Super Bowl Sunday!

What's a Super Bowl without some snacks to munch on?

In my house, the snack of choice is hot wings for the grown ups and simple fried chicken for the kids.

Hot wings

 

(Hot wings with celery sticks and ranch dressing)

Ingredients:
12-24 chicken wing drumettes (depending on how many you need, this recipe is also easily doubled or tripled to accommodate guests for a get together or party)
1/3 cup margarine
1/2 cup hot sauce of your choice
1/2 tsp garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste
celery sticks
ranch or blue cheese dressing (honey-mustard is a popular choice in our house as well)

I use my deep fryer for the drumettes (because it is a faster cooking method) but you can also bake these for a healthier option.

To Deep Fry: preheat deep fryer to 360 degrees. Sprinkle the drumettes with salt and pepper to taste. Fry the drumettes (the number you can fry at one time depends on the size of your deep fryer) for 12-13 minutes.

While the drumettes are frying, melt the margarine in a small pot over medium heat on the stove. Stir in the hot sauce and garlic powder. When hot (about 3-4 minutes), remove from the heat and set aside. It will separate  a little while you wait for the drumettes to finish cooking, simply stir it to mix again.

Once all the drumettes are fried, place on a platter and pour the hot sauce mixture (after stirring well) over the top. Serve with celery sticks and your choice of dressing.

To Bake: preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 13x9 inch casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray. Place the drumettes in the baking dish and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.

Bake the drumettes at 350 degrees for 35 minutes (oven temperatures may vary so check for doneness).

While the drumettes are baking, melt the margarine in a small pot over medium heat on the stove. Stir in the hot sauce and garlic powder. When hot (about 3-4 minutes), remove from the heat and set aside. It will separate  a little while you wait for the drumettes to finish cooking, simply stir it to mix again.


Once all the drumettes are baked, place on a platter and pour the hot sauce mixture (after stirring well) over the top. Serve with celery sticks and your choice of dressing.

YUM!

Simple Fried Chicken for the kids

For the kids, they help me put the chicken drumettes in the fryer (VERY carefully) and when they are done cooking (same time as above), they simply munch on the plain drumettes, without hot sauce. They love to dip these in honey mustard or ranch dressing too. And celery with dressing is a favorite snack of theirs too. It's a snack food my whole family can enjoy, with only a slight modification to remove the heat from what the kids eat.