Hot Wings with Gorgonzola Sauce
12 chicken wings,
broken into parts1 T olive oil
1 tsp. salt
1 c. flour
freshly ground pepper
1-1/2 T white wine vinegar
1/4 tsp. cayenne
1/4 tsp. garlic salt
2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. Sriracha
pinch of salt
3 T ketchup
3 T garlic chili sauce
4 T butter
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line a large baking pan with parchment or spray with oil. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, toss wing parts with 1 T olive oil and salt. In a gallon-sized zip lock plastic bag, add the flour and pepper and then drop the chicken pieces in. Seal and shake the bag to coat the chicken pieces evenly. Place the chicken on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes, then remove, turn the pieces over and bake for an additional 15-20 minutes.
While the chicken is baking, in a medium sauce pan, add the vinegar, cayenne, garlic salt, Worcestershire
sauce, Sriracha, salt, ketchup, garlic chili sauce, and butter. Over low heat, stir to combine and allow to simmer, then remove from heat. When the chicken is done, brush sauce liberally on all sides of the chicken and set aside.
Gorgonzola Sauce
1 T Dijon1 T balsamic vinegar
1 lg. clove garlic, chopped
2/3 c. Gorgonzola
1 c. sour cream
1 T white wine vinegar
In a small bowl mix the mustard and vinegar with the garlic until well blended. Add about half of the Gorgonzola and mix well. Add the sour cream and white vinegar and mix before adding the remainder of the Gorgonzola making sure to leave chunks in the mix. Taste to correct salt content.
Serve with the traditional celery sticks.
- If you’d really like these to be hot wings, avoid adding the ketchup and double the amount of hot sauce.
- Speaking of hot sauce, I purchase the chili garlic sauce at my local Asian Grocer. It’s pretty tasty! If you don’t have this particular product, then use any hot sauce you like.
- Sriracha
is an Asian hot sauce. It can be found in the Asian section of your grocer and has a rooster printed on the label. It’s a bit on the toasty side but oh, so good! You can substitute Tabasco if you’d like, or Louisiana Hot Sauce which I love.
- Honestly, I think these wing parts could be baked without the oil and flour. Why add the calories? Just bake them naked and then douse them in the sauce. Nice. That’s how I plan to do it next time.
- The Gorgonzola sauce is quite yummy. Sure, it’s not the traditional blue cheese, but I’m all about trying new things and this was my spin on it. Add more cheese for an extra special bite.
- The sequence is as follows: bite of wing, dip the celery in the cheese, and crunch. Nice.
- Definitely game food. Seriously doesn’t matter whether your home boys can play ball or not.
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