How to Smoke Chicken Wings

hot sauce

🥗Healthier: vinegar-based hot sauce

💰Cheaper: sriracha

Sriracha provides a similar heat with a different flavor profile.

blue cheese dressing

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt dressing

💰Cheaper: ranch dressing

Ranch dressing is often more affordable and widely available.

Coat chicken wings with olive oil, salt, black pepper, garlic powder, smoked paprika, and ground chipotle in a large bowl.

Preheat the grill with coals on one side for direct heat and no coals on the other side for indirect heat.

Place wood chunks on the coals for smoking.

Put the coated wings on the hot side of the grill to create a crispy skin.

Flip the wings after a few minutes to ensure even cooking and crispiness.

Move the wings to the cool side of the grill to continue cooking for another 15 minutes using ambient heat.

Melt butter on the grill and add hot sauce to make buffalo sauce.

Prepare a second sauce using hoisin sauce, ponzu, sesame oil, and Sriracha, mixing until desired consistency is reached.

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