Boneless Chicken “Wings”
Chicken wings are one of my favorite happy hour appetizers. Once I turned 21, I frequented one of the favorite sports bars in Cedar Falls that had cheap beer and cheap wings during happy hour. Beer and wings would be my meal. I love the combination of the hot wing sauce, the cool bleu cheese (PLEASE NO RANCH!), and crisp celery; it is finger-lickin’ good. When I was pregnant with Sasha I constantly craved anything labeled “buffalo chicken”, I would still indulge myself knowing that later I would have massive heartburn.
Chicken wings are good but a lot of work and gnawing around bones isn’t ideal for small children; hence the boneless version seen here. I used boneless skinless chicken breasts, which I sliced into about 1 inch strips and cut the strips into about 1 inch chucks.
BONELESS CHICKEN “WINGS”
3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch chunks
1 egg white
couple splashes of milk
a dash or two of Tabasco
2 c seasoned flour
oil for frying
favorite hot wing sauce
favorite BBQ sauce
2 T honey
SEASONED FLOUR
*use amounts according to your flavor preferences
salt
pepper
garlic powder
onion powder
cayenne pepper
Heat oil in a dutch oven to 375 degrees F. Mix in a shallow dish egg white, Tabasco and milk. Put flour into a zip top plastic storage bag. Coat chicken in egg mixture, then toss in the bag with flour. Shake until chicken is thoroughly coated. Fry in small batches until chicken is golden brown, a couple minutes on each side. Toss half of chicken in wing sauce and the other half with the honey and BBQ sauce. Serve with a good bleu cheese dip. ENJOY!
