Apricot Glazed Chicken Wings
Ingredients
Marinade
- 2 lbs chicken wings
- 2 cups apricot syrup
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- ½ cup dark brown sugar
- ½ tsp chipotle chili spice
- Salt & pepper to taste
- 1 to 2 medium shallots finally chopped
- 2 apricot halves finally chopped
- ½ cup water
Glaze
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 ½ cups apricot syrup
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 medium shallots finally chopped
- 5 apricot halves grated about ½ cup
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- ¼ tsp chipotle chili spice
- ½ tsp soy sauce
- 1 ½ tsp garlic salt
Instructions
Marinade
- Mix together marinade ingredients.
- Add wings and cover over night in refrigerator.
Glaze
- In medium sauce pan sauté shallots until clear.
- Add apricot syrup, brown sugar, lemon juice, soy sauce and spices.
- Bring to a boil stirring constantly. The glaze will thicken as it cooks. When glaze thickens, set aside.
- Take wings out of marinade and grill, when wings are just about done start basting on the glaze.
- Cook wings on med heat 15-20 minutes. When they are done take the remaining apricot halves and brown them on the grill and baste remaining glaze on them.
- The wings can be cooked 3 ways: Grilled, Baked or Deep Fried. When deep-fried, the glaze can be used as a dipping sauce.