Rivalry Rally Wings Recipe

I considered naming this recipe after Wily Mo Pena for his heroics last night. Grand Slam! But then I didn't. Not yet. Anyway...here is a chicken wing recipe to cook up for the Sox/Yanks games this weekend. The most important ingredient is the ground black pepper. Use A LOT. The recipe is inspired by a Salt and Pepper Dungeness Crab dish that we get at a restaurant out here in Seattle. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

• 16 Chicken Wings (approximately 3 pounds)
• 1/2 pound Unsalted Butter
• 2 teaspoons Cayenne Pepper
• 8 Tablespoons Franks Hot Wing Sauce (don't substitute)
  
• 1 teaspoon Sea Salt
• Freshly Ground Black Pepper (Important!)
  

Preparation:
Preheat oven broiler. Cut the chicken wings in half, slicing between the bones. Melt the butter and add the cayenne pepper, hot wing sauce, and sea salt. Place the chicken wings on a sheet pan and brush them with the mixture. Grind a generous amount of black pepper over each wing (the more the better).

Broil the wings about 3 inches below the heat for 8 minutes. Flip the wings, brush them again with the butter mixture. Grind a generous amount of black pepper over each wing again. Broil for 5 more minutes or until fully cooked.

Serve the Rivalry Rally Wings hot with blue cheese, celery sticks and a good hefeweizen.

Go Sox!

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Pat's Buff-A-Que Go Sox Wings

Hey! Today is the big day! In honor of Opening Day 2007, my brother Pat sent over his famous "Buff-A-Que Go Sox Wings" recipe. He's a darn good cook, so if you're in a rally-wing-making-mood, give it a shot. Take it away Pat...

Ingredients:

• Fresh Chicken Wings
• Ground Pepper
• Salt
• Good BBQ Sauce (not Kraft, but something from the specialty food aisle)
• Wing Sauce (I like Emerils, or Franks Wing Sauce)
• Tabasco Sauce

Preparation:
Arrange wings on a baking sheet or broiler pan (better), and line with aluminum foil. The aluminum foil is important because this will get messy. Season wings on both sides with salt and pepper. Put them in a preheated 400 degree oven and throw your timer on for 35 minutes.

While they are cooking take this time to make your buff-a-que sauce. In a large bowl you want to add an equal amount of wing sauce to BBQ sauce. If you are a Yankees fan, you might want to add more BBQ sauce to take the heat down. If you are a die hard Sox fan, add some Tabasco Sauce. Mix thoroughly.

After the wings are in the oven for 20 minutes take them out, flip them over and baste them with the buff-a-que sauce. Coat them really well! Put back in the oven. 10 minutes later take them out, and flip them over. Add another thick coat of sauce to the wings. Put back in the oven so that they get crispy. Take them out when they look mouth watering good. Give them one more fresh coat of sauce. Arrange on a platter, and rally. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Don't forget the Blue Cheese! I like to buy the Marie's Chunky Blue Cheese dressing from the produce aisle of the supermarket. There aren't enough chunks in it so get a container of crumbled blue cheese too. Mix this all together, and garnish with celery or carrots. For best results, serve with Pete's Wicked Rally Cap Ale.

Go Sox!

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Super Bowl Recipe - Buffalo "Rally" Wings & Chunky Blue Cheese

My mom swears by this Buffalo Wing recipe. It's a variation of a recipe by Ina Garten. Sadly, these would have made fantastic "rally wings" for the Patriots.

Ingredients:

For the wings:

• 16 Chicken Wings (approximately 3 pounds)
• 1/4 pound Unsalted Butter
• 1 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
• 4 teaspoons Youk's Hot Sauce (preferably from an autographed bottle) or Tabasco
  
• 1 teaspoon sea salt

For the Blue Cheese Dip:

• 2 cups crumbled Blue Cheese
• 1 cup Mayonnaise
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 2 tablespoons non-fat milk
• 3/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
• 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• Fresh Celery sticks

Preparation:
Preheat oven broiler. Cut the chicken wings in thirds, slicing between the bones. Melt the butter and add the cayenne pepper, hot sauce, and sea salt. Place the chicken wings on a sheet pan and brush them with the melted butter. Broil them about 3 inches below the heat for 8 minutes. Flip the wings, brush them again with the butter, and broil for 4 more minutes, or until cooked.

For the blue cheese dip, combine blue cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, milk, Worcestershire, sea salt, and gound black pepper in a bowl and stir.

Serve the chicken wings hot with the blue cheese dip and celery sticks.

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