Chef Hartwick of Bonterra Dining and Wine Room in Charlotte, North Carolina starts the wings in an Asian-inspired marinade before putting them on the grill and finishing them with a homemade Alabama White Sauce.
recipe 
yields
12 wings
2 cups Kentuckyaki Sauce
¼ cup sweet chili sauce
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
1 tablespoon minced garlic
4 sprigs thyme
4 sprigs cilantro
12 chicken wings, preferably Springer Mountain Farms
Alabama White Sauce (recipe follows)
Smoked Peanuts (recipe follows)
Toasted benne seeds or sesame seeds for garnish
Chopped chives for garnish
½ cup Dukes mayonnaise
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons corn syrup
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon granulated garlic
1 teaspoon sugar
2 ounces Virgnina roasted peanuts
1 tablespoon paprika
Marinade
Wings
Alabama White Sauce
Smoked Peanuts
steps
Wings and Marinade
- Mix ingredients for marinade in medium sauce pan and bring to boil over medium heat.
- Reduce heat to low, and add wings. Simmer for 20 to 25 minutes.
- Remove wings from marinade, and let cool.
- While wings are cooling preheat grill to medium heat, and then finish wings on wood fire grill or your grill of choice until skin is crispy.
- Remove wings from grill and toss in Alabama White Sauce,.
- Garnish with chopped peanuts, benne seeds and chives, and serve.
Alabama White Sauce
Combine ingredients and chill.
Smoked Peanuts
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- Place nuts on sheet pan and roast for 3-5 minutes, then toss while hot with paprika.
- Let cool then chop. Reserve.
Date Published: 02.05.16
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- From Chef Blake Hartwick, of Bonterra Dining and Wine Room in Charlotte, North Carolina
