Jalapeño Apple Hot Wings

Contributed by Old Orchard Staff

Prep time: approx. 25 minutes Cook time: approx. 20 minutes Ready in approx. 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 lbs. chicken wings, about 18 to 20 with wing tips cut off and discarded
• 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil 
• 1/2 tsp. black pepper 
• 2 1/4 tsp. salt 
• 1/2 can Old Orchard frozen Apple Juice Concentrate 
• 1/2 can Old Orchard frozen Lemonade Concentrate 
• 1/4 cup honey 
• 1 Tbsp. Tabasco sauce
• 1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 2 jalapeño peppers seeded and chopped fine 
• 2 garlic cloves, minced 
• 1/2 tsp. ground cumin 
• 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes

Directions

1. Preheat broiler. Line bottom of a broiler pan with foil, then oil rack of pan.
2. Toss wings with oil, black pepper, and 2 teaspoons salt in a large bowl and spread in one layer on rack of broiler pan. Broil 4 to 5 inches from heat, turning over once, until barely cooked through (approx. 20 to 25 minutes).
3. While wings are broiling, blend apple juice concentrate, lemonade concentrate, honey, Tabasco, 1/4 tsp. salt and Worcestershire sauce in a large sauce pan. Boil until mixture is reduced in half and very syrupy (approximately 20 minutes). 
4. Sauté jalapeño, garlic, cumin, and red pepper in a sauté pan over medium high heat. Add jalapeño mixture to juice reduction and stir. 
5. Brush 1/4 cup juice reduction on cooked wings and broil 1–2 minutes. 
6. Brush wings with 1/4 cup juice reduction again, then turn wings over and brush with another 1/4 cup juice reduction. Broil until more deeply browned, 1–2 minutes. 
7. Reserve 1/2 cup of juice reduction for dipping sauce.