Grilled Chicken Wings

Homemade Chicken wings are diabetes friendly!! … or can be, especially if you use the ingredients in this post.

My preferred method of cooking chicken wings is using dry heat… oven, gas grilled, charcoal grilled and even wood-fire grilling, all work just fine.

The post includes a video. of the wings being grilled .. you can hear them sizzle!

As always, grilling adds a nice smokey flavor that adds variety to foods that I normally skillet fry, broil or ‘grok pot’. Below is a plate of wings, just off the grill.

Chicken wings are a fatty meat and are so delicious.  Being fatty and low carb paleo makes chicken wings diabetes friendly… as long as you don’t use sugary, carby sauces.

Here’s my video!

Chicken Wing Ingredients

1. Chicken Wings – I prefer to cut them myself… but of course you can purchase them already cut up in most stores.

2. Favorite Hot Sauce – Use your favorite,  Louisiana Hot Sauce and Tabasco are my favorites.

3.  Spices – I use Slap Ya Mama, paprika, red pepper and black pepper.

4. Butter – this is optional, I usually do not use this as I like a dryer, less ‘slippery’ wing.  I use the term ‘slippery’ thanks to my youngest son… he used the word to describe wings that were not cooked to his desired specifications.

Steps to Perfect Wings

1.  Cutting up the chicken wings … I use a ‘heavy knife’, I have used normal steak knives and they work… but the heavier the better.  When I first began cutting up chicken wings, it was a PAIN … but now it’s so easy.  Once you ‘learn’ where the joints are… it only takes me a few seconds per wing.

2.  Place on the grill… if your grill is not ‘seasoned’, you may want to brush Olive Oil on the grill to make sure the chicken wings do not stick.  Most of my grill is ‘seasoned’ but there were a few spots I used a wire brush dipped in olive oil to lube up the grill.

3. Cook on Lowest Setting and keep an eye on these.  They are loaded with fat and ‘flare ups’ can come up quickly. Cook to your desired doneness.

4.   Remove from the grill.  These cooked for approximately 30 minutes.  Your grill temperature will vary so test them by removing one from the grill…once you think they are done, to see if they are ‘ready for you’. :)

a) Place in a large glass bowl.  I use an old mixing bowl.

Note: Plastic will work just fine, I just prefer using glass or ceramic.

b) Add your spices and then the hot sauce.  (also add melted butter at this point if you choose)

c) Using a large spoon, turn the chicken wings in the bowl to completely and thoroughly coat them in the spices and hot sauce.

Note: If your bowl has a lid, you can just toss and shake the wings to coat them properly.

Your wings should look similar to the picture below.

Going low carb is so SIMPLE!!!    If I can do it… you can too!

There are so many ‘alternatives’ to high carb, glutenous foods.

May you all have truly normal blood sugars! ♥

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