Sweet and Spicy Grilled Chicken Wings Recipe
A super sweet, spicy and simple Sweet Spicy Grilled Chicken Wings recipe.
This recipe is short and sweet, and a little spicy too. Sweet and Spicy Grilled Chicken Wings have become a regular weeknight meal for us, usually every Monday, our BBC Top Gear Family TV Night. The wings are quick and perfect with a side of sweet potato fries, and seasoned beans of some sort. Plus they’re grilled. Which means a bit lighter, with no greasy, frying mess to clean up.
If you’re familiar with grilling, this recipe is as simple as it gets. (Of course there are alternate instructions for baking them in the recipe below.) We use a charcoal grill with these over a low, even heat, and for better control over flame. My husband is the grill master in our home and prefers charcoal over gas when time permits. Nothing beats an old kettle charcoal grill.
Other than grill skills, the sweet and spicy sauce is made with equal parts of balsamic vinegar, honey, and hot sauce. For the hot sauce, we usually use sriracha hot chili sauce (the one with the rooster on the bottle), but any of your favorite hot sauces will do. We use this sauce for other cuts of chicken too. It’s a nice balance of sweet and spicy for us, but if you can kick it up a notch or two if you like it hot.
Try this one soon, y’all! I think you will find these Sweet and Spicy Grilled Chicken Wings become a favorite regular in your home too. Whisk up some sauce, light the grill, and get those paper towels ready! Happy cooking!
Sweet and Spicy Grilled Chicken Wings Recipe
Sweet and Spicy Chicken Wings
This lighter wing option is so easy and super delicious to prepare. Perfect for game-time grub!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup hot chili pepper sauce (or your favorite hot sauce)
- 4 pounds bone-in chicken wings, thawed*
Instructions
- Whisk together first three ingredients. Set aside.
- Place wings on grill over low, direct heat. Grill 15 minutes per side, then baste chicken with sauce, turn, and continue to baste until done, and desired crispness, color, coverage is reached.
Notes
* Substitute your favorite cut of chicken. Thighs and legs are fabulous! To bake in oven: Preheat oven to 350-degrees F. Place wings on baking sheet (line with aluminum foil for easy cleanup). Cook for 15 minutes, then baste wings with sauce, turn over, baste. Continue to cook and baste until done, checking every 15 minutes or so.
More grilled chicken recipes you’ll enjoy:
- Honey Jalapeno Grilled Chicken Recipe
- Southwestern Grilled Chicken Recipe with Lime Butter
- Buttermilk Chicken Recipe
Originally published May 15, 2012.
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This was sooooooo Good!!! I tripled the recipe bc we like our wings really wet (that way we can use some of the sauce on our fries lol). I ran out of honey by about an 1/8th of a cup and just substituted with a little brown pepper. Seriously yummy!!
That was supposed to say Brown Sugar, not brown pepper lol
Could I use this sauce and bake the wings instead? We don’t have a grill 🙂
Kerri,
You definitely could! I’d bake at 350°F for about 30 minutes then check for doneness.
Yum! Always looking for wing recipes. We love them too. Gonna do this for our Super Bowl snacks! Thanks!
These sound great! I was planning on frying the wings and hen tossing them in the sauce. Wonder if that will still work?
That should totally work!
I made these last night and they were a HUGE hit! 🙂
Can I subsitute the balsamic vinegar with apple cidar/red wine vinegar?
I added a little garlic and onion powder as well as brown sugar.. BOMB
Sounds delicious, Kyle! (Of course, I’m assuming “BOMB” means “good”?)
wow that wings look very tasty
I want to try but I can’t find sriracha in my country
does it matter what kind of honey you use?
No. Any type will do!
How many wings is 4lbs? Attempting to make about 75 wings and am unsure of how much of the marinade I need to make.
Can this be made in a crockpot?
I’m not sure as I haven’t cooked this in a crockpot before.
Ohhh my this is mouthwatering… Always love chicken wings recipe! Thanks…
it’s the nice recipes, and i like the chicken wings
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Amy,
These look great. You say low heat – how low? 325? 250?
Hehe… We love them too. Gonna do this for our Super Bowl snacks! Thanks shewears!
This recipe is so simple but looks fantastic! Thank you for sharing!
Absolutely phenomenal! My hubby and I are self proclaimed wing connoisseur,lol. These were Simply scrumptious! Thanks so much for the share! Will DEFINITELY make again! ????????
So happy to hear it, Miss B! 🙂
Oh amy… thank for your recipe
, my family really like it… i will be wait next recipe
Made as recipe stated. Delicious and so easy to put together.