February 18,2010 (Hot Wings Recipe)

Celebrations are so much fun! Our church, First United Methodist of Harlingen, Texas , is celebrating its centennial, a century of blessings! A blessing indeed it has been and we are grateful for God's grace and guidance through the years. There are many activities taking place in honor of our celebration this week and of course there will be plenty of food for all to share!

In our home we love family celebrations. We love it when our family is together and it doesn't matter what we're celebrating we always have plenty of good food. When we get together to watch the Super Bowl or the Grammy Awards a favorite family food is hot wings. My family loves them!

Chicken Wings

Valverde Family Favorite

. 10 wings

. Dash garlic powder

. 1/4 cup Louisiana Hot Sauce

. Vegetable Oil or Canola Oil for frying

. 1/4 cup or less of butter

. Dash ground pepper

. 1/4 ts cayenne pepper

. 1/4 ts salt

. 1/2 cup all purpose flour

1. Heat oil in deep fryer to 375 or in skillet until oil is hot. You just want enough oil to cover the

wings entirely -an inch or so deep at least.

2. Combine butter, hot sauce, ground pepper, and garlic powder in a small saucepan, over low

heat. Heat until he butter is melted and the ingredients are well blended.

3. Combine the flour, paprika, cayenne pepper, and salt in a small bowl. If wings are frozen, be

sure to defrost and dry them. Put the wings in a large bowl and sprinkle flour mixture over

them, coating each wing evenly. Put wings in the fridge 60-90 minutes. This will help the

breading to stick to the wings when fried.

4. Put the wings in hot oil and fry 10-15 minutes or until some parts of the wings begin to turn

dark brown. remove from the oil to a paper towel to drain excess oil. Don't let them sit too

long because you wnat to serve them hot. Quickly put the wings in a large bowl. Add the hot

sauce and stir, coating all of the wings evenly.

*When I make wings for the whole family I double or triple the recipe depending on how many will be present with us.

* Tips for serving: Serve with your favorite dressing, celery sticks, baby carrots, cheese sticks or squares, apple slices, grapes, whatever finger food you like.

Enjoy