Ingredients
- 1 pound of raw chicken wings
- 1 ripe mango
- 2-3 habanero peppers (use as many or as little as you would like!)
- 2-3 cloves of garlic
- 2 TBSP apple cider vinegar
- 1 TBSP smoked paprika (can be regular)
- 1 lime
- Cooking oil
- S&P
Directions
Marinade
- wash chicken wings under tap water to get rid of any contaminants
- put wings into a ziplock bag big enough to hold them
- ***This step requires a blender or mixer of some sort to make the marinade***
- Mince or chop up the garlic, mango, and habanero peppers(does not have to be a fine chop)
- remove the seeds from the peppers for less heat
- Zest the lime
- In a blender put in the following
- garlic
- habanero peppers
- mango chunks
- 2 TBSP of olive oil
- 1/4 cup of water
- 2 TBSP apple cider vinegar
- Smoked paprika
- lime zest & juice
- S&P
- Blend the ingredients into a nice smooth paste/sauce
- Pour the entire marinade into to ziplock bag with the wings in it
- mix the bag so the wings are covered and marinate for at least 1 hour
Cooking
I use my smoker for these wings which most people do not own, but this can work in the oven too!
- preheat the smoker to 250 degrees or oven to 400 degrees
- after the wings have marinated, take them out shaking off any excess marinade
- place the wings evenly spaced out on a baking sheet with a rack on it.
- This rack allows heat to get around the wings so it cooks evenly and gets crispy all the way around
- If you do not own a baking rack, you can simply put these wings straight on the oven grate as long as they don’t fall through, just prepare to clean up the oven after!
- Always place a baking sheet under the wings while in the oven so no marinade or fat drips off and burns on the bottom of the oven floor.
- In the oven, roast the wings for 40-45 minutes until nice and caramelized and golden brown, In the smoker, it will take about 90-100 minutes at 250 degrees (use any smoking wood you like!)
- While the wings are cooking, take the rest of the contaminated marinade from the ziplock and pour it into a small saucepan and slowly start to heat it up on the stovetop
- Bring the marinade to a boil and simmer over medium heat for at least 10 minutes. This is to get rid of any bacteria. After 10 minutes, this marinade is safe to consume!
- 5 minutes before the wings are done cooking, take them out and toss them in a bowl along with the simmering marinade from the stove until evenly covered
- return the wings back to the oven/smoker and caramelize the mango habanero sauce for the last 5 minutes
- take out and DIG IN!