Apricot Chicken Wings

Simple-to-make appetizers, Apricot Chicken Wings, are the key to easy entertaining.  A five ingredient marinade flavors these juicy and tender chicken wings.

                Robin Spires                                                            Tampa, Florida

Apricot Chicken Wings

Apricot  Chicken wings

2 Lbs. chicken wings

1 cup apricot preserves

2 Tbsp. cider vinegar

2-3 tsp. hot pepper sauce

1 ½ tsp. chili powder

1 garlic clove, minced

 

Cut chicken wings into three sections; discard wing tips.  In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients; pour ½ cup into a large resealable plastic bag; add chicken.  Seal bag and turn to coat.  Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.  Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade.

Drain and discard marinade.  Place wings in a greased foil-lined 15 in x 10 in x 1 in baking pan.  Bake at 400 F. for 30-35 minutes or until juices run clear, turning and basting occasionally with remaining marinade.          Yield:  2 dozen

(Recipe for the Apricot Chicken Wings was in Taste of Home, 2012)

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