If you love sweet and spicy chicken you’ll love this delicious twist on wings with my easy gluten free recipe for Grilled Sweet and Spicy Asian Sticky Drums. A delicious homemade marinade coats drummies, grilled to a crisp perfection, and sprinkled with fresh green onions.
If you love chicken wings and chicken drums you’ll love this fresh take on Sweet and Spicy Chicken wings. My husband loves wings and I love to switch up the traditional buffalo flavor and come up with different flavor combos. These wings are perfect just the way they are served. No need to add ranch or bleu cheese dressing to dip them in. The sweet balances out the heat that these wings have. Just make sure you have a napkin or two since they are on the sticky side.
Table of contents
Directions
- In a bowl, combine soy sauce, hoison sauce, oyster sauce, ground ginger, minced garlic, and cayenne pepper. Place half the sauce in a zip-top baggy, reserve the rest of the sauce for after the wings are cooked. Add chicken drums to the baggy. Refrigerate and marinate for at least 1 hour or no longer then 24 hours.
- Preheat the grill to high heat (around 500 degrees) then lower the heat to low.
- Add chicken drums to the grill. Grill for 15 minutes, turning every 5 minutes. Make sure internal temperature reaches 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Remove drums from the grill and toss with the remaining sauce from the bowl. Serve immediately.
Tips & Tricks
- Marinating – Make sure you take the marinating time into account when making these wings. I advise to make the marinade and let the wings sit at least the night before or morning before you plan to grill. Do not let the wings marinate more then 24 hours.
- Dividing sauce – This recipe calls for half the sauce to be marinated on the wings and the other half to reserve for basting after the wings are done.
- Internal Temperature for Chicken – Always make sure you use a meat thermometer whenever you are cooking chicken. Chicken should be cooked to 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
Wing Recipes
If you love wings you’ll love these other recipes.
- Baked Spicy Greek Yogurt Chicken Wings
- Key West Grilled Chicken Wings
- Instant Pot Chicken Wings from Frozen
- Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Wings
So whether you’re watching the big game for games-sake or just watching it to have an extra excuse to eat football food give my recipe for Grilled Sweet and Spicy Asian Sticky Drums a try!
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Sweet and Spicy Asian Sticky Wings
Equipment
- Grill
Ingredients
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon hoison sauce
- 1 teaspoon oyster sauce
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon garlic minced
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 dozen mini chicken drums
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine soy sauce, hoison sauce, oyster sauce, ground ginger, minced garlic, and cayenne pepper. Place half the sauce in a zip-top baggy, reserve the rest of the sauce for after the wings are cooked. Add chicken drums to the baggy. Refrigerate and marinate for at least 1 hour or no longer then 24 hours.
- Preheat the grill to high heat (around 500 degrees) then lower the heat to low.
- Add chicken drums to the grill. Grill for 15 minutes, turning every 5 minutes. Make sure internal temperature reaches 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Remove drums from the grill and toss with the remaining sauce from the bowl. Serve immediately.
Notes
- Marinating – Make sure you take the marinating time into account when making these wings. I advise to make the marinade and let the wings sit at least the night before or morning before you plan to grill. Do not let the wings marinate more then 24 hours.
- Dividing sauce – This recipe calls for half the sauce to be marinated on the wings and the other half to reserve for basting after the wings are done.
- Internal Temperature for Chicken – Always make sure you use a meat thermometer whenever you are cooking chicken. Chicken should be cooked to 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Laurie
I wonder if you could do these in the crock pot? We don’t have a grill..we don’t have much of a yard
Katie
Laurie–you could definitely bake them in the oven. Not sure about the crock pot–I’m sure it would work, just they wouldn’t be crispy. Good luck and let me know how they turn out!
Erin | The Law Student's Wife
Soooooooo jealous of your being able to grill outside! I’m hoping for an exciting game too, but at least if all else fails, there’s the football food 🙂
Katie
Ha ha… I know most people get mad when they see we grill all year round. One of the perks of living in Florida! Woohoo to football food!
Paula – bell’alimento
Sweet & Spicy … yes please! These wings look amazing!
Katie
Thanks Paula!
Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl
Drumsticks are my favorite, so how awesome do these saucy beauties look? Yum!
Katie
Thanks Pamela!