G Garvin's Bourbon Chicken Wings

My sister had a dinner party recently and served these as appetizers....of course everyone said they were the bomb! How could these not be good? Fried chicken wings with some syrup on top? Why not? This is definitely a special occasion treat. If we ate these everyday we'd all be big as a house, but sometimes you have to just dig in.

In G Garvin's recipe he seasons the wings with salt and pepper, fries them up, and then puts the sauce on top, that I provided below. I ran across the following recipe below, which would be a great marinade and a way not to have to fry them. I'm sure the frying part sets them off, but this is a better alternative for us trying to watch our girlish figures.

They'd also be great grilled and then dipped in the sauce.... finger licking good...

Ingredients: (This is the modified recipe if you wanna marinade and bake them. If not you could just marinade them, fry, then dip in the sauce....get creative though!)
24 chicken wings
3 tablespoons bourbon
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon finely grated lemon peel
Juice of 1 lemon (about 2 to 3 tablespoons)
1 cup fine, dry, unseasoned bread crumbs
1 tablespoon sweet Hungarian paprika
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Preparation:Cut chicken wings at joints; discard tips or reserve for broth or stock. Combine the wing joints, bourbon, olive oil, lemon rind, and lemon juice in a bowl. Toss to coat the wings and marinate refrigerated for 4 hours or overnight. Mix the bread crumbs, paprika, salt, and pepper in a plastic bag. Drain the wing joints and toss with the bread crumb mixture. Place the wings on a baking sheet and place about 4 to 5 inches from heat source under preheated broiler. Broil until crisp and golden, about 5 minutes on each side. Chicken wings serves 4 to 6.

Bourbon BBQ Sauce

INGREDIENTS:

2 tablespoons olive oil

3 tablespoons diced jalapeno chili's

2 tablespoons chopped garlic

2 tablespoons chopped shallots

2 ounces bourbon

2 cups ketchup

1 cup orange juice

¼ cup coke

1 cup molasses

1 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon liquid smoke

1 teaspoon paprika

1 teaspoon garlic salt

1 teaspoon BBQ spice

PROCEDURE:
1. Heat a sauté pan over medium high heat
2. Add olive oil, jalapenos, garlic, and shallots
3.Stir until brown
4. Remove pan from heat and pour in bourbon
5. Add ketchup, orange juice, coke and molasses and mix well
6. Pour in brown sugar, liquid smoke, paprika, garlic salt, and BBQ spice
7. Stir and let cool down
8. Pour over any meat of your choice