I love finding sauces to add into our rotation. This is a keeper, for sure.



 I seasoned the wings with salt, pepper, and chili powder @Village Idiot sent to me.



 I cooked them raised direct at 300F for a little over an hour.

 The sauce is Tequila, chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, honey, garlic, limes, lemon, and cilantro.

  

 I used my small Ninja processor for the sauce, but you can also just finely chop the peppers and garlic with a knife.



 Add the sauce to a pan and simmer until the sauce thickens some, about 10-20 minutes.


 
Once your wings are cooked:

 

 Toss them with the sauce:

   

 Add the lemon zest and chopped cilantro:



 These Tequila Lime Chipotle Chicken Wings have the perfect combination of heat, sweet, smoke, and tang.



Recipe:

• 3-4 pounds chicken wings, cooked
• Cilantro, to taste
• ½ cup tequila
• ½ cup honey
• ¼ cup lime/lemon juice
• 3 cloves garlic
• 3 chipotle peppers
• 5 TBS adobo sauce 

Instructions

1. Zest the lemon and set aside for later.
2. Chop the cilantro and set aside for later.
3. Combine the tequila, honey, lime/lemon juice, garlic, chipotle peppers and adobo sauce in a small food processor and mix until well combined.
4. If you don't have a processor, finely chop the peppers and garlic with a knife.
5. Add the sauce to a saucepan and bring to a simmer.
6. Simmer until the sauce thickens some, about 10-20 minutes.
7. Toss the sauce with the cooked chicken wings.
8. Add the lemon zest and chopped cilantro.

More photos and info HERE.

NecessaryIndulg

Sorry about the photo sizes, I think I fixed it.  

theyolksonyou

I have some wings in fridge. Mmmm

byrne092

Those sound and look REALLY good!

GATraveller

Sounds awesome.  Thanks for sharing!!  Bookmarked.

HarrisFrampton

Looks awesome

bgebrent

Those look outstanding!  And nice saucier!

McStew

now on the list as always great job 

Dyal_SC

Yum!   Bookmarked!

feef706

Dyal_SC said:

Yum!   Bookmarked!

+1, sorry I accidentally checked you as off topic in the process of quoting you, typing on my dang phone.

@OP Thanks for posting the recipe and steps, awesome pics. 

CPARKTX

Bravo!

NPHuskerFL

Thanks for sharing Kristi!

otter

Yep, nice! Bookmarked

Mattman3969

Looks and sound remarkable!!

Dyal_SC

We did the sauce tonight.  It was phenomenal!  Nice tang, touch of heat and sweetness.  A+ recipe!  Thanks again!

SGH

Sister those wings look almost as good as your avatar. Awesome job.

JohnnyTarheel

Oh yeah... I want some!!

SciAggie

These are definitely bookmarked!

Vol4Life09

I'd eat those....bookmarking the page actually so that I make sure I do!

ChokeOnSmoke

Can't wait to try that sauce, thanks for sharing.

NecessaryIndulg

Dyal_SC said:

We did the sauce tonight.  It was phenomenal!  Nice tang, touch of heat and sweetness.  A+ recipe!  Thanks again!

Thanks, @Dyal_SC, I'm so glad y'all liked it.  Your chicken lollipops looked outstanding!  

bbqlearner

Wow looks awesome.

bluebird66

Those look great!

txhawkeye

Looks great! I am always looking for new wing recipes I will  have to try this one soon.

loveTheEgg

Did these today and they are off the charts!! Delicious! Thanks for posting this recipe!! 

sumoconnell

^^^^ me too

NecessaryIndulg

Awesome! Thank you for letting me know, @loveTheEgg and @sumoconnell ... so happy you loved them!  

eggingout1983

Just Made these for fun today and i must say they are awesome... 

@necessarylndulg

fusionhq

Have these on right now!! They look awesome, can't wait to eat. However, the sauce is a little hot for the miss, so I am only tossing half of them. 

NecessaryIndulg

@eggingout1983 WOW~ They look so good!  

Austin Egghead

We made this tonight.  It is a keeper.  The only change, we left out the cilantro. Neither on of us are all that fond of the herb.  Didn't use all the sauce on the chicken, used it to sauce the tater tots too.  Wow Kristi you did good.  Going to use this on the next pork tenderloin.