Thursday, June 30, 2011

Charcoal-Grilled Chicken Wings


Purchase 3/4 lb "party wings" and "drumettes" per person.
Marinate 30 min to an hour or longer in 2 cups water, 2 TB table salt, 2 TB sugar.

Remove from brine and pat the chicken dry. Liberally sprinkle with smoked paprika and grind on some pepper.

Grill off coals first side (but close to the coals, you just don't want them to catch fire) with grill covered for 8 minutes.
Flip onto the coals and finish uncovered for 4 more minutes, a total of 12 min. You may want to flip them around
at this point to make sure they get nice and browned.

If your parts are larger, naturally they just need more time. The problem is, I don't know how much!
I would keep them over indirect heat a bit longer before "finishing" them over the coals.

A nice touch, to make them the best ever, is to include a foil packet with holes punched, filled with mesquite chips.
You don't need to soak them.