It’s NCAA Football Season!!
Here’s where I will make enemies and get dirty looks. For anyone who wasn’t around WLOW last fall, there’s something you need to understand. I’m an Ohio State fan. I shout O-H when walking into the bar, I make Buckeyes every year for when we play the team up North who shall not be named, and my kids have sweater vest t-shirts.
Today is OSU’s first football game of the season. I decided to pay homage the right thing to do would be making these wings that Clinton Kelly freaked over on the chew. More importantly, Michael Symon is a Cleveland boy and totally gets the Ohio thing.
I lived in Ohio while doing drum corps and Mike’s entire family, except himself and his twin sisters, are from Cleveland. Mike thought he was from Ohio until he was 5 if that tells you how the family is. Needless to say we totally bonded over football. He was delighted to find out I was a Buckeye girl. Which is good because we started dating the second week of September – football season y’all.
Be prepared. And if you like the evil team…don’t touch my kids and it may be better that you don’t speak for the next 4 months. Friendly advice. And now, wings!

Sriracha Lime Chicken Wings
Ingredients
- 3 pounds chicken wings
- 4 cups vegetable or peanut oil for frying {Chef Symon prefers Duck Fat here}
- 1/2 cup cilantro leaves
- 2 jalapenos thinly sliced
Marinade:
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoons smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 limes juiced
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil {or EVOO}
Wing Sauce:
- 1/2 cup Sriracha {hot sauce found in the Asian foods section at the store}
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons honey or more if desired
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- Zest of 1 lime
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
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Combine Marinade ingredients in a gallon sized Ziploc bag and smush around to combine. Add the chicken wings and toss to coat. Marinate wings for 1 to 2 hours, flipping the bag half way through and tossing the wings around again before for resting.
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Place a large pot over medium high heat and add frying oil. {I’m using my deep-fryer.} Using a deep fry thermometer, allow the oil to heat to 360 degrees F.
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Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. After the wings are done marinating, spread them out on a baking sheet with any remaining liquid from the marinade, and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until just cooked through. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly.
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While wings bake, make wing sauce. Place a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add wing sauce ingredients and whisk occasionally until the butter has melted. Taste sauce and season with salt, and more honey if desired. Set aside.
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When frying oil is at temperature, add the wings and deep fry until golden brown and crispy. Remove wings to paper towels and season with salt.
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Place wings in a large bowl, pour sauce over top, and toss to coat. Add cilantro leaves, and toss once more. Serve with lime wedges and slice jalapeno.


Oh my gosh, these look amazing! I love Michael Symon 🙂 Beautiful photo too! New follower 🙂
These sound super tasty! I love Sriracha!
Holy smokes! My hubby would lasso the moon for me if I made these 😉
Sriracha is the best thing ever!!!! I have to make these!!! Thanks for the recipe!
These look great, Julie! We are grilling wings today. Maybe we will try this recipe.
Ok Julie, I am a HUGE college football fan!! I hope that doesn't make us enemies for the next four months. I promise not to talk about my team. (Although they did stomp all over Arkansas State yesterday. HA!)
Quack Quack
Seriously though, your recipe looks delish!
~Robyn
oh my this is new to me but sound tasty
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We're cool. As long as you don't like Michigan root for who ever you want. I have lots of friends who are Duck fans, we're down. 🙂 Hope your boys kick some butt in the Pac 12. What we ended up in a bowl game together?!?!?
Wow – these Sriracha Lime Wings look like some tasty eats! I'm not much into football, but I could def go for some of these. 🙂
I love it! Thank you so much for posting on Saturday Show and Tell. I hope you'll be back this week to link up some more great ideas! Have a great rest of the week!
-Mackenzie
http://www.cheeriosandlattes.com
I love siracha sauce. literally it's the best hot sauce ever! I'm totally pinning this to try! I came over from Michelle's Tasty Creations. I'm excited to see more of your projects!
The wings look awesome. Count my family in for anything with Sriracha!
This recipe looks delicious. I have a link party on Wednesdays, and I would love it if you would link this and any other posts. It is called Wednesdays Adorned From Above Link Party. It runs from Wednesday to Sundays.
http://www.adornedfromabove.com/2012/09/simple-anti-aging-moisturizer-and.html
I hope to see you there. I am your newest follower, and I would love for your to follow me also. Have a great Day.
Debi Bolocofsky
Adorned From Above
http://www.adornedfromabove.com
Another GREAT recipe! Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday!
Holy cow, YUMMM!!! I love sriracha and I love wings – what a perfect combo! Love it! Definitely have to try! I'm your newest follower, found you on Love and Laundry! Thanks for sharing!
~Jen @ Yummy-Healthy-Easy
http://yummyhealthyeasy.blogspot.com/
Ooh fun. I can't deal with anything too spicy, but my husband absolutely loves hot wings! Thanks for sharing at The Fun In Functional!
Julie, these would be a HUGE hit with my hubs! I'm featuring you this week at Addicted to Recipes! http://iamaddictedtorecipes.blogspot.ca/2012/09/scrumptious-sunday-27-features.html
These sound crazy good!!! Thanks for sharing with Trick or Treat Tuesday!!!
Thanks so much for sharing this at the Weekend Wonders link party! Hope to see you back on Thursday Have a great day 🙂
Featuring these delicious wings on this weeks All Star Block Party!
http://www.nutmegplace.com/2012/09/all-star-block-party-15.html
Julie,
These look amazing! I love hot wings. I can’t wait to try the recipe. Thanks so much for linking up last week to Creative Thursday. Can’t wait to see what you have for this week’s party! Have a great week.
Michelle
We love to eat wings on game day, but they can be so expensive! Totally pinning for when the fun starts again this fall!
This wing sauce sounds great. I love sriracha and always keep a large bottle of it. Yay football season!!! (found this on Whimsy Wednesday)
Oh my god! I have GOT to make these!! we love our wings HOT
Fabulous!
Yum Yum, give me some!!! Thanks for linking up to Wake up Wednesdays!! I’m sharing this on FB, Twitter and Pinterest. Perfect for football tonight!
YUM! That sauce and marinade sounds absolutely amazing. Pinning for sure. I’d be thrilled if you’d come on over to Pink Recipe Box and link up at Creative Wednesdays: http://pinkrecipebox.com/creative-wednesdays-with-pink-recipe-box-8/
What a fantastic use of sriracha and the lime must really make the flavor burst. My husband is from Miami so its all about the Dolphins in my house even though we live in NY. Pinning this have a great football season.
My man would absolutely love these! He loves wings, cilantro, lime, and Sriracha. I’ve got to pin this so I don’t loose track of it for when we’re reunited in December!
Always open to a new wing recipe! Thanks for this! Visiting from Weekend Wonders and following you via Bloglovin’!