Grilled Chicken Wings

Ingredients:

• A large package of chicken wings or whatever your grill will hold.
• Your favorite hot sauce, barbeque sauce or marinade.

Preparation:

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F
2. You can leave your wings whole or cut them in half by getting your knife in between the socket that connects the leg and wing. (see picture below)
3. Place the wings into a baking dish that will hold all of the wings or use two baking dishes.
4. Bake the wings for 1/2 hour or more. After 1/2 hour they should still be pale in color and they will have shrunk in size a bit.
5. Be careful when taking them out of the oven. You will have a good amount of liquid in the baking dish.
6. Preheat your grill. If you are using charcoal, then start your charcoal before you bake the wings so it will be ready around the same time the wings are.
7. Carry the wings out to the grill and using some tongs, place them on the grill.
8. I keep our gas grill on a medium low heat and close the lid.
9. Turn the wings over with tongs as you go along and be prepared for flare ups from the chicken fat.
10. Once the grilled chicken wings have turned a golden brown, start adding the sauce and continue turning and basting.
11. If you are using barbecue sauce then be careful the sugars don't start to burn and turn your wings black. They should be nice and gooey when you take them off the grill.
12. If you are using hot sauce then there is less chance of them burning since it doesn't contain sugar.

Grab both ends of the wing and bend it open until it's almost straight. This will help you locate the area to cut. Cut the wing in half by placing your knife into the socket that connects the leg and wing. This will take a bit of practice. You will know you have the right spot when it cuts through easily. If it is too hard to cut then you haven't found the right spot. Just keep moving the knife around until you get it.

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