Tangy Tapatio Barbeque Drumettes

The fall season always reminds me of football games and tailgating. I grew up with three brothers in my house and football was pretty popular. Chicken wings, or drumettes, on the other hand were not, LOL! I only had my first taste of chicken wings when I moved to New York. My style of cooking is to cook out of my pantry from the ingredients that are available. Two staples in my pantry are "Tapatio" brand hot sauce and ketchup. The sauce comes together quickly and reminds me of the best, sticky, sweet, and savory sauce I have had on a good piece of barbeque chicken!

Yields up to 4 servings as an appetizer

Ingredients:

Directions:

1. In a bowl, combine all of the ingredients for the sauce, stir well to combine, taste for salt and divide into three small bowls.

2. In another bowl, add the drumettes and lightly season with salt and pepper, add 1/3 of the sauce and toss to coat drumettes evenly. Cover and marinate for at least 3 hours or overnight.

3. Once drumettes have marinated, preheat oven to 450ºF. Line a cookie sheet with easy release foil paper and spread the drumettes out onto it.

4. Bake drumettes for 30 minutes. Remove from oven, and move the top shelf in oven so it's about 10 inches from top broiler, turn broiler on high. Turn the drumettes over and baste them with 1/3 of remaining sauce. Cook under the broiler for 5 to 6 minutes. Remove from oven, transfer to serving dish, toss in remaining sauce and garnish with green onions.

Note: If you like the drumettes a little more crispy, turn them over and cook under broiler for another 5 minutes. You can use both the drumettes and wings for this recipe, this is just what I prefer.

I do not own an outdoor grill, but if you wanted to finish cooking these on the grill after they came out of the oven, it would be amazing!

Other recipes by Sonia:

Mexican Red Rice
Buñuelos
Chile Relleno with Serrano Shrimp
Cheesy Chorizo Bread
Flank Steak Tacos
Pumpkin Empanadas
Annatto-Citrus Marinated Chicken
Chile Garlic Shrimp Kabobs
Avocado Fries
Chicken Enchilada Soup with Chayotes
Dulce de Leche and Chocolate Chip Chimichangas

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