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Fresno Chili Hot Wings

Ingredients

Fresno Chili Hot Wings

  • 2 lbs party wings
  • 1 cup Fresno Chili Hot Sauce - see ingredients below
  • 4 tbsp salted butter
  • 2 tsp honey
  • 2 tbsp avocado oil
  • Essential Salt to taste
  • Garlic and Shallot Blend to taste
  • Pepper to taste
  • green onion finely chopped

Fresno Chili Hot Sauce

  • 2 lbs Fresno Chilies
  • 5 cups filtered water
  • 2/3 cup white vinegar
  • 1/2 cup kosher salt
  • 4 garlic cloves roughly chopped
  • 2 sprigs of rosemary
  • 1 fresh bay leaf

Instructions

  • Rinse and pat dry your wings with a paper towel. Drizzle the wings with avocado oil, then season with Essential Salt, Garlic & Shallot Blend, and pepper to taste. Set aside.
    Seasoned wings on parchment paper.
  • Cut the Fresno Chilies in half and remove the seeds. Place the Fresno Chilies into a large pot and cover with water. Add salt, rosemary, garlic, and the bay leaf and boil until tender.
    Fresno Chilies, rosemary, garlic, and a bay leaf simmering in a pot of boiling salted water.
  • Strain the chilies, but reserve the brine. Remove any large sprigs of rosemary and the bay leaf. Transfer the chilies into a blender, add the brine, white vinegar, and blend until the chilies turn into liquid.
  • Pour the liquid into a mesh strainer and use a spoon to extract the liquid.
    Fresno Chili Hot Sauce.
  • Place the wings into an air fryer and allow them to cook for 10 minutes on each side at 400 degrees.
  • Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add the Fresno Chili Hot Sauce, and honey, then whisk to combine to make the sauce.
  • Transfer the wings into a large bowl, drizzle the sauce over the wings, and toss. Make sure each wing is coated with the sauce.
  • Top with minced green onions and serve with Crème Fraîche Ranch.
    Fresno Chili Hot Wings with a side of Creme Fraiche Ranch.