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flame grilled chicken wings closeup before sauce

Flame-Grilled Chicken Wings

This recipe for flame-grilled chicken wings will make you think 'Where has this been all my life?' as soon as you take that first juicy bite. You've been making chicken wings wrong this whole time!
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Chicken
Keyword: 20 min, 25 min or less, chicken wings, crowd pleasing, easy, easy appetizers, fingerfood, grilled, party food
Servings: 6 people

Equipment

  • Grill

Ingredients

  • 4 lbs chicken wings cut into flats + drumettes
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp garlic powder
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp black pepper freshly cracked

Instructions

  • Cut each wing into two parts for the flats and drumettes discarding the wing tips.
  • In a small prep bowl, mix 1 tbsp garlic powder and 2 tsp EACH of salt + black cracked pepper for the seasoning. Drizzle 2 tbsp of olive oil and toss to coat the wings.
  • Next, grab a large mixing bowl and toss the wings with the seasoning until all the wings are fully coated. Cover with plastic food wrap and keep cool until the grill is ready.
  • Heat your grill up to 450F (usually it takes only 2 burners at around medium-high heat). Once heated up to 450F, coat the grates with any high temp cooking oil or non-stick spray made for grilling so the wings don't get stuck to the grates before placing them on the grill.
  • When you place the wings on the grates of the heated grill, make sure they are all laying flat and huddle the wings together with as few gaps between the wings as possible.
  • Now, for the important step, set your timer to flip the wings every 5 minutes for roughly 20 minutes.
  • In a large bowl toss the wings in your favorite wing sauce. These are great by themselves, but even better tossed in a little sauce for that maximum flavor explosion in your mouth.
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