We’ve had these Honey Sriracha Lime Wings three times in two weeks. Seriously.
Here’s the backstory:
I had been thinking about combining sriracha (mmm, yes) and honey to make a glaze for something — and chicken wings seemed like a no-brainer. I started with those ingredients but it didn’t stop there. I wanted a recipe that would work equally well in the oven as they would on the grill.
Because they were great on the grill! The first tasting went well, and there wasn’t a morsel left on the platter. But I felt the sauce needed a little more tweaking. Back to the lab um, kitchen. This time, I cooked them at a very high heat in the oven and didn’t start glazing until they were halfway cooked. The second sampling got a very enthusiastic thumbs up!
And finally, we had to make them one last time, because — well, they are so freaking amazing!
The key is the glaze/dipping sauce. The flavors hit every part of your tongue — with a sledgehammer! Sweet, salty, tangy, bitter, spicy-hot, umami. Seriously, this sauce is to wings what that magic nacho-cheese powder is to Doritos. Completely and hopelessly addictive.
When it’s brushed on halfway through the cooking, the sauce fuses to the chicken creating the most fabulously complex, sticky, finger-licking, lip-smacking lacquer!
These wings are crispy, too. They’re not sad, flabby, meh wings. No. They are crusty and meaty and utterly satisfying. Save some sauce for dipping and add a sprinkle of fresh cilantro, freshness and sesame seeds for even more flavor and crunch! Ohmagod!!! Mere words can’t do justice…
Honey Sriracha Lime Wings
Ingredients
- 4 pounds chicken wings
- sprinkle of kosher salt and black pepper
- 2 tablespoons garlic finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons sriracha hot sauce
- 2 teaspoons fish sauce nam pla
- 1/2 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 limes zested and juiced
- 1 teaspoon black sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds
- fresh cilantro leaves
Instructions
- Set oven rack to the top third of your oven. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Cover a large baking sheet with tin foil. Set a wire rack on top of the baking sheet (I used a cooling rack) Set aside.
- Cut the chicken wings into sections: drums, flats and tips. Use a sharp chef's knife to cut between the joints of the drums and flats, and flats and tips. Save tips for making stock.
- Lay the drums and flats on the wire rack, so they are not touching. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.
- Bake the wings for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile assemble the sauce. In a small bowl combine the garlic, sriracha, fish sauce, honey, soy sauce, lime zest and juice and stir to combine. Reserve 1/4 cup of marinade for dipping.
- Remove the wings from the oven and brush them with the marinade. Return them to the oven and cook for an additional 8 minutes. Remove them from the oven and flip them over. Brush with marinade and cook for an additional 8-10 minutes until crisp and browned.
- Transfer wings to a serving platter. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and cilantro. Serve with reserved marinade for dipping or drizzling over the wings.
Notes
You can also grill the wings instead of baking them (I've done it both ways - just wait until the wings are almost cooked before glazing them with the sauce, to prevent flare ups
Nutrition
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- Rosemary Garlic Chicken Wings
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Ohmygawd, I’ll be making this for superbowl Lisa!
Those are Nola’s favorites, Marie!
These look AMAZING! I need to try your technique of cooking them on high heat and basting half way through. This has a lot of possibilities. I’m going to make your recipe next week!
I like using lime and garlic in most of my spicy dishes,thanks for sharing
This marinade DOES sound as addictive as Doritos, which is damn addictive! Have you tried it on fish? I’m thinking it would be great on tuna or salmon!
honey, sriracha, and lime?? I can totally see why you’d justify so many “tests”… YUM 🙂
Tee hee hee.
My husband loves sriracha, he added it to the most food he eats. And these wings look so legit; my family can gobble them up in a mouthful lol.
You had me at sriracha! My husband would devour these!
Enjoy, Dannii!
These wings look and sound absolutely wonderful! I would probably eat them all in one sitting!
LOL! That’s been known to happen!
What delicious flavors!!! The husband loves wings.. He’d gobble these up in no time at all!
We have to make a double batch when I make them here!
These look and sound amazing…just in time for football Sundays! 🙂 Can’t wait to make them!
That was my thought too — great fan food!
OMG, these look so good and I am sooo hungry right now! Not the best time to see these! Oh my!
These wings look and sound amazing! I like baking them at a really high temp too to get them nice and crispy.
I agree – crispiness is the key to stellar wings!