CROCKPOT NIGHT!

I'm changing up our menu planning this year. We are going to eat out less and plan meals around some of our favorite (or at least when we bought them) appliances. 

This week, I thought I'd walk you through a semi-failed recipe from :

AMAZON

I've bookmarked several recipes I want to try. One was for Saucy Sweet Chicken Wings.

The recipe called for 12 chicken wings, 3 C. BBQ sauce, 1/4 c. maple syrup, 1/4 C ketchup and 1 T. sugar.

I left out the maple syrup. In place of the other ingredients I used my low-carb bbq sauce and ketchup. I used brown sugar in place of the white sugar.

Cook:

High - 6-8 hours

Low - 3-4 hours

I cooked mine on low and they were falling off the bone at the 3 hour mark. 

This is what they looked like when I fished them out:

I removed the swimming wings from the crock pot. For being in almost 3 cups of BBQ sauce/ ketchup blend, they were very bland-looking

This is the juice I poured out of the crock pot (please excuse the blurry photo)

All of the BBQ sauce went down the drain! Wasted!

I placed them on a cookie sheet, drizzled with NON low-carb bbq sauce and popped them into a 4508 oven for 10  minutes.

This was a much more appetizing batch of wings for the big game:

This recipe says 12 servings!  Ummm I don't know about you but I don't know of ANYWHERE they serve you only ONE wing! LOL  

In my defense, I did break this up into 4 servings but I had 16 wings. That gave me 4 servings of 4. A nice snack.

Not sure what's on tap for Next week. We'll see.  I will also be back soon with Air Fryer Friday, though that may join the ranks of  'appliances' and be feature don occasion.

Until then...

Enjoy the Journey!

~Kelly

RECIPE WEDNESDAY - BBQ Wings

 I LOVE Honey BBQ Wings! They make a great snack.

I was buying these from Dollar General. But at $4 a box, I knew making them myself was going to be the better way to go.

I purchased a #4 bag of chicken drummies from Walmart. I thawed them out, patted them dry then rolled them in a homemade dry rub of:

Smokehouse Chicken BBQ dry rub from REICHERT Spice Company. 

SEITZ BBQ Seasoning - Bubba's Cajun Rub (I bought this from a school fundraiser)

Seasoning Salt

Garlic Powder

After tossing them in the bowl, I placed them on a baking sheet and covered them with foil. I baked them at 350* for about 15 minutes.

When I removed them from the oven, I tossed each one in a mixture of:

Kraft Regular BBQ sauce

Kraft Honey BBQ sauce

I returned them to the oven uncovered and baked for 10 minutes at 400*

Removed from oven, re-dipped then repeated the baking another 10 minutes

Removed and dipped a final time and baked for 5 min.

These came out saucy/ sticky and yummy!

I packaged them in the foodsaver bags in portions of 6. I sometimes don't know why I bother with vacuuming. I usually eat them faster than they can freezer burn. I guess I'm hopeful. 

These make a great snack in the evening with your favorite television show. Just make sure you don't have to use the remote, don't answer your phone/ text and avoid your computer keyboard. Just chill a few minutes and enjoy the flavor.

What's your snack of choice?

Enjoy the Journey!

RECIPE WEDNESDAY - Teriyaki BBQ Wings

I love BBQ. And while I'm not a fan of pub crawls, I could get into some tailgating come football season. Though, I know tailgating has become very sophisticated in some areas. Me? I'm happy with a plate of BBQ wings. Not the Hot/ Buffalo... but a mix of sweet and tangy... like Teriyaki/ Sweet BBQ.  Come on! You didn't think I'd stray from Chinese too far, did you? ;-)

Here's where I started:

I used about 1-1/2 cups of Teriyaki Marinade to 1 cup Kraft Sweet Honey BBQ. A nice balance. 

I coated the foil-lined cookie sheet with a non-stick spray then popped them in the oven around 375 for 30 minutes.

When I removed them from the oven, I put them into a large metal mixing bowl then drained the juices off the cookie sheet. After thoroughly coating the wings in the sauce, I put them back on the cookie sheet and into the oven for 20 minutes at 350* to bake the first coat on really well.

This is what they looked like after round one:

Following The Pioneer Woman's BBQ Chicken Thighs recipe, I dipped them three more times, letting them back for 10 minutes the first two times. The final bake I left them in for 15 to really let that last coat carmalize a bit. 

This was the result:

They turned out very yummy. I spread them out on a foil lined cookie sheet and froze them over night then packaged them 6-8 per package in my food saver bags. I think after the girls are gone, I'm going to do several batches of these and have them in the freezer ready for Bronco Season!

Enjoy the Journey!