Best Grilled Chicken Wings/Garlic Blue Cheese Dressing

chicken wings

🥗Healthier: chicken drumsticks

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Drumsticks are leaner, while thighs are often more affordable.

hot sauce

🥗Healthier: sriracha

💰Cheaper: ketchup + cayenne

Sriracha offers a similar flavor with less heat.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil provides healthy fats.

vinegar

🥗Healthier: lemon juice

💰Cheaper: apple cider vinegar

Lemon juice adds acidity with fewer calories.

Remove the tip and separate the wing from the drumette.

Put a little bit of extra virgin olive oil on the wings.

Add about a fourth of the seasoning blend (1 teaspoon each of garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, black pepper, and salt) and mix it around.

Add a little more seasoning and mix it together to work the seasoning into the wings.

Preheat the grill to 450-500 degrees Fahrenheit.

Place the wings on the grill and get some marks on them, then close the lid.

Turn the flame down to low after closing the lid.

Turn the wings every five minutes while cooking.

Cook the wings for about 15 minutes until fully cooked.

For the blue cheese dressing, combine 1 cup mayonnaise, 1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles, 1/2 teaspoon freshly minced garlic, and 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper in a bowl.

Mash up some of the blue cheese crumbles into the mayonnaise to incorporate well.

Melt 1.5 tablespoons each of hot sauce and butter together.

Toss the cooked wings in the melted hot sauce and butter mixture.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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