Maple-Bacon Roasted Wings

As I've mentioned before every month Food Network puts a 4 page booklet in the magazine entitled "50 Somethings". One of which is "50 Wing Recipes"... I keep this one handy as we always get the 10 lb wings at Costco so we can make our own at home. Don't get me wrong I love going to Taco Mac to grab some wings but these will be much healthier because you know what you are putting in them. Q was reading through it last week and picked this one out - of course it has bacon in it! So we decided to give them a whirl and they were really tasty. The original recipe calls for bourbon and we don't drink that so I just used whiskey and they were great!

Maple-Bacon Roasted Wings

Serves 2 

Maple-Bacon Roasted Wings

ingredients

• 18 wings (combination of drums & flats)

• Kosher Salt & Freshly Cracked Black Pepper

• 4 slices apple wood smoked bacon

• 1/2 Tbsp bacon drippings

• 1/8 cup pure maple syrup

• 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar

• 1 Tbsp Whiskey or Bourbon (I used Crown)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 425º. Line a large baking sheet with foil and a wire rack on top of the foil. Coat the rack with nonstick spray as well. Season the wings with some S&P and roast for 45-55 minutes to your desired doneness. We like ours extra crispy so we tend to go more towards 50-55 minutes. It also depends on the size of your wings too. The bigger they are the longer it takes for them to cook!

2. Meanwhile cook the bacon in a large cast iron skillet until crispy. Drain on paper towel lined plate and crumble, set aside. Reserve 1/2 tbsp bacon drippings. Whisk the bacon drippings in with syrup, vinegar and whiskey. Set aside. Note: I did mine in a glass bowl and set it on the back of the stove while the wings were cooking otherwise the bacon drippings will begin to solidify if they get to cool. 

3. Toss the wings with the sauce and bacon crumbles.

I also served these with the roasted french fries that I am now obsessed with because they really do taste  like the fried ones! You can find the recipe on my blog here:  French Fries. I also whipped up a tasty dipping sauce for the fries by mixing equal parts mayo & ketchup and a few shakes of Sriracha Sauce. Yum!

Maple-Bacon Roasted Wings & Fries

Enjoy!

This recipe was adapted from Food Network.