Roasted Garlic BBQ Chicken Wings Recipe
Roasted Garlic BBQ Chicken Wings Recipe are the best part of game day. Serve up a big plate of these wings and everyone wins!
At my house football is synonymous with quick and easy chicken wings. Pretty much every weekend we have wings at our favorite restaurant or at home while we spend the day watching football. It’s the best. Since I’ve gotten über comfortable making wings at home, I’m now coming up with all kinds of fun and flavorful sauces and rubs to take my wing game to the next level. While regular old BBQ sauce is fine and dandy, I decided to let my garlic freak flag fly and make some killer Roasted Garlic BBQ Grilled Chicken Wings for your pigskin pleasure!
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For those that have never made your own chicken wings (or if it’s been a hot minute since you’ve broken down wings), don’t fret my pet! I made you a super easy to follow tutorial that shows you exactly how to break down chicken wings. Just remember when you’re picking wings out at the store they do come as whole wings and each wing will give you 3 parts – the drumette and wingette which you eat and the tip that you’ll discard. Ready? Here we go!
Now that your wings are prepped and ready, it’s time to get cooking! I make my roasted garlic BBQ sauce ahead of time and keep it in the fridge until I’m ready to use it, but you can make it the day of too. Most wings you get at the restaurant are fried and tossed in sauce. While that’s great I love grilled wings! I pre-fry my wings to get them crispy and create a coating that soaks up the sauce, and then place them on the grill to really seal in the sauce and get a little char on there. SO good! You could also just baste and grill the wings, but they take longer to cook since the chicken isn’t already cooked through.
How pretty are these little guys?! They’re totally worth the mess and the effort. If you’re planning to take these wings to a friends house or out to the stadium parking lot, prep at home and finish on site. You’ll pre-make your BBQ sauce, butcher the wings, and fry them at home. Place the cooked wings in a paper towel lined Tupperware container (or a container with a lid). Pack ’em up and take ’em with you. Once you’re ready, heat the grill, brush the wings with sauce, and cook on both sides. Easy peasy. And the wings will be nice a hot since they’re coming off the grill. Just make sure you finish the wings within and hour of two of frying, for food safety.
With football season getting into full swing, it’s time to grab your friends and get tailgating! I’ve joined 64 (yes, really) other bloggers who are all big football fans too. Why 64? That’s 2 bloggers per NFL team kids. Today we’re all about the best tailgating recipes, but we’ll be back two more times this season with some awesome team themed recipes in October and Super Bowl party recipes in January that’ll blow you taste buds away! Ready to get your tailgate on? Check out the links below.
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- Salsa Verde from A Dish of Daily Life
- Slow Cooker Sausage Corn Dip from A Joyfully Mad Kitchen
- Sausage, Peppers + Onions Pigs in a Blanket from A Little Gathering
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- Beer & Brats Bake from A Simpler Grace
- Black Bottom Maple Pecan Pie Bars from An Oregon Cottage
- Crispy Baked Buffalo Wings from And She Cooks
- Blackberry BBQ Sticky Wings from Around My Family Table
- Cheesy Pull Apart Garlic Bread from Beer Girl Cooks
- Black Bean & Corn Salsa from Body Rebooted
- Roasted Garlic BBQ Chicken Wings Recipe from Bread Booze Bacon
- Smoky Jalapeno Poppers from Brunch-n-Bites
- Loaded Sweet Potato Nachos from Bucket List Tummy
- Deconstructed Smoked Chicken Chile Relleno from Cafe Terra
- Chicken Spinach & Artichoke Dip French Bread from Cake ‘n Knife
- Cuban Sandwich Quesadillas from Casa de Crews
- Grilled Asparagus Spears by Celebrating Family
- Sweet and Salty Blueberry Popcorn by Club Narwhal
- Buffalo Chicken Poppers by Coffee Love Travel
- Sea Bass Skewers + Blackbeard Cocktails by Culinary Adventures with Camilla
- Buffalo Chicken Poppers by Dash of Herbs
- Easy Chicken Roll Ups with Cream Cheese and Veggies by Family Food on the Table
- Bottled Tailgate Cocktails by Feast + West
- The Best Arrachera Fajitas by Foodal
- Loaded Guacamole by foodbyjonister
- Cincinnati Nachos by Foodtastic Mom
- Cajun Red Beans and Andouille Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms by For the Love of Food
- Grilled Shrimp Pizza by Glisten and Grace
- Mini Bell Pepper Nachos by Hello Little Home
- Slow Cooker Sweet Spicy Meatballs by Honey & Birch
- BBQ Chicken Wontons by Lauren’s Kitchen
- Loaded Tailgate Tots by Life’s Ambrosia
- Ricotta & Fig Bites by Living Well Kitchen
- Tailgate Tacos by Lizzy is Dizzy
- Nashville Hot Chicken Wings by Loaves & Dishes
- Cincinnati Chili Dip by Love & Flour
- {Slow Cooker} BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches by Love Bakes Good Cakes
- Tailgate Bloody Marys by Loves Food, Loves to Eat
