Sriracha Chicken Wings

Chicken wings are one of my favorite grilling treats. Grilled or baked, slather those wings with some hot sauce and plop them next to a dish of blue cheese and it's a pretty happy day. Grill them with sriracha and it's a whole new kind of awesome day.

This marinade is so good that I feel sad every time I have to add the raw chicken to it. I always save about a half of a cup of it to brush onto the wings as they grill... and dip a chip or carrot into while preparing everything. It's tasty stuff.

Marinade:

-for 25 wings-

1 tablespoon of olive oil

2 limes juiced up

6 cloves of garlic finely chopped

1/2 bunch of cilantro chopped

1/2 tablespoon soy sauce

1/4 cup traditional hot sauce

1 cup sriracha 

1/2 tablespoon crushed red pepper

1 teaspoon paprika

1 teaspoon black pepper

Steps

1. Prepare marinade (mix together all the ingredients in a ziplock bag) and add the chicken wings and let sit for as long as possible in the fridge.

2. Place wings on a hot grill toward the edges. As the wings start to cook and the sauce appears to be dry or gone, bring the wings closer to the center of the grill and brush on additional marinade. 

3. Cook the wings till fully cooked and have a bit of that good ole' char look.

4. Serve with a side of blue cheese dressing and celery.

Locke-cumber (No Mayo) Slaw

What are the things I like about cole slaw? It's crunchy, it can be refreshing and it adds a little ruffage to a meaty grilled meal. Surely, cole slaw, and I, can do better than that. And we did.

I am not a mayo person and a lot of mayo can drastically destroy many things for me. Cole slaw is one of those things. This recipe replaces mayo with avocado. You will not miss the mayo. I promise. Also, with a heavy addition of lime juice, cilantro and jalapeño, this slaw goes from refreshing side dish to "heck yeah, this is the only dish."

Ingredients:
1 small red cabbage chopped
1 cucumber carefully de-seeded and sliced into small thin pieces
1 avocado
2-3 limes juiced
1 bunch cilantro chopped
1 jalapeño diced
pepper to taste

Steps:
Chop, mix and serve.

Note: You can easily forgo the cucumber, but it does add a refreshing quality to the dish. However, it can make the dish too juicy if not properly de-seeded. For the same reason, NEVER grate the cucumber.