Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings and Homemade Garlic Ranch
Chicken wings don't need a whole lot of additional flavors - they taste great as they are! That's why this recipe uses simple Member's Mark™ Fine Ground Black Pepper and Member's Mark™ Sea Salt just to enhance the flavor that's already there! But we must admit...the fun part about eating wings is dipping them in some delicious sauce! That's where our Homemade Garlic Ranch comes into play (it also tastes great on salad and veggies, too)!
Ingredients
For the Chicken Wings
- 3½ lbs Chicken wings
- 2 tsp Member's Mark™ Sea Salt
- 4 tsp Member's Mark™ Fine Ground Black Pepper
For the Homemade Garlic Ranch
- 2 cups Mayonnaise
- 1 cup Buttermilk
- 1 small Onion, diced
- ½ cup Vegetable oil
- 2 Hardboiled eggs, diced
- 5 tbsp Sour cream
- 2 tbsp Member's Mark™ Parsley Flakes
- 1 tbsp Member's Mark™ Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Member's Mark™ Fine Ground Black Pepper
- 2 pinches Member's Mark™ Sea Salt
Instructions
For the Chicken Wings
- Wash the chicken wings and pat dry. Place in a large mixing bowl. Sprinkle Member's Mark™ Sea Salt and Member's Mark™ Fine Ground Black Pepper over the wings and mix thoroughly with your hands.
- Marinate in the refrigerator for at least 5 hours - even better if you let them marinate overnight! When the wings are done marinating, fire up your grill so it's very hot. If you have a thermometer on your grill, let it get all the way up to max heat.
- Place the wings on the grill, topside down. After about 3-5 minutes, turn them 90 degrees to brown them evenly.
- Close the grill to let them cook through, but only close the grill for 45-60 seconds at a time, as grease flare-ups can occur pretty easily with wings. When the top of the wing is thoroughly grilled (it will have golden, lightly crisped and charred skin), flip the wings.
- Lower the heat to medium/medium high, and repeat these steps until the wings are cooked through, periodically closing the grill to let them cook through. Some wings will cook faster than others, so you can place those on indirect heat while the rest finish up.
For the Homemade Garlic Ranch
- Whisk mayonnaise, buttermilk, onion, vegetable oil, eggs, sour cream, Member's Mark™ Parsley Flakes, Member's Mark™ Garlic Powder, Member's Mark™ Fine Ground Black Pepper, and Member's Mark™ Sea Salt together in a bowl until the dressing is creamy, about 30 seconds. Store dressing in a 1-quart jar in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. Shake before serving.