Bourbon Street Buffalo Wings

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 large shallot, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 ounces bourbon
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 tablespoon ancho chili, finely chopped (or chipotle peppers)
• 8 ounces chili sauce
• 8 ounces barbecue sauce (jack daniels)
• 3 ounces hot sauce
• oil, for frying
• 50 chicken wings
• blue cheese dressing, for serving
• bourbon, for serving

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan, melt the butter.
• 2 add the shallot and garlic cloves and saute, about 2 to 3 minutes.
• 3 stir in the bourbon, brown sugar and the honey to heat through, 1 minute. next add the ancho pepper, chili sauce, barbeque sauce, dry mustard and hot sauce and cook, stirring occasionally for 2 minutes.
• 4 keep warm until ready to serve.
• 5 for the chicken wings:.
• 6 heat oil in a deep-fryer.
• 7 as you make the sauce, drop chicken wings, in batches (the amount you drop in at 1 time will depend on the size of your fryer) into the deep-fryer. fry until golden brown on both sides.
• 8 remove the wings from the oil and drain.
• 9 add the wings to a large mixing bowl and toss in the sauce, coating each wing.
• 10 serve blue cheese dressing and 1/2 shots of bourbon, on the side, for adults to sip.