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    Home » Recipes » Sunday dinner

    Grilled Honey Mustard Chicken Wings

    Published: Sep 10, 2015 · Modified: Oct 18, 2022 by Mike Vrobel · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

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    Quality testing the wings

    My kids are gaga for honey mustard wings.5Except for my youngest - he’s holding out for hot wings. He takes after his dad. I made them a few months back, and they have begged me to make them again.

    That’s no big deal for me, because I have my chicken wing technique down cold.6Down cold? Down hot? Especially for hot wings, amirite? Anyone? Is this thing on? Cook the wings with indirect high heat in the grill, with wood smoke, for about 45 minutes. Toss the wings, hot from the grill, in their dressing; hot wings soak up the sauce better.7See the optional dry brining instructions in step 1 for extra-crispy dry brined wings…if you have the time. I had to get these wings on the grill the night I made them, so I went with a simple sprinkling of salt.

    The only problem with indirect grilling wings is fitting them on the grill. How do I cook enough wings for everybody? That’s where the Weber Elevations system comes in, with three tiers of cooking. I can stack wings vertically; each rack fits about eighteen wings. 8Eighteen wings depending on the size - your mileage may vary depending on how muscular your chicken wing sizes can be. Six racks fit into the bracket, three on each side, giving me a lot of extra space when I get a taste for some chicken wings.

    Recipe: Grilled Honey Mustard Chicken Wings

    Equipment

    • Weber Elevations Tiered Cooking System with extra racks (optional)
    • Grill (I love my massive Weber Summit for all the extra space, even with the Weber Elevations)
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    • Author: Mike Vrobel
    • Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
    • Yield: 4-6 1x
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    Description

    Grilled Honey Mustard Chicken Wings recipe - better than your local wing joint from your own back yard.


    Ingredients

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    • 2 fist sized wood chunks, or 2 cups wood chips (I use apple wood; cherry, pecan or hickory are also good)
    • 4 pounds chicken wings
    • 1 tablespoon kosher salt

    Honey Mustard Sauce

    • ½ stick of butter (2 ounces), melted tablespoons butter
    • ¼ cup yellow mustard
    • ¼ cup honey

    Instructions

    1. Season the wings: Toss the wings with the kosher salt. (If you have time, dry brine the wings: add 1 tablespoon of baking powder to the salt, and toss to coat the wings. Spread the wings out on a sheet pan with a rack over it, and refrigerate, uncovered, for 8 to 24 hours. Details here.)
    2. Set the grill up for indirect medium-high (400°F): Set the grill for indirect medium-high heat, about 400°F, then add the smoking wood. On my Weber Summit, I preheat the grill with all burners on high for 10 minutes. Then I brush the grill grates clean, and turn off all the burners except for burners 1 and 6. Then I turn the smoker burner to high and add the wood chips. (No smoker burner? Wrap the wood chips in an envelope of aluminum foil, poke a few holes in the foil, and set the chips on the burner cover over a lit burner.)
    3. Cook the wings over indirect medium-high for 45 minutes: Set the wings on the indirect heat part of the grill grate. (I use the Weber Elevations system to get some more indirect heat space, and stack the wings in three layers over the indirect heat part of the grill). Grill the wings over indirect heat until browned and crispy, about 45 minutes. While the wings are cooking, whisk the honey mustard sauce ingredients in a large bowl.
    4. Toss the wings with the honey mustard sauce: When the wings are done, put them in the bowl with the honey mustard sauce and toss to coat. Let the wings sit in the sauce for five minutes, tossing occasionally, to let the sauce soak into the wings. Serve immediately.

    Notes

    For 4 pounds of wings, you need a large grill or an elevation rack system (see the Equipment section on my recipe post.)

    • Prep Time: 10 minutes
    • Cook Time: 1 hour
    • Category: Grilling
    • Cuisine: American

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    Apple chips ready for the grill
    Grilled Honey Mustard Wings
    Grilled Honey Mustard Wings
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    Tossing with the sauce

    Notes

    • Want to take a shortcut? Instead of making honey mustard, buy it. Use ½ cup of store-bought honey mustard instead of the honey and mustard in the ingredients.

    What do you think?

    Questions? Other ideas? Leave them in the comments section below.

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    Comments

    1. Lynnette says

      September 13, 2015 at 1:46 pm

      I think this wing recipe sounds amazing. I have great envy for your large webber grill and how you made the wings. My hubby & I have a Webber portable grill, which we love, but can't do a lot of "creative cooking" such as your wing recipe. I have a question for you. Cooks Illustrated came out with a recipe to make wings in the oven with a coating of baking powder. You then put the wings on racks and bake at low temp for appx. 30 minutes before cooking them on a higher heat. Just wondering if you had ever tried this. (Sorry I can't access the recipe on their site as my hubby has it on his computer). Hubby & I are planning to try this now that fall is setting in and we start using our oven more. Just curious to see if you've made wings in the oven or tried with a baking powder coating. Apparently there is some scientific reasoning that the baking powder makes the wings crispy....but that's my husband's area of expertise, not mine. I just like trying different recipes. 🙂

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      • Mike V says

        September 13, 2015 at 6:15 pm

        See this recipe for my take on baking powder wings:
        https://www.dadcooksdinner.com/grilled-buffalo-chicken-wings/

        I haven't tried it in the oven, but it should work fine.

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