- Sweet Korean Chicken Wings by Macheesmo
- Bacon Wrapped Tater Tots by Me and My Pink Mixer
- Beer Sangria by Mixplorology
- Crab Pretzels by Mom’s Messy Miracles
- Hot Bacon Dip by Nik Snacks
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- Chowder Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers by Order in the Kitchen
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- Baked Mac and Cheese Cups by Polka Dotted Blue Jay
- Texas Toothpicks with Buttermilk Ranch by See Aimee Cook
- Pretzel Turkey Meatballs (GF, DF, SF) by Shaws Simple Swaps
- Hearty Vegetable Chili by Simple and Savory
- Red & Gold Focaccia Pizza by Simplify, Live, Love
- Sweet Potato Skins Stuffed with BBQ Ranch Pulled Pork by Sustaining the Powers
- Bacon-Wrapped Cheeseburger Bites by The BakerMama
- Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad by The Creative Bite
- German Potato Skins by The Crumby Cupcake
- Old Bay Trail Mix by The Culinary Compass
- Meat Lover’s Pizza Bites by The Life Jolie
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Roasted Garlic BBQ Chicken Wings Recipe
Ingredients
Roasted Garlic BBQ Sauce:
- 1 head garlic
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ¼ onion diced
- 1 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons white vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon Franks's hot sauce
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Wings:
- 12 whole chicken wings
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- Oil for frying
- Celery & carrots sticks for garnish
Instructions
BBQ Sauce:
- Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Using a sharp knife, cut the top of the head of garlic so that all of the clove tops are exposed.
- Place the garlic head on a piece of aluminum foil and drizzle with olive oil. Wrap the foil around the garlic, loosely,
- Transfer the garlic to a baking sheet and roast for 40 minutes.
- Remove the garlic from the oven and allow to cool for 5 to 10 minutes, or until cool enough to touch.
- Unwrap the garlic and use your fingers to squeeze the cloves from the skin. (You may need to use a spoon or fork for the more stubborn cloves.) Fine chop the garlic, it will start to turn into a paste, and set aside.
- Heat a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add vegetable oil.
- Once the oil is hot, add the onions to your saucepan and cook for 5 minutes, stirring often. Add the roasted garlic, and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, until fragrant.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low and add the ketchup, molasses, brown sugar, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, Franks's hot sauce and salt. Stir to combine.
- Simmer for 20 minutes. Adjust seasoning to taste.
- Transfer the sauce to a blender, food processor, or grab your immersion blender. Pulse the sauce until your desired consistency is reached. (You want the onions and garlic broken up so there are no big chunks in the sauce.)
- Transfer sauce to a 2 cup air tight container. Store in the fridge until ready to use. (This sauce gets better as it sits. If you have time, let it sit for 6-8 hours before using.)
Wings:
- Heat your grill, you want medium to medium-high heat.
- Using a sharp knife, separate the whole chicken wings into drumettes, wingettes, and tips. Discard the tips.
- Place the drummettes & wingettes in a gallon ziploc bag. Add the flour, salt, and pepper. Seal the bag (with some air still inside) and shake until the wings are coated.
- Heat a large saucepot over medium-high heat. Fill the pot with enough oil to come 1-inch up the sides.
- Once the oil is hot, cook the wings in batches for 3-5 minutes per side, or until golden brown. Remove the wings to a paper towel-lined plate in a single layer.
- Use a pastry or basting brush to coat one side of the wings with Roasted Garlic BBQ Sauce. Place the wings on the hot grill, sauce side down. Immediately start brushing the top of the wings with BBQ sauce so they are completely covered.
- Cook the wings for 2-3 minutes per side. or until the sauce soaks into the wings and gets caramelized/charred.
- Remove wings from the grill to a serving plate with celery and carrots, if desired. Serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe and nutritional value will vary depending on the brands you use, measuring methods and portion sizes per household.
This post is in no way affiliated with or sponsored by the NFL. We just love football season!
These wings are the perfect football tailgating food! I love the video too!
I love the video! We love wings at our house too – especially my nephews!
These look fantastic! We tailgate all the time but I have never grilled wings….. Im certainly going to remedy that with your recipe! Thanks for sharing! (Go Rams! )
OMG! That BBQ sauce sounds awesome! And the wings – well anything grilled is tops in my book. These look perfect for tailgating and my husband would be overjoyed to see these on the menu. Can’t wait to try them.
I love the video! We love wings at our house too – especially my nephews!