Sweet and spicy BBQ chicken wings

The cook, step by step.

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   Cover the chicken wings with corn starch The first step is to cover the chick wings with maize starch/ corn flour. You make sure you cover the wings slightly and that there's not a very thick layer left on the wings. The corn starch ensures that the skin dries out and subsequently becomes crisper in the preparation. After applying this corn starch, keep the chicken wings uncovered in a refrigerator for at least 4 hours. One night in the fridge is best.

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   Add Rub and massage After the wings have been in the fridge for at least 4 hours with the corn starch, it is time to apply the rub of your choice and lightly massage. You leave this in the fridge for at least 2 hours.

   2h
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   BBQ phase Then it's time to start the BBQ phase. You heat up the BBQ for indirect heat with a BBQ temperature of 200 degrees Celsius. I add when the BBQ is at temperature some cherry wood smoking wood sippers for extra smoke flavor. Then place the chicken wings as shown below on the indirect part of the BBQ and close the lid. The chicken wings need about 45 minutes before they are ready for the next phase but if you want to be sure then use a core thermometer and set it to 72 degrees Celsius.

   Internal temperature: 72°C
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   Chicken wings covered with sauce After the 45 minutes indirectly on the BBQ, the wings are ready to be lacquered with the glaze you made. Apply well on both sides and close the lid for about 10 minutes while the boiler still has 200 degrees temperature. This way you give the glaze a chance to caramelize and get that sticky effect you're looking for. You want to have the chicken at 75 degrees internal temperature before you take them off the BBQ.

   Internal temperature: 75°C
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   Enjoy After caramelizing it is time to get the chicken wings from the BBQ. You then have if it is right chicken wings that look about like the picture below. If you like more spicy then of course you can always add even more hot sauce to the glaze. I suggest you try it in advance and then decide if you want to add any more spicyness. The spicyness of the sauce is lost during preparation so take that into account.