Teriyaki Chicken Wings

Sadly, football season is over and now I must wait until early Fall again to enjoy gameday food.  It just isn't the same for other occasions, just doesn't have the same flavor and excitement in the food.  So for the Super Bowl a few weeks ago, I made some delicious chicken teriyaki wings!  I found this recipe originally on the All Recipes website, but after reading through reviews, I changed a few things from the original and I must say it's AMAZING!  Also, fresh ginger and garlic really do improve the flavor, as does regular soy sauce and not lite or reduced sodium.  Don't get me wrong, you can certainly still use them, we did on the first time, but after using regular and fresh the second time, I won't go back to lite soy sauce or bottled garlic. :-)  This would also make a killer marinade for chicken on the grill!  Enjoy!

Ingredients:

·         ¼ cup water

·         1 cup soy sauce

·         1 cup packed light brown sugar

·         1 (6 oz) can pineapple juice (sold in a six pack in juice aisle)

·         ¼ cup vegetable oil

·         1 Tbsp minced fresh garlic

·         1 Tbsp minced fresh ginger

·         3 pounds chicken wings

Directions:

1.       Whisk together water, soy sauce, sugar, pineapple juice, vegetable oil, garlic and ginger in a large bowl until the sugar has dissolved.  Add the chicken wings, coat with the marinade and transfer to large zip loc bag.  Marinate in the refrigerator at least 1 hour, overnight for best results.

2.      Preheat oven to 350* F.  Line baking sheets with parchment paper and put wire cooling racks on top.  (If you don’t have cooling racks, you can use parchment paper by itself or just grease the baking sheets.)

3.      Remove chicken from the marinade, reserving marinade.  Shake off excess liquid from wings and place on the prepared baking sheets.  Bake the wings 25-30 minutes on one side, turn wings over and bake another 25-30 minutes, or until evenly browned.

4.      While chicken is cooking, place reserved marinade in a pot on the stove, bring to a boil.  Reduce heat and let simmer until marinade is reduced by about half for sauce.

5.      Toss cooked wings in desired amount of sauce and enjoy!

And for you blog faithful, get ready for a new craft project post soon!!  I finished it yesterday, now just to give it to the recipients and pictures!!! I'm excited to share soon! :-D