So this is something we do every now and then...
and after my latest trip to Quaker State in which the wings were under cooked and tough, skin still soft AND they charged me $25 for 12 pieces.... it was time to fill my wing craving. Quaker State just did not cut it.
Well, with the price of chicken, especially wings, I'd be crazy to buy a flat of wings for $20 bucks. When I made chilerelleno 's enchiladas, the stores were wanting $4.69/# for breasts on the bone!!! I can buy brisket for that price! So, I found a sale on whole friers...$1.29/#. Awesome! I bought 4 chickens and parted them out. breasts were grilled for the enchiladas, leg quarters were reserved for another gumbo, wings set aside for this dish, and back,giblets, parts, and pieces were put to boil to make stock.
So today, I am making another smoked chicken gumbo. I put the wings on to smoke along with the leg quarters. I pulled them after 2 hours, then fried in 330*F hot peanut oil for 2 minutes just to crisp up the skin. Toss in the Blackberry BBQ sauce, crack open a beer...and that was lunch inda kitchen while I finish up the gumbo.
and after my latest trip to Quaker State in which the wings were under cooked and tough, skin still soft AND they charged me $25 for 12 pieces.... it was time to fill my wing craving. Quaker State just did not cut it.
Well, with the price of chicken, especially wings, I'd be crazy to buy a flat of wings for $20 bucks. When I made chilerelleno 's enchiladas, the stores were wanting $4.69/# for breasts on the bone!!! I can buy brisket for that price! So, I found a sale on whole friers...$1.29/#. Awesome! I bought 4 chickens and parted them out. breasts were grilled for the enchiladas, leg quarters were reserved for another gumbo, wings set aside for this dish, and back,giblets, parts, and pieces were put to boil to make stock.
So today, I am making another smoked chicken gumbo. I put the wings on to smoke along with the leg quarters. I pulled them after 2 hours, then fried in 330*F hot peanut oil for 2 minutes just to crisp up the skin. Toss in the Blackberry BBQ sauce, crack open a beer...and that was lunch inda kitchen while I finish up the gumbo.