Honey-Garlic Chicken Wings
February 8, 2012 in Main Dishes, Meat and Poultry
These are ridiculously delicious wings and great for anyone avoiding nightshades. If you cook them on the barbecue (which is the way we like them!), they end up as a “dry” wing (they are still moist and tasty though!). You can also cook them in the marinade in the oven for a sticky, gooey wing (but these will also have more sugar this way). They are delicious either way!
Ingredients:
- 3 lbs chicken wings, separated
- 1/3 cup Honey
- ¼ cup Lemon Juice
- ¼ cup water
- 2 Tbsp Coconut Aminos
or Reduced Sodium Tamari Soy Sauce
- 2 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
- 2 tsp Garlic Powder
- ¾ tsp Ground Ginger
1. Heat honey, lemon juice, water, soy sauce, vinegar, garlic and ginger in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Turn heat down to low once it starts to simmer and let simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
2. Pour marinade over chicken wings (I like to do this in a large ziplock bag but you could do this in a bowl or baking dish too). Let marinade in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours (the more the better).
3. Barbecue chicken wings until cooked, turning once (something like 20 minutes total, depending on how hot your barbecue is). Alternatively, place in a greased baking dish (or line with foil) and bake at 400F for 1 hour, turning once. Enjoy!
Hi Sarah!
i just discovered your blog and am totally obsessed!! thanks for all the recipes and great ideas!!
cheers
Thanks! and Welcome!
Could you use fresh garlic in place of the garlic powder?
Yes. Maybe 5 or 6 cloves, crushed.
The soy sauce on here is good? I get confused sometimes hearing diff things for diff Paleo people
Wheat-free tamari soy sauce is considered okay in small quantities on regular paleo (kind of the way green beans are considered okay even though they are technically a legume). It’s because the finished product doesn’t have a very high concentration of lectins or saponins. But, they are still there and sensitive individuals (like me) shouldn’t have any soy at all (the hardest part is finding chocolate without soy lecithin as an ingredient!) Since posting this, I’ve gone completely away from tamari soy sauce and use coconut aminos as a substitue (works great in this recipe). Thanks for reminding me to edit this!
What about Bragg’s aminos?
They are soy-based, but they are gluten-free. I guess it would work if you want.
New fan here! Lovely recipe! I have the chicken wings marinating right now…it’s only been about an hour but I want to bake them already! I hope this won’t take away from the flavor..I’ll have to report back how it went!
I’m making these to go with the Squash and Cranberries recipe I got from Paleoplan.com (great site too!)
I have marinated for less time and they are still tasty! I hope you like them!
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Hi, I was going to make it with drumbeats, but didn’t find any, so decided on cutting up chicken breast in strips. Should I still bake it on 400? And for how long do you think?
Thank you!
I meant chicken drumetts.
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I would do 375 or 400, but watch them because they won’t take as long to cook.
I received 2 1/2 lbs of chicken wings in my poultry CSA and made this recipe tonight. I let the wings marinate all day and then baked them in the oven. Delicious!!!! We devoured them. Thank you!
Have you tried this on drumsticks/legs? With more meat, I’m guessing a longer marinade would be acceptable/called for – as well as a longer cooking time. Sounds delicious!
Yes, it’ll work. Mostly, you just need to adjust the cooking time.
Yumm!!! Sounds delish!! I think I’m going to revamp my menu for this week to include these!!!
These look delicious, but I’m allergic to citrus. Is there anything I could sub for the lemon juice?
Tropical fruit juice like pineapple juice or a nice mild vinegar might work.
Omg!!! Amazing and do fast and easy to make. The kids even
asked for seconds and thirds!
There were no leftovers tonight. Thanks so much for all your
wonderful recipes!
I used this for a whole cut up chicken and veggie kabobs (Peppers, onions, grape tomatoes, and zucchini) this weekend and it was great. My mom really appreciated it as well because she is doing the Paleo Challenge. The veggies almost tasted better than the chicken and were a big hit with 3 or my 5 children.