Try these delicious and easy-to-make Chipotle Honey-Mustard Chicken Wings for your next game-day snack! Sweet, spicy and smoky, these hot wings are sure to disappear quickly. Bake them in the oven, add a smoky chipotle glaze, and sprinkle with sesame seeds for the perfect flavor combination.
If you love hot wings, you'll love these Chipotle Honey-Mustard Glazed Chicken Wings! They're smoky, they're sweet and they're a little spicy, too. A delicious game-day snack!
While grocery shopping during a Hawaiian vacation, we picked up a bottle of El Diablo Chipotle Mustard, just because it sounded interesting. After one taste, we slathered it on pretty much everything except our morning smoothies.
Once back home, I discovered that Amazon doesn't ship this mustard to Canada, so I decided to recreate that chipotle-mustard hot and spicy yumminess myself.
These Chipotle Honey-Mustard Glazed Chicken Wings were the result!
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❤️ Why you'll love this spicy chicken wing recipe
These smoky chicken wings are sweet and spicy with just the right amount of heat. They have a divine smoky flavour from chipotle peppers and smoked paprika.
These hot wings are lick-your-fingers-delicious! They bake quickly in the oven.
I've adapted this recipe to use with chicken thighs, too. If you're a fan of that smoky chipotle flavour, you'll probably like these Smoky Chipotle Honey-Mustard Glazed Chicken Thighs and my Easy Chipotle Peach Glazed Chicken, too.
And if you're looking for more chicken wing ideas, here are recipes for 6 Crispy Air Fryer Chicken Wings.
🛒Ingredients
Chipotle-Honey Mustard Sauce
- honey
- canned chipotle chiles in adobo sauce
- Dijon mustard
- olive oil
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Spice Rub for Chipotle Wings
- olive oil
- ground coriander
- ground cumin
- smoked paprika
- sesame seeds toasted
- green onions
🔪 How to make Chipotle Honey-Mustard Chicken Wings
These Chipotle Honey-Mustard Glazed Chicken Wings are easy to make.
- Create a rub with the spices
- Toss the wings with the spice rub, bake for 10 minutes, then baste with the sauce.
- Ten more minutes in the oven, then baste once more and finish cooking.
- Once they're beautifully glazed, sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds and garnish with freshly sliced green onions or chives.
- Save half the sauce for extra dipping. Serve warm . . . but they're equally as good cold.
🍽 What to serve with chicken wings
Hot wings need sides that contrast in flavour (and cool down your mouth!) Celery sticks are a common accompaniment but don't stop there. The sides for spicy chicken wings that I like best are:
🥶 Storing cooked chicken wings
Store leftover wings in a covered container in the fridge for 3 to 4 days.
Freeze them in an airtight container for up to 3 months.
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📖 Recipe
Chipotle Honey-Mustard Glazed Chicken Wings
Ingredients
- 3 lbs fresh chicken wings split, tips removed
Glaze
- 1 cup honey
- 3 tablespoons canned chipotle chiles in adobo puréed
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons olive oil extra-virgin
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Seasoning
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds toasted (for garnish)
- 3 green onions thinly sliced (for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. or heat a grill to medium-high.
- Pat chicken wings dry.
- In a small bowl, whisk together honey, chipotles, mustard and 2 tablespoons oil. Divide this glaze mixture in half, setting aside half to toss the wings after they are cooked.
- Mix coriander, cumin, and paprika and the remaining 2 tablespoons oil in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add the wings to this large bowl and toss to coat.
- Place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet in oven or on grill for about 10 minutes. Brush with the honey-chipotle glaze and continue cooking for another 10 minutes. Flip and baste again and bake or grill until cooked through, about 10 minutes, or until the wings have reached an internal temperature of 165°F. when measured with an instant-read meat thermometer.
- Remove from oven or grill and toss with the remaining honey-chipotle glaze. Garnish with green onions and/or sesame seeds and serve immediately.
- Refrigerate leftover wings promptly.
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Inspired by Chipotle Honey Mustard Glazed Wings on Epicurious.
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