Heinz New Barbecue Sauces Chicken Wing Marinade

Not sure I am going to see BBQ weather this year, judging by the rain, so heavy it would have had Noah speeding up his Ark building!  It won't stop me making lots of marinades, dips and all the yummy goodies we love, we will dine indoors instead.

Heinz have helped this along by creating two new barbecue sauces and they asked me to try them out in some recipes. A pizza, luxury beans on toast and a marinated chicken wings below.

 Heinz Classic Barbecue Sauce and Heinz Sticky Barbecue Sauce are made thick enough to  still top your burger, but light enough to use as a marinade especially for chicken. Its a classic flavour for chicken and so I started with the marinated chicken recipe as soon as the ingredients arrived.

I wanted to let the flavours really get into the chicken so I left mine in the fridge overnight. It all went into a bag and was very simple.

The next day I added them onto my grill rack and popped over a baking tray, using foil meant it was a doddle to clean up after.

The chicken smelt fantastic while cooking and I recommend the last brushing with marinade for the sticky texture.

The dish was well received by the family, I liked the smoky taste, not so keen on the sweet honey but that's really a personal taste as I am not so keen on sweet with savoury, but it was well covered by the chilli kick. Everybody else raved about it, Paige has requested I make it with chicken breast portions next, Chris said he wants ribs, so its a definite make again, for me because it was just so simple!

Chicken Wing Marinade

Ingredients:

For the marinade:

10 chicken wings, tips removed and cut in half

A sprinkle of hot chilli powder

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce

1 tbsp runny honey

5 tbsp Heinz Classic Barbecue sauce, and extra to serve

To serve:

400g potato wedges, cooked

75g mixed salad leaves

Parsley or red chilli, chopped

Method:

Place the chicken wings into a large food bag with the remaining ingredients apart from 2 tablespoons of the Heinz Classic Barbecue sauce and toss together.

Seal the bag and place in the fridge to marinate for at least 6 hours or overnight.

Place on a rack over a baking tray and cook in a pre heated 200C, fan 180C, gas 6 oven for 30 minutes, turning half way.

Turn the oven up to 240C, fan 220C, gas 9. Brush the wings with the remaining sauce on both sides and bake for a further 10 minutes until sticky.

Serve with a pot of Heinz Classic Barbecue sauce to
dip the wings into, jacket wedges and leaf salad and
garnish the wings with chopped parsley or chopped red
chilli for extra spice.